Liz Lund Eventing & Dressage

Monday, July 27, 2015

New Beginnings

Hello 2015! There is so much to write about I don't even know where to begin! It has been awhile since I have done a full heartfelt blog. So here goes nothin'!

2015 so far has been an incredible year with many new and amazing opportunities and experiences for me and it is only the end of May with a lot of the year left ahead of us. January 1st began an adventure in which I have high hopes to turn in to a tradition each winter.

This winter in Ocala, FL brought me an influx of knowledge and experience. The lessons, competitions, friendships, relationships with past, current and new clients, friends and family and the input from everyone has really made it all more than worth it. I wouldn't change my experience in Florida for anything. With new experiences come inevitable changes and although some things changed at home while I was away, I was able to come back to a booming business and eager clients ready to feed themselves off of my new knowledge and experience.

As the world turns so do we. Some doors close only to have new ones open that present growth and opportunity in ways you could sometimes never even dream of.

I am so lucky to have such a strong support system that continues to stand by me, picks me up when I am down, holds me accountable and allows me to grow and learn from my mistakes.

I am blessed to have made a transition to a new facility, Copeland Farms. The Kelly Family has purchased a farm in Indepepndence in which I am able to run my program out of. I say blessed and not lucky because it is not luck that takes us through life but choices and decisions on how to build and grow relationships. Luck would be winning the lottery.

The new farm, Copeland Farms, is a beautiful facility. It will be my new home and allow for me to take on more clients. Elysium Farm has been my home for the last 3.5 years and Peter & Tracy have been nothing but wonderful. Copeland Farms is now my opportunity to continue to grow my business.

I look forward to diving in as Barn Manager and Trainer to run one of the best Eventing & Dressage training facilities in the western suburbs.

So right now, to say the least, I have a very full plate! My own two horses are progressing nicely in their training and Hannah is being loved as always. Marcia & Cat are leasing her currently and then Cat will be moving in to a full lease on her. Lucy is continuing with her one tempis, passage & piaffe while Roxy is working hard to get ready for her CIC1* debut.

There have been so many highlights already this season as we head towards August, I can't believe the year is over half gone, it seems like it just began. We have had a few students move up to the next level, a working student, Meg, who was here for the summer has come and gone accomplishing her goal of passing her C3 at the end of her stay, Sam Kelly not only made the Area IV NAJYRC team, but she placed 9th out of 45 riders from around the country and Canada to help her team take home the 5th place ribbon.

I am in the works of finalizing our Open House date for Copeland Farms & then we will open the doors to accepting more Training clients! Looking forward to expanding my business and career! See you all at the next horse show!

Friday, January 30, 2015

2014 Wrap Up

It is 2015. I can't believe how time flies.
2014 was a fabulous year for Liz Lund Eventing.

We attended many horse shows with great results! Looking back we had a very busy, fun year!

May:
Spring Otter Creek
May Daze & KY Dressage Association Show at the Kentucky Horse Park
St Croix Classic

June:
Lainey clinic at Schweiss
Becky at Otter
Fox River Valley Horse Trials
Betsy Steiner Clinic

July:
Roebke's Run Horse Trials
Alpine Dressage

August:
Catalpa Corner Horse Trials
Otter Creek Summer
Lainey Clinic
Richland Park Horse Trials & Steepleview Horse Trials GOT DENVER THIS WEEKEND!!!

September:
Roebke's Run Horse Trials
RF Convention in Atlanta
Otter Creek Fall
AEC's at the Texas Rose Horse Park

October:
XC Schooling at Schweiss
Regional Dressage Championships at Kentucky Horse Park
Midsouth Horse Trials and CCI1* - Emily Shirley and Raptor Force won the YR CCI1* Champion title while Sam Kelly & Someday Never Comes won the Reserve Champion. Emily finished 2nd overall in her division and Sammy in 3rd.
Heritage Park Horse Trials

November:
Jon Holling Clinic at Carriage House Farm
Yves Clinic at Trinity
Dressage Clinic with Judy Walker at RDE

December:
Betsy Steiner Clinic
Holiday Party at Gearhart's

January 1 - depart for Florida.

It all seems so simple when written down, but as you all know there is so much time, work, and preparation that goes into going to each show, clinic, lesson and more! I first want to say I appreciate everyone's help in organizing and coordinating this all and am already anxiously awaiting our first area show!

Student Update: I have so many great students! Everyone had great results this year whether it was moving up a level, achieving qualifying results for a future goal, learning to ride a new horse, or just having great lessons and enjoying their 4 legged friend.

Heading into 2015 we are busy setting goals, making plans as to what we need to accomplish and work on before the show season hits us in full force. I have been lucky enough to spend the winter in Florida at a lovely farm right in the heart of Ocala. I am traveling home a lot to teach my students at home as well. Everyone is working hard towards improving their riding, their horse and the partnership together. Two of my girls are aiming at the 2015 North American Junior Young Rider Championships at a the CCI1* level to represent Area IV. I couldn't be more excited and proud of those two, Emily Shirley & Sam Kelly.

Minnesota Bound aka Milo was sold the day before leaving for Florida to a local lady to be ridden in Dressage. She absolutely loves him and I couldn't have asked for a better new home. Marcia is still riding her friend's horses and lessoning on a regular basis.

Emily Shirley & Raptor Force had an amazing year. They solidified their Prelim runs to qualify for the Midsouth CCI1*, and all while competing her horse Raptor, she was being my amazing groom keeping all my horses in top condition, allowing me to coach and compete. None of this last year would have been possible without all of her hard work! Not only did the get their qualifications for the Midosuth CCI1*, she went down there and killed it! She finished 2nd overall in her division and was the Young Rider CCI1* Champion! Her hard work and dedication sure pays off and it will continue too, as she has her sights set on the 2015 NAJYRC Area IV Team!

Sam Kelly & Someday Never comes also had a stellar season. They had many top finishes including wins at Fox River Valley, Roebke's Run, Otter Creek Summer, Otter Creek Fall and third place finish at the CCI1* in Kentucky in her division and Reserve Champion CCI1* YR. Looking forward to great things in 2015, already starting the year off with a win at Rocking Horse in the Preliminary division! Sammy's mom, Heidi, is also riding her fancy draft cross Mon Cherie!

Claire Henneman & Emma's Wish had a great season, making the move up to Training level with many top finishes. They were 1st in the Novice division at Fox River Valley and 2nd at Roebkes Run in July. They finished 2nd in their first Training level at Catalpa Corner and qualified to compete in the Training 3 Day at Midsouth. They had a successful run at the three day, learning a lot and really enjoying the full format. Claire has her sights on perfecting the training level and moving to preliminary when ready!

Lily Geelan & Boo Ya had a great year too! They made a successful move up to training level at Otter Creek Summer and finished off a great year at the training level, almost always finishing in the top 8. Unfortunately Lily has grown quite tall and we are looking to sell Boo and find Lily a new, larger mount! Exciting things will come for her and a new horse in 2015!

Olivia Shirley & Lady Hannah B. No bias here, but definitely the best horse in the barn! Olivia loves Hannah so much, it really means a lot to me to watch a lovely young girl take in my horse as her own. They had such a great year, reaching many of her goals! They moved up to Novice and have their sights set on Training level this year! They had a 2nd place finish at Otter Creek, the first show of the year, 3rd at Otter Creek Fall at the novice level and a 4th place finish at Heritage Park to top the year off! Looking forward to exciting things for Olivia & Hannah in 2015!

Mariah Luksan & Midnight Starbuck had a great year, completing a lot of shows at the Beginner Novice level, she has her sights set on Novice for 2015. They finished the year with a win at Beginner Novice at Otter Creek Fall. Mariah's riding has improved so much over the year and continues to each time I teach her, I am impressed with her dedication and drive to further herself as a rider!

Maitland Luksan & Curbside Appeal rocked in, never finishing outside of 3rd place! They are working hard to move up to Novice this year, and that little horse has springs! They took 3rd at Otter Summer & fall, and finished 2nd at Roebke's Run. Look out for this kid as she is on the rise to become a very competitive young rider!

Maura Tierney & The Artful Dodger had a great year despite a hiccup at the end. Maura is back in the tack and ready for 2015. They competed all over at the Beginner Novice level and are ready to get going for this year! I have really enjoyed working with Maura & Artie and watching their partnership grow.

Maddy & Jennaea Gearhart have been having a blast with A Simple Twist of Fate aka Dylan! Maddy did her first horse trials last year and had so much fun! She can't wait to get back out there this year! Jennaea has been working hard at home, she has started over some poles and will be back jumping later this year!

Niamh O'Mahony is riding Tracy's pony Taco, and really enjoying him! He is such a great little teacher it is fun to continue to teach student after student on him. She will be getting ready for her first show of her career this year!

Deb Stern & Oliver are back and ready to show! Deb had some time off due to knee surgery and her daughter's wedding, and son's baby being born. Now she is ready for another show season! Her and Oliver are a competitive pair and are looking to come out strong this year.

Dana & Lisa Kellenberger are back in the barn with Melody and their newer horse Magnolia. They have been great friends for many years it and it is so fun to work with them! Their new horse is a cute mare that is ready to teach them more. It is so great to have Lisa living back in Minnesota too!

Osa & Frida have been back at lessons. They have made huge improvements in Frida's gaits, her trot and canter is a lot stronger. Osa is a fun rider to work with as she understands the technicalities of dressage.

Isabella & Eliana Schmidt are a mother daughter team that ride Dressage. Isabella's horse O'Neill came in later this summer. He is a blast to ride but can be a bit lazy, which has been great to teach Isabella how to ride him forward! They had a few successful shows this fall and are looking forward to getting out and competing at 1st and 2nd level and possibly even 3rd level this year! Eliana is leasing Ty, she is a walk/trot student right now and has her goals set on becoming more comfortable in the tack and cantering!

Morgan Chapman & Prove Em' Wrong aka Logan are down here in Florida working hard! Morgan & Logie did their first starter even last fall at Otter Creek and are now getting ready for their first beginner novice! Morgan is a working student, she works hard to keep my horses healthy and ready to go for me!

Catharina Ardakani & Classic's Coutura made the trek to be a working student down in Florida too. Cat is also owner of Custom Fly Veils, my ear bonnet sponsor. Her & Morgan work hard to keep the barn running! Cat & Lily are going to be doing Training and then moving up to Preliminary later this year.

I am picking up a new working student today, I will be headed to get her shortly, so once she is settled in I will have to update you on her!

There are many new and exciting changes coming for 2015, the first of them being able to winter the beginning of the year in Florida. I can't repeat how lucky I feel to be able to have this opportunity! I so thankful for Tracy and Elysium Farms, for allowing me to be able to come back quite often and still teach my Minnesota crew!

Roxy and Lucy are thoroughly enjoying their FL time! Both working hard, Roxy has her first show in the beginning of February at Ocala and Lucy is working hard to get her piaffe and passage, as well as her 1 tempis. She will be competing at the end of February.

I have ridden Lucy with Gunnar Ostergard and he was very helpful working on minute details and reminding me to ride every single step and be completely focused while riding. I will be riding Lucy with British FEI Judge James Burtwell soon and have been riding Roxy with Philippa Humphreys, Lainey Ashker and Jon Holling.

We have already been over to Longwood a number of times and Sam Kelly competed at her first horse trials at Rocking Horse 1, winning the Preliminary Rider division.

It has been fun down here. My good friend Jordynn Sahagian from Barrington, IL is living with me too. She is working with and for Will Coleman while she is here. It has been great to have her around.

So since this is a 2014/2015 blog I am going to wrap it up, with high hopes of writing another blog soon...but until then, heels down, chin up and have fun!

Sunday, May 18, 2014

2014 Spring Catch Up

It is officially spring! My mom stated it best, it isn't spring until Otter Creek Spring Horse Trials. Well we just completed OCF Spring and spring and show season is officially upon us! You can feel the excitement in the air!

We have a lot of new and exciting changes for the 2014 show season with kids on new horses and moving up the levels. Sammy purchased a new mount, Someday Never Comes aka Stella from Sue Martin late this winter. She did her first horse trials on Stella at Rocking Horse Spring and finished 6th in the Jr Training division. She then competed at Sring Bay Horse Trials finishing in 6th place as well.

I in the meantime purchased a new mare (girl power!) Flash Mob aka Roxy from Kristin Commers. She has been home a short while and has made huge improvements!! She is a 6 year old OTTB mare just my size at 15.3 hands high. All bay with a small white star. It has been exciting to get to know her and build a relationship.

I have been working hard with Marcia O'Hagan's Minnesota Bound aka Milo too. I took Milo & Roxy to Geneva Equestrian in early May to work with Brad Hall and do a mini-event. It was fun to get them both out. Milo finished the Novice in 2nd place and Roxy finished in 4th in the Beginner Novice. With the rain and the EHV outbreak, it was nice to finally get off the property and outside! Some of the kids were able to get out and go cross country schooling at Otter Creek Farm with Jenny Warner as well.

I made the trip down to Lexington, Kentucky to watch ROLEX and had a blast hanging out at the KHP. The excitement of a 4* is something I can't wait to experience from the competition side. We had Lainey in for another fabulous clinic hosted at My Legacy Farm. She had great exercises to get us forward and back into the game. It was a great prep for Otter Creek Spring Horse Trials.

As I said earlier we just returned from OCF Spring HT. It was a great weekend with lots of memories and experiences! Otter Creek is by far my favorite venue. I had three horses competing this weekend, Roxy in the Beginner Novice, Artie in the Beginner Novice and Milo in the Novice. They were all wonderful! Milo led the dressage on a well deserved 30, and Roxy had a great trip in the sandbox scoring a 33 while Artie was working through a little bit of tension he scored a 40. Roxy & Artie both put in great clear show jumping rounds later that day. All three of them stepped up to the plate for cross country as well. Milo ran first and put in a double clear coming in just one second under optimum time. Artie jumped around, less-deer like and more horse-like which is a great improvement for him! Roxy locked on to all of her BN jumps and spooked at all of the other fences and spectators on course, but that will come in time. We picked upped a 20 due to her balking at the Intermediate ditch & brush placed behind one of our fences but once she realized we weren't jumping the ditch & brush sideways she found her fence and jumped it wonderfully. On Sunday Milo had a great show jumping round with one rail down to finish in 3rd. Artie finished in the ribbons taking home 7th and Roxy sat just outside. She will get it!

Emily & her new mount Raptor made their debut at Training. They had some tension in the dressage ring but showed their stuff out on the XC and in the SJ ring putting in one of the few double clear XC rounds and a double clear SJ round finishing in 4th place. Sammy & Stella also had a great run, still have some sorting out to do in the sandbox but had wonderful XC and SJ rounds to finish in 8th place. Lily & Boo went out on XC like they had last fall, nice and forward jumping out of stride. They had one unfortunate rail in SJ but placed 7th nonetheless. Claire & Emma made their debut at Novice with great success. They had a wonderful dressage ride, after Emma was feeling a little fresh in the box Claire took it nice and slow making easy work of the jumps but added some time to their score. She took it nice and steady around the SJ course to complete their first Novice horse trials! Deb & Oliver had a tough weekend but Deb is now the proud grandmother to a beautiful baby boy! They had an unplanned separation on the XC but put in a wonderful SJ curtesy round. They were able to hit the XC after the horse show and cleaned up their mishap and finished the course wonderful and ready for more! Kailey Giancola & her newest mount Peterbuild had a great weekend winning the SR Novice division! It has been so fun to have Kailey back for the summers between her college time! Olivia & Hannah made their team debut at Beginner Novice and had a wonderful weekend finishing 2nd! So proud of Olivia for stepping up to the plate and really showing me what she knows! Mariah & Grady had their first outing at Starter together and unfortunately had a parting of ways in the SJ ring. She had a great lesson on Saturday and was able to school the XC course on Sunday after the show! She is making huge improvements. Maitland & Cinder were with us as non-competes and had some fun lessons in the warm up rings and were also able to go XC schooling on Sunday! Glad to have Maitland back in one piece and ready for more action! Overall it was a GREAT weekend and lots of learning took place!

Big shout out to all of my sponsors, clients, parents, students, horses, horse show staff, volunteers, trainers - everyone and anyone who has anything to do with making these wonderful weekends possible! There are a lot of moving parts and we like to run like a well oiled machine and we sure do! Great support from everyone over the weekend! Thanks Emily for all your hard work put into grooming my horses and helping organize packing, set up, unpacking, repacking, schedule making etc! I really appreciate all the hard work. Thanks to ALL of the others for helping as well, everything you do makes it all work, even as little as offering kind words to one another goes a long way! You guys mean the world to me! Can't wait for our next outing! It is so great to pull into my wonderful home base of Elysium Farms! I can't thank Tracy & Peter Kooman enough for letting me run my business from their beautiful farm!

We are busy busy busy! I head off to Kentucky on Weds morning with four horses. Emily and Raptor will be doing the P/T, Claire & Emma and Lily & Boo will be doing Novice at May Daze Horse Trials and I will be bringing Lucy to make our Prix St Georges debut at the KDA Spring Dressage Show! It will be a fun weekend! Zach will be helping drive and some of the parents will fly in to help out as well! I look forward to a fun event and dressage show at the wonderful Kentucky Horse Park.

After that we head to St. Croix Dressage Show on 5/31 and Carriage House Combined Test on 6/1. Competing in the St. Croix Dressage Show will be myself on Lucy, Emily on Raptor, Olivia on Hannah, Claire on Emma, Lily on Boo and Sammy on Stella & Mo. At Carriage House we have: me on Milo - Training me on Roxy - Novice Emily on Raptor - Prelim Sammy on Stella - Prelim Claire on Emma - Training Lily on Boo - Training Olivia on Hannah - Novice Deb on Oliver - Novice Maura on Artie - Beginner Novice Marcia on Milo - Beginner Novice Sammy on Mo - Beginner Novice Mariah on Grady - Starter Maitland on Cinder - Starter It will be a busy weekend!

Then we bring Lainey in for another educational fun weekend at the Schweiss Farm!

Later in June we have a large group heading to Fox River Valley! me on Milo - Training me on Roxy - Novice Emily on Raptor - Prelim Sammy on Stella - Prelim Claire on Emma - Novice Lily on Boo - Novice Deb on Oliver - Novice Maura on Artie - Beginner Novice Olivia on Hannah - Beginner Novice

So until I have more time after a few more exciting events to blog again - keep your heels down and eyes up! Ride on!

Thursday, March 27, 2014

vida del amor la vida en directo

Translated - Live Life Love Life. I just returned from a nice week vacation in Mexico and it couldn't have been more rejuvenating. Maybe it was because I was only home for a day and am currently en route to Florida to help Sammy with her new horse and go to Rocking Horse. That could have helped. I have to say taking a week away from everything (mostly) was fabulous. It was a great chance to reflect on my business and look at how I want it to continue to grow. It was a great time spent with some close friends and their family members. Not only do we have quality time together as a group, but I am able to meet so many new, interesting people. I really enjoy conversations with strangers about life and love. I really just enjoy talking to new people. I met a very interesting young women that was on a 15 day vacation on her own. She was very nice and had some great stories. I met another girl and her family from Illinois and they were fun to hang out with as well. The staff at this resort were fabulous and very entertaining, and quite nice to look at. I'll make sure to post a photo in here. Although MN is very cold, I have high hopes that we are nearing the end of the cold and hopping into spring.

I am so excited for this year, I just have a great feeling about it. We return from Florida on Sunday and then its three quick days loaded with lessons, spring shots, farrier work, riding, packing and up and early Thursday morning to drive to the Kentucky Horse Park for Spring Bay Horse Trials with a handful of kids. Emily Shirley will be showing Raptor Force in the training, Sam Kelly & Someday Never Comes in training, Lily Geelan & Boo Ya in the Novice and Claire Henneman and Emma's Wish in the Beginner Novice. Natalie Johnson is also coming down this year to show her horse Brother Louis & will be hauling Beau home for the Kelly's.

April is filling up quite fast. My best friend's birthday is April 13th so we will plan something fun for her, and I am house/dog sitting for a close friend as well. Then I am off to Chicago with my mom & sister to visit my little sister Maggie. Then heading to Kentucky to cheer on my friends that will be kickin it around that 4* course at Rolex. Then we are off to our first dressage show of the year the first weekend in May at Otter Creek.

Check out this link of us working on our extended trot!

I would also like to announce the arrival of Little Lu to the farm!! She is a very good looking red head like her big sister Lucy, but she has four wheels and her breeding goes back to the sire Honda Rancher 420. She is pictured below! I can't wait to get her to her first show this year and see what her future holds.

I will make sure to blog on the way home about how the show this weekend goes. I am hoping to also see some other sale horses to keep in mind as I am hopefully looking for my next eventing prospect. Until then, stay warm and drop your stirrups!

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

2014 - New Year, New Experience

2014. I love it. I am so excited for this year, I know that we, Liz Lund Eventing, as a team are going to do GREAT things!

So many exciting changes have come about, new horses, new goals, new students, etc. and while changes are new and exciting, I am so happy to have the "old" in my life too, longtime, loyal students, friends and family, and a fabulous facility we have been able to operate out of.

Lucy has been redirected into becoming a straight dressage horse for 2014. My goal is to move up to PSG and I1, qualify for Regionals and then qualify for Nationals and then finish her training by adding her one tempis, passage and piaffe. So, since I am new to the sport of "straight" dressage, well not new, but actually pursuing some serious goals, I am learning a lot about the sport. What is a good show, what is a good goal, what is too soon, how do you do this and that, who to talk to etc. This is all stuff I know in Eventing, so I am more then excited to become more knowledgable and skilled in the upper level dressage. We have been working hard on our changes, fours, threes, twos and started ones...well now we are back to just schooling the change, when I ask for it, not when Miss Lucy thinks they should be done. Reschooling, retraining, taking steps backwards in order to take leaps forwards. I'm not gunna lie, it's a blast!

So although "Liz Lund" is focusing her horse on Dressage in 2014, we are still, in fact, Liz Lund EVENTING. Yes, our main focus is Eventing. Financially I need to put purchasing my next mount on hold, so I am aiming my sites on working with what I have, which is what we all have to do at times.

My LLE students have all been making huge progress over this awful, cold, snowy winter. They are very committed to the program and taking the steps to further their knowledge and experience. We have some riders surfacing this season on new horses and some on the same horses but with their aim to move up a level. We have a couple students working hard to try and qualify for a CCI1* by the end of the year so they can work at making the USEA Area IV Young Rider's 2015 team. I have a few working towards attending the USPC Pony Club Championships and Festival, some working on getting out to their first event, almost all the kid's are working towards their next rating whether it is the D! or C3. Most importantly everyone is working on their own personalized goals in which they want to accomplish. I am working on becoming a well rounded equestrian by now trying to conquer the highest level of the DQ world I can. Who knows, maybe my next horse will be a jumper so I can hit up all the phases of Eventing and come back with a vengeance! All in due time.

I have learned a lot about myself, my business and other's through my experiences and I couldn't be more thankful for everything I have. It can be easy to look at so and so on the other side of the fence and say I want that, how come they have that, what am I doing wrong, but you can't always judge a book by its cover. You don't know how they got there, you don't know what they gave up and you don't know that you really want to be them. Live everyday to the fullest and appreciate what you have. If you want something more, set a realistic goal and make a plan on how to reach it.

I have become more involved in my side business as a consultant for Rodan + Fields Dermatologists. Again, what a great opportunity and experience. If anyone knows me...like really I don't think I had washed my face in a sink, or well I guess besides when in the shower, since, um ever. Now, quite religiously, I wash my face two times a day AND I use sunscreen. As you know, I love to be tan, and I can quite easily get tan, BUT what is weird, I swear after you turn 25, you start to notice things you swore were never going to happen to you. That extra 10 lbs, that wrinkle, those dark spots, wait what? I can't just eat whenever I want, drink whatever I want, and not just stay skinny? And young? Weird. We are all aging all the time, so I found these amazing products that help! I desperately needed something to help reverse that sun damage to my face, those freckles were getting out of control and I had an odd pigment darkening on my upper lip, no not hair, my skin. So, my friend Michelle was selling the products, and I jumped right in and started selling as well. I received all of my products and began using the Reverse Regimen right away. Within two weeks I saw results. Never. Looked. Back.

Now I am not really a sales person, although I could probably buy and sell horses all day long, I have gotten quite good. It really is quite easy when you stand behind your products 100%. It really is like any business. My horses for example, I stand completely behind my LLE business, I am a horse trainer, instructor, coach, rider, etc. I am good, I know my strengths and weaknesses. I continue to better myself. I continue to accept help and ask for help when needed. I strive to learn from past mistakes and I can count on good results. I do well, my student's do well. I would have to say maybe I know something or maybe something I am doing is working. Well there ya go. When you test something out and you get good results, stick with it. A skin care regimen is like a riding program. If it works, and you're doing well, keep doing it.

Anyway onto fun stuff! I have had a few great trips this year. I feel I have been all over horse shopping for clients. Chicago, Virginia, Flordia...it has been quite fun! Congrats to Emily Shirley and her new horse Raptor Force purchased from Lainey Ashker. They have been doing wonderful together since he arrived on January 1st. I also went to Nashville for Rodan + Fields and Seatlle, WA to visit my older sister, Kiki, with my little sister Maggie.

I am really looking forward to an awesome year! Again, setting a goal to keep blogging as much as possible. Set your goals just out of reach and reach for the stars!

Can't wait for the snow to melt!