These two pictures pretty much sum up the trip...
Just kidding. I will post the rest of the pictures and give you a full account of the trip later.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Breeder's Cup in Springfield, MO
On August 12 (2 days after returning from Wyoming) Lacey, Kamille, and I flew out to Springfield, Missouri for the 2008 Missouri Foxtrotter Breeder's Cup. We stayed for a week and watched the show on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night. We got the opportunity to help Barb and Geno prepare their horses for the show and to learn how they do things. Barb and Geno brought 12 horses to show, so we had plenty of work to do to prepare all of them.
We learned a lot by watching all of the very talented horses and trainers. We also got to network and meet a lot of new foxtrotter people.
We learned a lot by watching all of the very talented horses and trainers. We also got to network and meet a lot of new foxtrotter people.
Kamille got the opportunity to show a horse that our trainer friend Jamie Johnson owns. 
Me, Lacey, and Kamille. Everyone out there referred to us as "the Utah girls."
Kamille and Geno joking and laughing about something.
Kamille, Barb, Geno, Lacey, and I after the show. Barb has been showing foxtrotters all of her life and the garland she has around her shoulders is the first garland she has ever won. You win garlands if you win championships. I feel pretty fortunate to have won one my second year showing in Missouri on Goldie.
Me, Lacey, and Kamille. Everyone out there referred to us as "the Utah girls."
Kamille and Geno joking and laughing about something.
Kamille, Barb, Geno, Lacey, and I after the show. Barb has been showing foxtrotters all of her life and the garland she has around her shoulders is the first garland she has ever won. You win garlands if you win championships. I feel pretty fortunate to have won one my second year showing in Missouri on Goldie.
We also got to go to Branson while we were in Missouri. Branson is a huge tourist town with a lot of entertainment and things to do. We went to an amusement park called Silver Dollar City and we also went to the Ripley's Believe it Or Not Museum.
Me outside of the Ripley's Believe it Or Not Museum. Isn't the building neat? The museum was pretty weird...
Me standing next to the world's tallest man! And I thought Christian was tall!
Kamille, Lacey and I outside of Silver Dollar City. We went on a bunch of roller-coasters and rides. It was pretty fun. We got to eat some Kangaroo, Ostrich, and Alligator jerky while we were there, Ostrich was my favorite.
Me outside of the Ripley's Believe it Or Not Museum. Isn't the building neat? The museum was pretty weird...
Me standing next to the world's tallest man! And I thought Christian was tall!
Big Horn Basin Foxtrotter Show
August 8-9 we had a horse show in Powell, Wyoming. After the show ended on Friday, we went up to Cody to hang out for a little while. Cody is a neat little town, we had a good time seeing all the sights. The show went really well, Lacey won the open all-around award, Bryce won the youth all-around award, and Jazmine is still undefeated. Here are some pictures of Cody...
Lacey, Bryce, and Kamille watching a wild west shootout.
Time For Three Concert
A couple of weeks ago mom, dad, Preston, and I went to a Utah Symphony and Time For Three Concert in Park City for the Park City Music Festival. It was at an outdoor amphitheater in Park City. The setting was beautiful and the music was inspiring and peaceful. We brought sandwiches for dinner and ate them while we waited for the show to start. We all had a great time.
Mom and Dad watching the show 
Preston and I
Time For Three. My favorite classical music group. Check them out! http://www.tf3.com/
Preston and I
Time For Three. My favorite classical music group. Check them out! http://www.tf3.com/
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
My Boss
My boss is probably the best boss in the world. He spoils us rotten. The week after we got home from the Great Western Horse Show, Stephen wanted us to have a couple of party days. He told the horse team (me, Lacey, Kamille, Bryce, Dallin, and Julia) to all relax one day and go watch 3 movies at the theater and go out to eat and to not worry about the ranch or the horses. Well three movies didn't seem too appealing to 5 A.D.D. people who can barely make it through one movie. So being the spoiled rotten children we are, we asked him if we could instead go to Lagoon for the day. He agreed with our plan and not only did he pay for us to go, he payed us while we were there.
I really wasn't too into Lagoon because I would actually rather be up riding but Lacey and Kamille said that I should bring Preston and suddenly Lagoon sounded a lot more fun. Preston rode in the morning at Coyote Creek and then I came and picked him up and we drove to Farmington together. The rides were so fun. Dallin is so much fun to take on the rides, he gets to go to the front of the line and he screams the WHOLE time! We were cracking up at how funny he is.
Preston doesn't love heights... But one day he told me he wanted to someday do something to defy his fear of heights. Well I remembered that little comment and I made Preston go on the SkyCoaster with me (Ahren, I think you went on this ride a long time ago). For those of you who are not familiar with this ride I will explain. First you have to put on a harness looking thing and they attach you to cables and then you get lifted clear up into the sky. It is kind of like a giant swing. Once you are at the top, you have to pull a cord and you drop for a while and then swing out. It is freaky! Preston screamed. I laughed hysterically. He was so brave to go. You could tell he was really nervous to do it. The things I make that poor boy do... After Lagoon, we went to Texas Roadhouse for some steak. Yum!
So that was our first party. Stephen thought we should have another relax day and he let us go boating, jet skiing, wake boarding, & knee boarding. He told us he wanted us to not worry about a thing and to just lay out on the beach and take as much time on the boat and jet skis that we wanted to. He bought us food and let us take out his super nice, super expensive toys. Oh ya, and we were getting paid.
That was the first time I tried wake boarding (sort of like snowboarding on the water). It took me a couple of tries but I actually got up! I loved it! Knee boarding was really easy and fun. Jet skiing is probably my most favorite thing to do in the water. I got up to 54 MPH out on the lake on those things. We fell off numerous times, it was a blast. The next day I could barely move because I was so sore. We work hard and we play hard.
Anyway, just thought I would make you feel jealous. Have fun at work! ;)
I really wasn't too into Lagoon because I would actually rather be up riding but Lacey and Kamille said that I should bring Preston and suddenly Lagoon sounded a lot more fun. Preston rode in the morning at Coyote Creek and then I came and picked him up and we drove to Farmington together. The rides were so fun. Dallin is so much fun to take on the rides, he gets to go to the front of the line and he screams the WHOLE time! We were cracking up at how funny he is.
Preston doesn't love heights... But one day he told me he wanted to someday do something to defy his fear of heights. Well I remembered that little comment and I made Preston go on the SkyCoaster with me (Ahren, I think you went on this ride a long time ago). For those of you who are not familiar with this ride I will explain. First you have to put on a harness looking thing and they attach you to cables and then you get lifted clear up into the sky. It is kind of like a giant swing. Once you are at the top, you have to pull a cord and you drop for a while and then swing out. It is freaky! Preston screamed. I laughed hysterically. He was so brave to go. You could tell he was really nervous to do it. The things I make that poor boy do... After Lagoon, we went to Texas Roadhouse for some steak. Yum!
So that was our first party. Stephen thought we should have another relax day and he let us go boating, jet skiing, wake boarding, & knee boarding. He told us he wanted us to not worry about a thing and to just lay out on the beach and take as much time on the boat and jet skis that we wanted to. He bought us food and let us take out his super nice, super expensive toys. Oh ya, and we were getting paid.
That was the first time I tried wake boarding (sort of like snowboarding on the water). It took me a couple of tries but I actually got up! I loved it! Knee boarding was really easy and fun. Jet skiing is probably my most favorite thing to do in the water. I got up to 54 MPH out on the lake on those things. We fell off numerous times, it was a blast. The next day I could barely move because I was so sore. We work hard and we play hard.
Anyway, just thought I would make you feel jealous. Have fun at work! ;)
More 24th of July...
More pictures of our 24th of July Breakfast...
Anna, Emma, John Eric, Christie, Levi
John Eric and tall Stuart
Jefferson
Britney and Jefferson
Malisa (sp?)
Dad and Mom
Grandma in her "4-wheeler"
Jacob and Malisa's (sp?) little girl Tayley (sp?)
Anna, Emma, John Eric, Christie, Levi
John Eric and tall Stuart
Jefferson
Britney and Jefferson
Malisa (sp?)
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