Horse Show

Yesterday was the horse show. Fanny Did really good for this being her first time showing. I got 4th in showmanship the judge was going to place me 2nd or 3rd but Fanny had a cocked foot the whole time and so he had to give me 4th. For Western Pleasure Fanny gave me FIRST place!!!!!!!!! Western Horsemanship (which is usually called Western Equitation) is normally just like Western Pleasure, you ride along the rail, and walk, trot or lope what ever the judge says, sometimes he'll say to switch directions, but this year they had us do a pattern. I didn't do very well, I think I got sixth. The trail course this year was hard but I got 4th. And then I got on Bailey for barrels and poles, for barrels I won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My first time ever but I had a SUPER easy age group, I won with only a time of 26 seconds, I didn't want to go very fast and I kept checking her the whole time and I still won. For poles I got disqualified, on the way home(see pattern below) when I had only 2 poles left to pass by and then the time line I crossed onto the other side(I start on the right so it is the pattern on the right I do) and come the rest of the way down on the side I ran up on ( does that make sense???). Oh, well, at least it didn't happen at a rodeo!

Poles

Barrels

The trail course was not in the arena this year, they were trying to save time and so we just had to do trail in between classes when we had some free time.

Showmanship, my friend Tia has the paint(she's still in the line up to present) and Tanner has the little sorrel mare to the right of Tia.

This is when the judge was inspecting my horse.

Tim Hawkins

This video is soooooo funny and true! He has many others that are very funny also, including Chick-fil-a and Cletus take the reel. I love the part in Cletus take the reel when he says he pulled a muscle in his upper thigh, it is so funny! He has many others but these 3 are our favorites.

Remember to turn the music off at the bottom. Enjoy!

Jr. Rodeo

Yesterday was a Jr. Rodeo. We aced Bailey good and she was perfect! I did OK, but it was fun and I have lots of good memories! For Barrels my time was 23 something and for poles it was 36.125 I think! I would have have a couple seconds knocked off of poles but I had a really bad end turn on one of them. And for barrels I would have have a second or 2 knocked off also but I almost lost my stirrup on my 3rd barrel and so I couldn't get it together and go as quickly because I didn't want to fall off! I went a lot closer to the barrels then I usually do because I wanted to knock off time. And it was worth it, usually I stay a safe distance away because of the penalty.

I looked down to the barrel on one of my turns and my led was seriously 3 inches from the barrel, scary! One time I was practicing and I went WAY too close to the barrel I my leg was used to knock the barrel over. We have Metal barrels and I got hit on the shin by the rim. I still have a bruise!

I can't believe my hat stayed on until the 1st barrel!

Poles

My way home

The way there!

Girls Camp

We just got back from girls camp. It was really fun and I can't wait to go back next year! This year it was at a campground right by a lake up north. On Monday we had our hike and a little free time. And the Stake leaders had a skit. On Tuesday was beach day so we went to the lake all afternoon. It was really fun! The stake had rented Kayaks and tube so that was fun and we had ward skits that night. On Wednesday it was my birthday and we had a faith walk on Joseph Smith in the morning and in the afternoon we pretty much had free time all afternoon.
in the evening we had a slide show presentation and then after clean up the Stake leaders came up and we played a bunch of different trick games and we played WAW! It is the funnest game ever!!!! Then we stayed up till midnight Snipe hunting. In the morning w had our closing devotional (we had one every morning and night) and we cleaned up our cabin and left. It was a great week!


We did this over and over. It is soooooooo fun! On the bridge the railings are zig-zagged and so we would slip into the bottom triangle and we would have one on each side and then we would go down and flip over backwards and grab hands! This is the only good picture I got of it because most of the time your shirt would fall down so this is the only one I have that it didn't. This is of Grace and Jennifer.
Here's a slideshow, don't forget to turn the music off at the bottom.

Our pen pals

The Dads!

Mom and Heather

At Tucanos. They sang happy birthday to Caleb and Z(the baby) because his birthday was last week.

Caleb and J

Jared and Ad

Luke and Al

We Still played in the water things even though we didn't change into our swimsuits

The Bunch at the Zoo

Ofter Chuck-E-Cheese we were able to spend the night at Emily's house. Then in the morning we met up with the boy's pen pals, we were able to go to the Zoo and we had lunch at Tucanos(sp?) YUM! and then we went to Settlers Park for a while. And then we got home and went to the Harris' and were there until midnight. We were TIRED!

A hot but fun afternoon!

Fitting Fanny's shoe

Caleb watching very closely!

This morning I was asking the boys who wanted to be my buddy to go tie the horses up at the land so our farrier could come to shoe them. Caleb then said that he wanted to go and then watch him. So we spent the afternoon watching our farrier. Towards the end Caleb couldn't take any more of the sun and heat and so he sat in the shade doing I don't now what! I'm so glad for the trees over there. I makes working out there a lot more bearable like today when it was 95 out there! Hank loved eating the clippings from their hooves...dogs!

P.S Have I told you that Fanny is TERRIBLE to shoe or trim?

I love the new Fanny!

I finally remembered to bring the camera to the land to take pictures of how healthy Fanny looks now! (Except for all of the cut and scrapes to is continually getting)

Chuck-E-Cheese

For the last time! I can't believe Caleb is turning 8! Our family tradition is that when you turn 8 you get to go to Chuck-E-Cheese: The only time.

We were fortunate to have lots of cousins join us and we were a merry bunch. It was funny because there was a kid there who was having a birthday party and his name was Kaleb and he was turning 8! So there was Caleb and a Kaleb there!

Butterfly

Independance Day!

I would just like to take a minute to say how Grateful I am for this Country, for all of the Freedoms we have here. For all the men that Died for you and me. I Like to recall the words in the Star Spangled Banner

O'er the Ramparts we watched, we so galantly streaming. And the Rockets red glare. The Bombs in Air, gave proof through the night that our Flag was still there!

This is so Beautiful! Frances Scott Key was a man of Talent! Previously I had been singing it without thinking about it. Now everytime I sing it I think of the men that died to keep the Flag still standing on that Dreadful Night. I think how after a Flag Bearer had been killed how another man would rush over and hold the flag until he was shot how the Pattern repeated until there was a piles of bodies holding the flag up. They were proud to die for their Country. I hope we can all be as brave and proud as them.
I am also Grateful for a great state to live in. I love it here and couldn't think of a better place to live!


This fourth of July let us remember:

In God we STILL trust.

He is the one who made us a nation! And now we want to push him out? So say it with me:

In God we STILL trust

Wait! I can't here you! Say it again!

IN GOD WE STILL TRUST

Happy 4th of July!!

Our Family Reunion(Part of it)

The Day before this we had a Hot Dog Roast at the Land and we had horseback rides and Archery Shooting. I don't know where those pics went though

Was It worth it?

This is a paper I wrote for Key of Liberty:

Was it worth it? By Olivia Sutter
12-14-09

After thousands had died was it worth it? My true belief is yes. The men that died were proud to die for their country. I recall Nathan Hale’s last words: “My only regret is that I have only one life to give for my country.” Would he have said this if he hated America? The answer is no. Do people really enjoy death, War, Sorrow or Hurt? No, they don’t, but they were/are willing to go through it to have Freedom, true Freedom.
In the Declaration of Independence it states that “all men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are Life Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Notice the word liberty. The founding fathers didn’t fight the war so they could fight later over who was going to be the king. They fought for liberty, freedom of kings, freedom to own your own land, freedom of speech.
Patrick Henry made this remarkable speech: "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" Do people ‘joke’ about stuff like that? No! They don’t. These men loved America they were willing to die for America. They fought for you and me. Would we even be here if it wasn’t for them? Would we have the gospel if not for them? They have every right to demand respect yet they don’t. They weren’t self-righteous. They were humble, decent men. Was it worth it to them? Yes. Was it worth it to me? Yes! Yes it was!!!

What made George Washington Great? How can I become like him?

This is a paper I wrote for my Key of Liberty Class it was one of my first written assignments!

What made George Washington Great? How can I become like him?
By Olivia Sutter
When you think about George Washington some of the “keywords” to his life were: honorable, brave, praiseworthy, virtuous, strong, and how he was a great man. George loved the people of America and was willing to die for them, he was also honest with them.
George Washington breathed his first breath on February 22, 1732. He was born to Augustine Washington and Mary Ball Washington who was his 2nd wife, while residing in “Pope’s Creek Estate” near what is now called Colonial Beach in Westmoreland County, Virginia. George was educated by his father and his eldest half-brother who was named Lawrence.
When George was just eleven tragedy struck, his father died. For, this required him to grow up at a much earlier age then most boys, since he had so many responsibilities. This is one way that Washington was made ready to be a great man for the future. Also, George Washington had faith and hope. Notably, in the Revolutionary War he knew that the Red Coats could beat them, but he didn’t give up on these things.
In the aspect of thinking; how can I become more like George Washington doesn’t mean that our Fathers have to die when we’re eleven. It means that we always have to have what George Washington had, faith and hope. Because George Washington was an excellent example of hope we need to look up to him. Study his life, his thoughts, and his actions. You can’t have a pure knowledge of the American Revolution without learning about George Washington. He made the path for the United States of America. Protect him which more or less means protect the Constitution and Declaration. And honor him.

Song

This is one of the songs I have been working on. I am preforming it on July 3rd at the Folk Festival up in Hailey. I got it a couple of weeks ago and only started practicing this week put it isn't as hard as it looks thankfully!

I love the Lyrics to this song! They are so appropriate compared to some songs! It is something that I can sing to the best of my ability because I really do believe in it. I know that it is true! The Lyrics are sure strong words!

Lost Generation

Note. This is a very direct post for me to write. Please to not read if you do not understand mine and my family's way of thinking. This is not meant to cause offense, it is simply food for the thought.

I've been thinking a lot lately about this generation. Why has our generation become like this?
Why do we need to set aside a specific night of the week to learn about the gospel. The early saints did stuff like this every night without the Prophet having to tell them to because they had such a love for this gospel and they knew it was the right thing to do. But now we need the Prophet to tell us to do that one night a week. Is this not example enough?

And then I can't help but wonder why half of the Church's members are even members if they don't believe in it(the doctrine taught). Is it because...do I dare say it...that it makes them look good? I mean who wants to do hard things?



I recently read a post here about the Temple being viewed on as a Venue not a Virtue. This is so scary!

I don't know what else to write. Other than this is so Sad!