Gunlock Rodeo Fun

Nobody loves to get away as much as I do which is probably why the rodeo lifestyle fits me so well, this weekend we took a little get away and went to the Gunlock rodeo! Besides getting to hang out with some of our favorite people, it was great because I got to breakaway rope and team rope which I haven't got to do for a while! The first night I roped a 2.7 in the breakaway and roped an 8.06 (+5)  with my good friend Josh in the team roping, even though I only heeled one leg we still placed, but the best was yet to come! Josh decided to lend me his head horse so I could rope for Brock, I was a little nervous after not roping heads for 2 years and riding a horse I have never been on before, I ended up catching for Brock but he sadly missed the heels he was a little hard on himself but I was SO happy we got to rope together! The second night didn't go quite as well I ended up being a 2.9 in the breakaway and had some hard luck with both Brock and Josh in the team roping, regardless of our hard luck we had a blast and got to spend some much needed time with Brock's family! it was a long and tiring weekend, but I am ready to go again this weekend! Next stop Triple C Arena in Panguitch, Utah for the NBHA barrel race!

Busy, Busy, Busy

Our summer has been very busy so far and it doesn't look like we will be slowing down anytime soon!  June was jam packed with brandings, camping trips, and celebration. On June 21st I celebrated my 20th birthday and kissed my teenage years goodbye, on June 22nd we celebrated my moms 49th birthday! Our July is looking to be just as busy as last month with rodeos and barrel races every weekend, which is why summer is my favorite time of year! I look forward to spending a lot of time on the road this month and getting to spend time with my awesome family, as the weeks go on I hope I can get a lot more blogging done, because I truly do enjoy it! 

Taking the Good With The Bad

This past week has been filled with both fun and stressful moments. Last wednesday Dandy got very dehydrated and wasn't feeling well at all, she scared me to death, but with a little TLC we got her feeling better. I hate when something is wrong with one of my horses because they can't tell you exactly what they need and it becomes quite the guessing game. The following days were long and lonely ones, I wasn't able to ride her because I was waiting for her to get her strength back and Brock was gone until late at night for work, this is the down side to living in the middle of nowhere, you have nobody! While he was at work I finished my finals, I wish I could say these are my last ones until fall, but I am taking summer courses! Sunday morning we packed up and headed to Caliente, Nevada for another barrel race, Caliente is only about 85 miles from us so not a bad trip, luckily Dandy was feeling good enough to run. It was SO hot down there, but an awesome race Dandy ran an 18.1 which put me 1 spot out of the money in the 3-D and too fast to win money in the 4-D, either way it was a ton of fun and I was so proud of my horse! Yesterday was mine and Brocks 1 year wedding anniversary, we didn't do much and we didn't even get to spend a lot of time together he worked all day and I cleaned all day. Good thing we decided to celebrate tomorrow when we go to Saint George instead! Along with celebrating our anniversary tomorrow we will also be attending Brock's sister Mauri's graduation we are so proud of her, and I will more than likely show this by crying my eyes out! With all of this said, I think I have caught you up on most of the important events over the past week, I promise I will try to get better about updating our blog!

It's been a while

I know it has been a while, things seem to be crazy around here. We have been branding a lot and I have been getting my horses in shape for some rodeos! This last weekend Dandy, Chelsey, and I set out for Panguitch for an NBHA barrel race. This was mine and Dandy's first barrel race in over 2 years, to say I was nervous would be an under statement! My nerves were not neccessary we had a great weekend!

Friday: We won the 4-D
Saturday: We won 2nd in the 4-D
Sunday: Again 2nd in the 4-D We also won the average.

I am so proud of Dandy, I expected to go over there and have it be a training session instead she shocked me! I also got to do the photography over there, we had a couple camera malfunctions, but in the end we got some good pictures! It was a long, fun, stressful, and a very exhausting weekend! I just wish my hubby could have been there with us!

Tales of a not so fun Tuesday!

I have officially decided that Tuesdays are far worse than ANY Monday. Today started out like any normal day, Brock went to work and I began cleaning up the house and doing my homework pretty normal day.... So I thought!

 Bad Moment #1 After the house was straightened up I was on my way outside to take out the trash when I slammed my finger in the front door, I thought I was fine until I looked at it and noticed that the tip was sitting about 1/2 an inch to the right, so I proceeded to try and straighten it out by pulling it back to the left a little bit it did straighten out a little, but it is still killing me.

Bad Moment #2 I REALLY wanted to try my new bow release out today and since it wouldn't interfere with my newly damaged finger I ventured out to do so. I was so excited to try it out that I forgot to bend my left  arm enough when I shot my arrow that my string whipped me in the arm which left me with a nice big welt/bruise! At least my release was awesome!

Bad Moment #3 After my adventure shooting my bow, I came inside to have some lunch while my lunch was warming up I ended up sneezing no bid deal right? Wrong! After sneezing I sprung a horrible bloody nose which stained one of my favorite shirts!

As you can see, I didn't have the worst say possible, but it was not one of my better days. I am a firm believer that there are some days we should just stay in bed and for me, today was hands down one of those days! I hope all of you had a far better day than mine!

Monday Fun-Day??

Who knew that a Monday of all days could turn out to be so much fun? Today Brock and I got a chance to go into Ely and shop for our Easter gifts for each other and go to dinner. First let me say that I LOVE shopping for gifts for Brock because he is always so enthusiastic about the gifts that he gets. Too bad neither one of us can keep a secret and we ended up letting each other see what we bought. I ended up buying Brock a bi pod for his .22-250, and another coyote call, he was so excited but very sad when I told him that he isn't allowed to have the coyote call until Easter (the bi pod is too big to put in his basket) Finally I got to see the items that he got me. Brock bought me accessories for my compound bow that I love so very much, he bought me a pink real tree camo bow release so I can stop losing the skin off of my fingers, a pink peep sight tube, and a target that looks like an elk. I was so impressed with his choices and completely happy that is until he told me I can't have my target until Easter :) We were pleasantly surprised when the cashier gave us a preferred customers discount, He said it was because we are always so nice to him when we are in there. You may be wondering why that really matters, you will understand that part later.

 After our shopping we decided to go to our favorite Mexican restaurant "La Fiesta" both of us agreed to try something new, we made a good choice because it was delicious, and our waiter was so nice! When we got our bill we discussed how much to leave for a tip we decided that we were going to "pay it forward" and leave a bigger tip for our waiter since our cashier gave us a discount on our purchases at Sports World. I love paying it forward and I hope it made the waiters day, because it made us feel like we were doing a nice thing.

 To wrap it up, I hope everybody had a wonderful day and please remember, if somebody does something nice for you "pay it forward" and do something nice for somebody else you never know what somebody else is going through and it will not only make their day, but you will feel amazing about doing it.

A Trip Down Memory Lane

I love more than anything to look at older photos and remember how I felt at that very moment, I found one today that I love because it was taken at the very beginning of mine and Brock's relationship. This photo was taken during the first weekend Brock spent with me and my family in Marysvale, Utah. During this weekend he was a trooper and followed me to 3 rodeos in 2 days waking up at 3 in the morning to leave and getting back just in time to go to another one, it was exhausting but we had a blast.

This picture could not have been taken at a more perfect time, because the very moment you are looking at is the same moment that I realized I was falling in love, and that because of this amazing person, my life would never be the same♥