Finals Banquet

On the Sunday after the finals we all headed up to the curling rink for the awards banquet and supper. It was like 4 hours long so it was really long and boring but it was worth it. Supper was awesome, especially the desert which I had 6 pieces of it. For the awards I ended up winning 2 gear bags for 2nd place in both steer wrestling and team roping header. I won the finals tie down roping buckle and the year end tie down buckle. I won the cowboy of the year award which I was pretty pumped to receive that award. Then I won the All Around award. The All Around included a saddle, buckle, memberships to different associations, a certificate for boots, a certificate for horse feed, and a cowboy bible. It was really awesome to win this. The biggest honor though was winning the cowboy of the year award. I had a pretty good weekend to say the least. Anyways I got to get going so I will chat you up some other times. Bye for now!

Finals

Hey there cowboys! So this past weekend we headed up to Hamiota for our finals. Had a really good weekend. I was 9.7 in the calf roping the first day, 15 something the second day, and 13 the third day to win the finals. I was 10 something on my bull dogging steer the first day, and 6.1 the second day, I hung a stirrup the third day and had to turn the steer loose. The team roping Layne and I were 6 seconds and a barrier, 6 and a leg the second day, and 5.9 and a leg the third day. We had to many penalties to do very good in the average.

Last Night's Practice Session

Good Day. I realize I posted 3 times already today but I need to get them for my E.L.A. project so in this post I am going to talk randomly about my rope session last night. So last night we went to go roping and we had to sort calves off the cows in a foot and a half of mud. My brilliant sister tried to grab one by the neck and she got drug around. It was really funny because she went through the deepest mud and like disappeared at times. Then the calf stepped on her and ripped a strip of skin off her back about a foot long! We got the calves in the arena at my uncle's farm. My cousin Shane, also my instructor, showed up and we roped some calves. I didn't have the greatest session because I missed my first calf which is the most important. After that I caught the rest but I still wasn't happy with it. My horse worked pretty good though. That is a good thing because he cost me a lot of money and I bought him from Shane. He is black and his name is Rolex. I really like him! Usually works really awesome for me. Anyways Sky and Boe went roping with us and they had a pretty good night but not great. Shane had  a terrible night because things weren't clicking for him. It was the first time he roped calves since the tragic accident in our family and I think it probably had something to do with it. It was an okay night had by all. Hopefully ready for the weekend now because we leave tonight. Chat at you later!

Rapid City-Neepawa

Hey there cowboys and cowgirls! Last weekend we were at Rapid City. It was a good weekend, didn't to much rain for the most part, and the arena was dry which was nice for a change! I had a pretty good day the first day. I placed second to my team roping partner in the calf roping, I was 18 seconds or something. It wasn't a very good run but good enough to win some points. The bull dogging I crawled off my best buds horse and ended up beating him. I was second there too. He didn't find it near as funny as I did haha. Then in the team roping I split the horns but managed to get a half head out of it and Layner was there to catch 2 feet placing us 3rd in the rodeo. I thought that it was an ok day. The second day I was 12.7 on my calf and won. The bull dogging horse run by a little to wide from the steer and I took a fairly good tumble when I jumped at the steer. The ground felt like cement it was so hard. It was all good though because I didn't get seriously hurt just gave the crowd something to laugh about which is usually what I do in that event. Then in the team roping I christmas wrapped the horns, which is illegal, but I turned him anyways and Layner caught him but we got a no time for the illegal head catch:(    P.S. Layner isn't spelt wrong that's what we call him!

Commercial Blog

    This commercial is  based upon Trevor Brazile, who is a cowboy. It is a video that I got off of you tube. He is a calf roper, team roper, and steer roper, who sets new records all the time. He is the greatest cowboy to ever live. He is a 14 time world champion. This commercial is based on his opportunity to win his 8th all around world title.
    The catch words that are used are hero and destiny. These are catch words because they are talking about him having the opportunity to become a hero. He will be a hero if he wins his 8th all around world title because no one else has ever done it. The most was 7, which were won by Ty Murray. The word destiny is a catch word because they are talking about what he is meant to do. He was pretty much guaranteed to win it, which he did. So now he is a hero.
   In this commercial they use bright colors to make it catchier. They use catch words that grab your attention by telling you that a hero could be made and records could be beat. They use a famous person, Trevor Brazile, who is known as the best cowboy in the world and probably the greatest cowboy in the world. They use tradition in it because they say that he has won it 7 times already which means it should happen again.
   That is all I got to say about this other than Trevor is awesome.