Final day

The final week of showing for Shelby and Telly. They travel home with Lori, Christine, Brie, and Ali. I will stay for another week with Steph and family. Congrats for a great two weeks. This week was a huge success with two championships and one reserve championship for Shelby and a championship for Telly. There will be no blogging as my computer is not in operation so there will be some final thoughts once I get home. Take care, Trish

Many faces of Telly.

Okay some of these shots may be disturbing. She is trying to take over Ali's role of best assortment of faces. Beware!

Cantina

More ribbons for the WG riders today. Celebration in La Cantina with the Karaoke and Pizza night.

Ode To Victor

You clean our stalls.

You feed our horses.

You wash their legs

When we're finished their courses.

I am late for my class.

Oh no! What to do?

I look in the stall

It's Victor to the rescue.

The suds they do fly

In the blink of an eye

The tack is all clean

To a mighty sheen.

The horses he bathes

For all of us saves

Our clothes from the drier

Keeping spirits much higher.

Through rain sun and snow

The answers you always know

The Spanish lessons are a plus

Mucho Gracious from all of us.

Thank you Victor for making our trip extra special and looking after our horses so well. We will miss you.

More stuff

More ribbons for the Willow Grove clan today. Jumpers once again got to show in the Grand Prix ring. A nice treat. Power & Speed with many jumps and touring all over the ring. The Tucson wind was with us for most of the morning. Cuts down on the exfoliating that needs to be done on our skin. Sandblasting is definitely an alternative.

Week 3 Grand Prix

Chuy's

The end of Week 3 ended in a celebration at the famous Chuy's Mexican restaurant. Much sillyness was had by all.

End of the week.

Things Janine has learned while everyone else is in Tucson.

My broken a**'s hurt bad especially when you laugh! No matter how hard I try I can not find a lost horse passport from 1300 miles away. Walkers are a cool fashion accessory. Knitting 16 and counting dishcloths is boring. Good friends are to be cherished even if later repayment will be extremely costly?!! Learning to text isn't as hard as I thought. Knowing that everyone is having fun and doing well. PRICELESS!! Did I mention that my broken a**'s really hurt. Love Janine.

What I Have Learned. By Alyssa Olson

Cultivating in front of a jump is not a good idea. Also known as plowing. We do farm remember. Trish calls is Park & Pop. My right rein comes in handy. It is amazing how my horse does not drift left anymore. I love Victor. I see a permanent Mexican groom in my future. Down Jackets are a must in Arizona. The cheering/coaching/comments from the Olson boys never end when I am in the ring. I still love them though. Due to the downturn in the economy - fake tails in the hunter ring are non existent. Even though they are under the age of 10 boys will still break your heart. Horse shows are not nearly as much fun without my mom.

End of the Day Part 2