Recap on Eventing Rally in August.

I finally got some pictures. It took a while for them to develop ;]

G-ma's BIG Decesion !!!

Every monday for the last 11months, The missionaries have been coming over to our house for discussions. A man named Jason, from our ward, always came over after work. G-ma at first was always tired and just hung out in her room. But that was only for two months and mom kept inviting her to come out and listen. These days she is up and out , taking notes and being super involved in the discussions. Last monday, 9/15/08, she set a date to be baptised!! WAy to go grandma!!! The date is November 8th so be sure to come if you can. There is always room at our house and I know that she would especially appreciate it :]

The Offical Rally.

What a weekend!! We Left here about 4:30 friday afternoon. The next morning me and dad woke up at 5 and headed down to the barn there in Spokane. We then were done about 7 at night and had a good 2 hour drive home to look forward to. The weather was perfect, no complaints! This events works that you have 3 rounds and a Jump off. You have to clear(meaning having no faults with the poles or time and not falling off- elimination) ALL 3 rounds and if you do, you get to do the jump off immediatly start after the 3rd round. With me, I cleared the 1st and 2nd round but on the 3rd round one of the poles ( as you see in the video) got 1/2 way knocked off. It was a bummer. All in all, I placed 2nd out of 30 people. It was a really good rally for me :]

Training.

Yesterday I had a pratice Run for the Stadium jumping round that I am attending this weeekend. All went pretty well, we were just a bit stiff. I was jumping about 3'.
Here is some of videos mom took.

My NEW munchkin!

I can't Belive it!! We finally found such a great opportunity and sucessfully got a new horse at a heck of a bargin. Her name is Tally and I found her on this one website called Dreamhorse. She is 8 years old , 16 hands tall and is a throughbred. We( the WHOLE fam) drove down to Snohomish and picked up a horse trailer and then drove down to vancouver and picked her up. THEN... we drove home through the gorge. All in all, it was a 10 or more hour drive in one day. Pretty crazy. The Lady we purchased her from was Sonia and she had family in Sweden that she needed to attend to so, that is the reason of the sale. Anyways, I am sooo excited for this new oppurtunity to excell in my riding !