Ropes 8/23

So summer schedule is over :(  Which means back to the weekends and no more weekly rides. So I came early in the morning to help T1/T9. I went out to the pasture early and hung out with my baby girl Cedar and took some great pictures of her. I got to groom Stretch this morning!!!! The tallest horse out there. It was really fun. He is SO tall I had to stand on tip toe to reach his back haha. Then I watched T1 and some got to ride bareback finally. Then I watched Varsity, Precisionettes, White Liberty 4, White Dressage, Crimson, and Royal. Then it was finally time for ropes to start. We warmed up with flat loop. It started raining on us so we went into the White Arena. Then I was sent with a few other riders to be taught new tricks. We learned butterfly wrap around??? You have to butterfly while spinning in a circle. It is a lot harder than it sounds. Then he taught us some really good techniques for lazy butterfly and I GOT IT!!!!! Then we also learned up the arm and I am learning it on the other arm and repetitive since I could already do it. My shoulder was absolutely killing me by the end of class. Then up I go to help unsaddle. So a girl on Shoshone called for a wrangler and I came and helped her with his hooves because he was SUPER hyped up cause he wanted his grain. Guess what!! It was WesternaireForever!! So I helped her walk him around cause he was being really pushy then got his grain. No one else really needed help. They're moving to Sophomores so they don't really need us anymore. Can't wait for the new tenderfeet!!! Overall it was a VERY exhausting day and I am sooooooo ready for a nap.