Other stars of the horseshow

Brego, the jumping draft horse. He's gone now, but I was always impressed to see him jump. It's like he's defying gravity. I love it.
Elisabeth had a tough day, and this was the only jump that she and Beloved took, but I wish she could have seen this picture, because it is totally PERFECT!

Beth and Super Doodle and me on Darling Beast at the home show

Beth and I both had our first rounds in the 2'3" at the show, and we took 1st and second, which was simply smashing, in my opinion, especially for Beth. because she could barely get the stubborn little Doodle into the ring. But she persevered, so good for her.

Flat class. Too far forward, just a little.

I love this picture. We are flying!!

Home Show: Kate and Breezy and Julie and Zip

More pictures from the home horseshow. Julie and Zip did their first horseshow, and Kate and Breezy did short stirrup for the first time.

Julie and Zippy did a smashing job for their first time.

Kate and Breezy did a great job as well!

Home show: Brooke and Moe

We had our first horseshow at our home arena, and Brooke rode Moe in the short stirrup. Here are the pictures.

I like this one. He's nice and round.

My homecoming dress

Me and Nat finally got our dresses on and went off to my first HOMECOMING DANCE! Like I said, the people at the entrance took my hat away from me, which was sad, but still, you guys all still get to see me in a dress and heels, so soak it up, it won't happen again soon.

I'm not sure what this was supposed to be. It's kind of a cross between Charlie's Angels and the Thinker. :)

She was wearing my other shoes. : ) It really didn't matter though, beause everyone takes off their shoes at the dance, which is really nasty. I think I stepped in both gum and vomit, but I can't be sure.

I wasn't paying attention, because they were taking pictures of Nat, and I was staying out of the way.

I nearly fell down right then. I am not good with heels.

Pre-homecoming with Natalie

Before going to homecoming this year, I hung out at my friend Natalie's house, and then we got ready together. It was pretty cool. There was dancing, drinking of some kind of sparkling raspberry grape juice thing in very cool cups (it was NOT alcohol, I promise!) nail painting, and lots of picture taking.

Nat being the disco queen...

I love my hat. I was very sad that the homecoming people would not let me wear it inside. They killed my look. It was sad.

This was the afore-mentioned raspberry grape juice cider thing. It was pretty good, but better to use as a prop for our picture scenarios.

We were doing the thing that they always do at weddings, with the champagne. We almost spilled it all over the place waiting for the picture to take. : )

Medal Finals

I went to Medal Finals this year, and came in 12th place, which wasn't spectacular, but I was thrilled that Breezy and I ribboned (barely), because this was my first year. In my first class we had the best round ever in my life, and we were just about to finish up, and I screwed up the course. I was so upset with myself!!! So we didn't pin in that class. Then we did the actual medal class, and put in about an average performance, with a couple of bad distances, but overall solid, so since Breezy is the little stylist, we got the callback, which we kinda bombed, but that's okay because we were guranteed a ribbon at that point anyway. But it was raining so hard, and Brooke needed Breezy for her classes at the SAME TIME, it was a hectic day, and I wasn't too disappointed with the results. : ) She's amazing. The ride home was a bit entertaining too, and I took some pictures.

Brooke was so tired that she fell asleep in the car on the way home, with her helmet still on. Classic.
When leather gloves get wet, and then are left on your hands for about three hours, bad things happen.

Me and Lizz. She was the groom, scoping out the landscape for next year, where she and Logan will ROCK OUT the Mini Medal! She was such a lifesaver that time, though, and it was so sweet of her to be there in all the rain. : )