Success!

WE DID IT! We actually wowed the crowds at the Midwest Horse Fair. Karin is sure we were the second best act in the entire horse fair. She thought the Andalusians were better but not by much. I'm kind of scared that we won't have any hats big enough for Karin's head if this continues. Many, many people followed us out of the coliseum to tell us how wonderful our kids did. Now I'll tell you how the day started. The practice was scheduled for 11:00am in the practice arena. It went terrible, the kids could not get their mounts, they were falling off, getting dropped from long distance and nothing looked like it was going to work. We were very discouraged as they finished the practice then Karin went to loosen the surcingle and realized that she had never tightened it in the first place. No wonder practice went bad. Karin sent everyone to the stall while we went for FOOD. We had 10 hungry vaulters to feed before they are due on and we thought they all needed protein. We got a shock when we saw they were selling water for $3.75 a bottle and the sandwiches were $5.50 each. Now was the time to be thankful that we stopped at Family dollar yesterday to by bottled water. We bought 10 roast beef sandwiches. Then mom and I headed for the coliseum for a good seat. By the time the vaulters were ready to come in I was so nervous that as I started video taping I realized I was shaking so had to find a place to hold the camera steady. The announcer is the same one from the Northern IL Horse Fest and he gave them a good introduction. When Hannah started trotting up to Ribbon we heard the crowd go awe, how cute, then as she was lifted into the air it was gasps all around and it just got better. By the time they were finished they had totally wowed EVERYONE including the announcer. I can't wait to get the video up on youtube but as we are at the fair until late Sunday I know it won't be done until early Tuesday.