Beth learned two really important lessons yesterday. The fist is that not all shows will win her a bribbon. The second was if you fall off your horse, get back up there and go again.

Two weeks ago Beth won 2 ribbons at her first horse show. Yesterday was her second show and she did great! Of course she made a couple mistakes, but that's to be expected. She turned 5 in March, so we are really happy with how good she is doing. She didn't win any ribbons yesterday. We told her she might not, but that it was ok and that she needs to practice and learn so maybe she can win some ribbons the next show. We also keep telling her that the most important thing is to have fun and do her best. We could have entered her into one class so she could have gotten a participation ribbon, but we decided not to. She is competitive enough and this is a lesson she needs to learn early on. She is disappointed of course, but she hasn't pouted or whined about it. I am really proud of her.

Daddy ran her around all 3 barrels. She had a blast! Of course Daddy was about to die when he got back over to us though LOL. She was pulling back on Biggy as Neal was trying to get him to run. He was trying not to fall on his face and didn't see what she was doing.