What a weekend!

Well, this weekend was jam packed with both of my girls favorite things...gym and horses!!!

We started the weekend off with dropping Marissa off at her home away from home, http://madronehillranch.com/beta01.htm on Saturday morning so she could prepare for her show on Sunday. We then headed north to Eugene for Rebecca's last gym meet of the season before the end of season championships in November. This was a great meet for our team since it included several teams from Northern Oregon (which tend to be a bit better than those in southern Oregon). Well about 4 hours later, Becca received 4 trophies and 1 medal and her team rec'd the 2nd place trophy! Becca scored a 36.125, 1st place all around (out of 40) 1st on floor, 9.275; 1st on bars, 9.2; 2nd on beam, 8.9 and 6th on vault, 8.75.

This was at the beginning, they had a costume contest for each team and our team decided to dress up as gymnastics judges. Becca is the 4th judge from the left (without a score card)


Listening to her coach before the meet!

Waiting for the judges to salute so she can begin her beam routine!

Becca with her trophies, great job baby, we be proud!!!!

So our weekend continued on Sunday when we headed south this time to Medford for Marissa's last dressage show of her season as well. These are very fun, but I am just learning so I am not near as familiar with the scores and what they mean. Marissa has only been riding dressage since January and this is a very difficult but beautiful sport! I love watching this type of riding because they are able to get the horse to do various things all with their subtle movements of their legs, bottoms and bodies! It is truly an amazing thing to see! The funniest part of this for us is that although we all know Marissa loves horses she never wanted to do dressage only because she swore she would NEVER wear these pants!!!! Well, look at her now....she looks great!!!!

This was practicing before the show, she looks pretty sharp doesn't she?

Aside from the horse doing his duty, this is a great pic!






Waiting to go in for her ride!


Marissa and Tez!!!

Marissa competed in 2 rides and rec'd 3rd place for both with scores of 60.9% and 58% both are great scores! Her trainer receives scores in the 60's and has been riding dressage for years, so Marissa's scores are very impressive!








Marissa helping her instructor by preparing her horse for her ride.

Great job Marissa, we are so proud of you and what a terrific rider you have become in such a short time!

Well, as you can see it was a fun weekend and we are excited for many more of these! Enjoy the pics!!!!