{All the Graduation announcements!}
{Memorial Day}
{-some- of Graduation}
{Jenga in seminary, we miss Lotta!}
{consequences of hitting barrels}
{Earned through the sweat, blood, and pain}
{This week at state my friend Halie came to watch me and we made a s'mookie}
So this week has been state rodeo, i have been practicing EVERY single day since January to try to make nationals my last chance EVER!
I was pumped, i thought i had it in the bag.
Districts went perfect for me i didn't tip one pole.
State has been a different story, i have seen all of my dreams get flushed down the toilet.
I've felt like i have let everyone down, and really i don't have any idea what else i could have done. My horse have so much heart and worked perfectly, i went down swinging, i have nothing left in me that could have been put into those runs. I am so grateful to have the most amazing support team ever. Although i have been crying on many shoulders including my horses after reading this (thanks to my sister Ashley) it put things a little more into perspective. Maybe somebody else worked just as hard or harder then me, maybe it will be more of a benefit for their life then mine. or maybe, just maybe God is preparing me for bigger things ahead. It's hard to see the big picture sometimes and it's hard to see the blessings in the hard times. It's things like great family and friends that remind you that maybe you still are great and you still are loved even though you knocked a barrel over.
And it's being reassured over and over that helps to get you through because it is so easy to forget.
So thank you everyone for being there for the talks, thoughts, hugs and the shoulders to cry on.
