Lacey got her drivers license. Nicole was officially trained to drive and handle the Freightliner. She was also trained on loading all horses, golf cart, motorcycles and most importantly, a properly stocked ice-chest. She and Court took the opportunity to train a couple more super nice babies and send them on to their new careers. Several of us were taught by Nicole how to hackey-sack and we are pretty darn good at it.

I woke up one day and realized that my children were getting involved with more and more activities and that I could not be gone from home as much as I was when I was competing. I realized that it was not all about me anymore... darn! I’ve practiced with them, every sport that they play and made it to every game, I am a big sporto, so that is no chore for me.

Bally Whatnot (Kobe) had a super year with OCET and Lauren Kieffer. He is back in Ocala, ready to compete again after taking advantage of a little rest while Lauren took on a few 3 and 4 star horses that needed to be qualified for Kentucky.

Court and I feel so fortunate to have spent 4 days with Mr. LeGoff in France. The three of us were so proud to drink good wine in the hospital room and have a couple more joke and laugh sessions with him shortly before he passed away.

Our dear friend, David O’Connor, was inducted into the Equestrian Hall of Fame.

There were highs and lows, but mostly highs to fill ourselves with good memories. No matter how bad you might think your day was, our team leaders and their great attitudes made for getting right back on track.

The Saints are 12-0 and we managed to get to a game or two between eventing, our childrens sports and school work. Now it is time to get down to real good old fashion holiday season fun. We’ve got some partying to do. No more horse talk until January or February or ...
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL