Jake spent an entire week with Great Uncle Lavern and Aunt Verna Mae down south in Pulaski. He so enjoys spending time with Uncle Lavern. Verna Mae was gone on a cousin trip most of the time so it was just the two guys. They had meals in Bloomfield at a little cafe. They went to an auction, did a lot of driving around and talk tractors, farming, and trucks.
On Friday Jayden and I hauled to Ocseola for an IRCA rodeo with Joker. He ran a good pattern, was wide on second but clean and fast. Her goal was 18 and she ran exactly that. The times got real fast winning it was a 16.2 She knows Joker is not a solid finished barrel horse, but she has goals and little by little she can get him there.
Whenever she runs in Osceloa, she remembers her first run on Ace in 2016, where she placed and took home an IRCA check. Of course, she is hoping to do that again. She is realizing how big a deal it was to have had such a successful season that year. Right now she is just hoping to get closer to the top and hopefully place again.
It wasn't as enjoyable as the past. There are a couple girls that used to be friends with Jayden that now avoid her. It makes it uncomfortable and takes the fun out of the night. We sat together and watched together. It was just the two of us all night. I hated to think of how it would have been if she had gone alone. Rodeo is a sport that is so much more fun when you can enjoy it with others. I never had a lot of comradeship when I was running rodeo after college. I was pretty much on my own and I gradually stopped enjoying it, especially when Mark lost interest.
It was a long ride home and late when we got to bed. As is the life of a rodeo.
On Friday Jayden and I hauled to Ocseola for an IRCA rodeo with Joker. He ran a good pattern, was wide on second but clean and fast. Her goal was 18 and she ran exactly that. The times got real fast winning it was a 16.2 She knows Joker is not a solid finished barrel horse, but she has goals and little by little she can get him there.
Whenever she runs in Osceloa, she remembers her first run on Ace in 2016, where she placed and took home an IRCA check. Of course, she is hoping to do that again. She is realizing how big a deal it was to have had such a successful season that year. Right now she is just hoping to get closer to the top and hopefully place again.
It wasn't as enjoyable as the past. There are a couple girls that used to be friends with Jayden that now avoid her. It makes it uncomfortable and takes the fun out of the night. We sat together and watched together. It was just the two of us all night. I hated to think of how it would have been if she had gone alone. Rodeo is a sport that is so much more fun when you can enjoy it with others. I never had a lot of comradeship when I was running rodeo after college. I was pretty much on my own and I gradually stopped enjoying it, especially when Mark lost interest.
It was a long ride home and late when we got to bed. As is the life of a rodeo.
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