Friday, April 4, 2008

RODEO QUEENING IS HARD, HARD, HARD!

The Queen Contestants!
Kenzie looking beautiful!


Emily, Eleanor, Mindy, and Ashlyn

Rod (Kenzie's dad), Gloria and Dave (grandparents) watching (Rod looks tense)
I am in AWE of my niece, Makenzie. She is a beautiful rodeo cowgirl! She barrel races and does the poles. She also competes in queen contests. These contests are HARD! The girls have to demonstrate horsemanship......riding, making the horse dance in tight circles, make the horse run hard and then stop on a dime, and look beautiful, smile and make it look EASY all at the same time. The girls also have to model their beautiful leather dresses, give a meaningful but entertaining speech, answer an impromptu question, take a written rules test, and have individual interviews with 5 different judges. I SAID HARD! The only thing they don't have to do is ride their horse in a swim suit! We all enjoyed today watching Makenzie shine.....she is AMAZING! Way to go Kenzie!

4 comments:

Emily said...

McKenzie you look beautiful!!!1

Mindy M. said...

I don't know which is harder, being the contestant or the mother/father of the contestant? These girls do study hard and it takes ALOT of time and effort to get where they are! One down, many more to go, hopefully with a better outcome!

Laurel said...

Kenz is amazing. I loved being able to see her compete. She is awesome and I admire her for her hard work and courage!

Steph and Brady said...

Wow! I didn't realize they had to do all that! She looks beautiful! That is so awesome that she does that! How fun!