Wyoming Wind Sock

One of my friends showed me this picture and it made my day, it is so true for Laramie!

Pictures!

Woo!! Ian finally gave me a cd of pictures from both CU shows and the UNO show! I'm pretty sure he might be even more excited than I am about it too because now I can't bug him about them! Anyways, here are some pictures from riding with the team!

^rocking the hairnet and brain bucket

^Phlash, CU October, 6th Place (we hit 1 rail.. boo!)

^Mia CU February- amazing horse! 4th place

^Phineas CU February

^Murphy CU February, I loved his frog butt, reserve

^Callie UNO January, we overjumped it a little, 6th place

^Ash UNO January, 2nd Place

^Chloe and I bundled up at UNO

^Charlie CU October 6th place

^Alexa, CU October, the cleanest white horse EVER!

Well that's all for now! Let me know how everything is going for you!

Spring is Here!

Wow so I haven’t written here in forever because I was trying to wait for pictures from Ian… but he’s been busy so I’ll write now and add pictures later! I got back up to UW January 11th for a full load of 18 credits. My classes this semester are anatomy, anatomy lab, nutrition, human lifespan and development, physical activity and health, horsemanship, public speaking, and theater. I love anatomy, but nutrition is not my forte. Public speaking, theater, and horsemanship are pretty much a waste of time, but eh, I have to take them to graduate, so why not get it over with?

I went to the Gambler’s Choice at the National Western Stock Show with my mom, Kristen, Jess, Katie, Sara, and Brianna January 15th. It was a lot of fun continuing the stock show traditions and Karen Cudmore won to make it great!

January 23-24 I was in Omaha, NE for a horse show. It was a great show with UW placing high point and I placed 6th in flat and 2nd over fences.

Beginning with super bowl weekend, a group of us from the team started a weekly dinner tradition at Jess’s house. It is really nice to have a break from the cafeteria food and just hang out with friends!

Valentine’s weekend was our CU horse show, it was the last regular season show. UW beat CU by 1 point to get high point team of the region which means we will get to send a team to zones in Texas in April! I’m super excited for that. I placed 4th in flat at CU and loved the horse I rode, Mia. Also, because we won regionals, The Branding Iron came to a practice to take our pictures and we were in the local newspaper! <-Jazzy and I at practice

February 20th the team helped the Collegiate Horseman’s Association run a nationally recognized barrel race that drew people from all over Wyoming and Colorado. In return, they helped us with our schooling show on the 28th where we raised more than $750 to go towards getting us to zones and nationals if we make it.

It has been a super busy semester so far, but I have loved it! I have begun looking at places to live next year and the search for roommates. It finally is warming up here- we have hit 40 degrees twice this week and are breaking out the t-shirts, shorts, and flip flops! I am looking forward to spring break from March 13-21 and hope to get up to the mountains for at least part of it :)

Back to School

Christmas break was a month of greatness. It included swing dancing at the Mercury Cafe with Katy and Randi and a second trip to the Mercury for Katie's birthday. I went back to Regis for the Alumni tea and two swim meets, which of course we won- woot woot! Kay Katie and I went on a mountain adventure and went sledding, snowmobiling, and riding up in Grand Lake which was a ton of fun. Tessa and I also made it up to Grand County for games and a sleigh ride. I went to Springfield, Illinois for Christmas and utter chaos with the Naumovich side of the family... With 52 people at Christmas Eve dinner, it was fantastic! I also completed my goal for break of doing "anything and everything fun, beginning and ending with horses." I watched Landi and Grigio for a week. I rode Sonja through the snow in the mountains. We went on a sleigh ride pulled by Charlie and Spike and a carriage ride downtown. I also rode Levi for two weeks... mission=success! Now that I am back in Laramie, I am looking forward to practicing with the team for the UNO show January 23-24! I hope everyone's breaks were fantastic! Have a great 2010!

Oh the weather outside is frightful...

Dead week is officially over! Hooray! That means two finals to go until break :). This past weekend was the last weekend that my friend Emily will spend at UW so we decided to make it count! Friday night everyone hung out and watched movies. Saturday we (Brandon, Emily, Kali, Matt, Tom, and I) went to the Hobo Hot Springs in Saratoga (close to a two hour drive from Laramie) to relax before the upcoming finals week. We went back to the dorms, cleaned off the rotten-egg smell and went to dinner at Chili's. It was really nice to go out and eat! After dinner, we went back to the dorms to layer-up. Saturday night we went to Vedauwoo and built a campfire in the snow. We had a great time exploring the forest, dancing around the fire, and goofing around. It was a great grand-finale for the first semester of college! Sunday we are all going to be studying for finals... That's all for now, I'll be in Denver on Friday- yay!

<- Matt's car, it snowed the entire time we were at Vedauwoo..

<- The sign by our spot
<- Watch out for Yeti's that might live beyond the gate! <- Thank goodness for a warm fire!

December Here I Come!

Thanksgiving break was nice. I got to spend time with family and friends for 5 days in the tropical paradise of Colorado- it is way warmer there than in Laramie. I dog-sat Nikki, a 5 month old lab, for my neighbors the entire break. I got to ride Landi and Grigio for the first time- I couldn't believe how big Landi has gotten! It was great.
<-Nikki liked the movie! Now I'm back up in Laramie. There is one week of class and one week of finals until break. I am really excited to see people over break and to go to Illinois!

Masquerade & The Fray

Last weekend, Friday the 13th I went to my friend Karl's house for a semi-formal masquerade themed dinner party. It was fantastic to eat "real food" again and see friends from Colorado. We had a great meal of scallops, edamame, twice-baked potatoes, and pork.

Kat, Analisa (a friend from CSU), and me

Last night, Saturday the 21st I went to the Fray concert, yes the Fray know where Laramie is, and yes Laramie pulled off an amazing concert!! It was incredible and a ton of fun!

Kat and me.

Kali and me... I think she enjoyed her first concert!

THE FRAY!!!

Well, sorry this is so short, I will try to write more after Thanksgiving break!