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Hola! I started using facebook, and my poor little blog never gets used anymore! Seems kind of redundant...anyhoo. Been doing the same ol' same ol' for a while now, but here's what's noteworthy:

Just got done with another horse show. My mom and I took a few lessons from our friend Nellie who lives in Beryl (about 30 minutes to the west of Cedar)to brush up on some things and get ready for said show. It really worked wonders for both of us. My mom had the best show she's had in a while, and good ol' Deuce Moose preformed the best he ever has for me, so I'm really happy we did it. Plan on going back for a couple more lessons before the last show of the season. I'm doing really well in the standing and it will mean a chunk of change if I can stay there! Everybody cross your fingers for me. Jarrod brought the boys out to watch and made me totally self conscious (The pressure is always on when I have family or friends show up to watch me ride!), but it was still way fun to see them all.

Practicing @ Nellie Messerly's in Beryl

Show day! In the closest picture, we're showing in the new covered arena at the fairgrounds. It was so miserable in the indoor arena (top picture - 98 degrees and no ventilation) that we all boycotted until they moved us out there. Much better! Unfortunately, we all had to suffer through the English classes first where there are black velvet riding helmets, button down shirts, jackets, and knee-high leather boots. I think I sweat off a couple of pounds that morning...

Kris and I will be celebrating our anniversary next weekend. We're both really excited to pass the milestone first year in one piece! We took a couple of days off work to make for a long weekend and I think we just plan on going out to dinner, spending a couple of days out of the house to enjoy ourselves and not have to come home to a dependant child --Oops! I mean roomate, then just vegging the other part of the weekend. Ahhhh...bliss. I'm so ready to thaw out my cake and see if it's still as scrum-didily-umptious as the first time around. :) Thanks for being a great hubby, Kris! I love you!

No excuse

I didn't realize how long it had been since I'd updated this thing! Time flies I guess. Kris and I have had a pretty uneventful summer. Just working away and enjoying the day-to-day routine. I've seen both my brother and his girlfriend (and good friend of mine) off on their LDS missions this summer. Vin is headed to Argentina, and Becky to Edmonton, Canada. We teased them both a lot about convincing Becky to go on a mission at the same time Vinnie does so he doesn't have to worry about her dating while he's gone . We are all totally OK with our Schmeckles sticking around! My mom has had a hard time with Vin leaving, but she seems to be coming to terms with it lately. She's flat out told Kris he had to fill in the "number one son" spot for the next couple of years. He loved it.

Kris has been doing his online gaming thing a lot more lately, due to his joining some group of people ("guild") that have scheduled times to do certain things ("raids") in the game...I love my nerdy husband :P. Anyway... He's been totally absorbed in it from the time he gets off work til like one o'clock in the morning and he hasn't been available to do much more than grunt if I ask him a question. So to "reward" me for my tolerance, he took me to our favorite restaurant, Benja's, this past weekend, and we ate our weight in sushi. It was absolutely delightful... I don't mind putting up with it since he really seems to appreciate that I do. And I'll be taking advantage of his inattention in the near future and spending more time in Cedar with my family and my horse. Have to get ready for the next horse show. As always. YAY!

Finally!

The professional photos that I ordered from the Utah Summer Games just came in over the weekend (USG was in mid June), and they turned out really well, so I wanted to post them. Deuce and I had a really great show. We're doing more classes than ever, and he's been such a trooper! A good boy til the dying end. What more could I ask for? I'm such a proud parent... We ended up either first or second in thirteen of our fifteen classes. WOOT WOOT!!!! :) Unfortunastely, Deuce is in Cedar for the summer now, and I miss him terribly.


My boy jumps so prettily!....Not very high, obviously...but still!!


This is my dearest ma on Tony, who kicked my trash in the jumping :)


LOL Deuce looks like a TANK in this picture...