FAMILY OBSESSION: We all know we are obsessed with horses. We ride them, buy them, write about them, spend mass amounts of money on them, and dream about spending mass amounts of money on them. So, who else in your life is obsessed about their passion???
I am incredibly blessed that my family is entirely horsie. I don't know if a love for riding is actually genetic, but for me there wasn't really a chance otherwise :).
my favorite family photo, Daddy ALWAYS wears a cowboy hat |
area which is beautiful and wooded and incredibly horse centric. By 16 she had her own truck, trailer and horse and would head across the Golden Gate to horse shows and rodeos all over (fun fact a trailer in SF is NOT fun) She went off to college at Cal Poly where she rode on the equestrian team, and competed for rodeo queen.
Working the ranch together |
He went to college where he was a member of the rodeo team, in charge of arena maintenance and operations. During the great Poly Royal Rodeo dinner (which he attended with a date) a rodeo queen contestant caught his eye, and the rest is history!
GNR together many years later. |
After they got married mom trained horses and dad worked. Then when I came along mom chose to go back and get a second degree as a physical therapist. At that point the spotlight was on me! I attended my first world show 6 months after my birth where I sat in Mom's lap for the win photo. I won my first world championship at 5 years old in lead line, I was the only rider proudly sporting all hunt seat tack!
Yearly trail ride together! |
At least once a year we try to attend a large trail ride as a family, these are hosted by a reserve sheriff deputy organization my dad is a member of. Also we have created a family tradition of showing in the Grand National Rodeo and Horse Show, which was one of their first shows as a couple many years ago!
aww that's actually really awesome!! absolutely nobody in my family is horsey (at all) - so families that all participate together just seem really cool :)
ReplyDeletehaha I think we would never see one another if we didn't ride together
DeleteSo fun!! I am the only horsey person in my family :)
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