Two Shows. Two Days. Two Showman

    Show season has definitely begun!  Two shows in two days! Boy were we tired! On Monday, June 24th we had our county show.  I participated in showmanship,  Commercial Heifer, and registered Heifer shows.  The Monroe County show team got some beautiful coral show shirts sponsored by Jennifer and Mark Houston of East Tennessee Livestock Center in Sweetwater.  They are always o supportive of us.   I won Senior Level 1 showmanship.  My commercial heifer, Friendly, won her class.  In the registered show I had three heifers to show: Savy, Natalie, and Batman (Danni).  They all won their classes and advanced to the final drive! Batman walked off with Champion Simmental Heifer and Natalie received Reserve Champion Heifer.  Upon receiving Champion, Batman was eligible for Supreme. The judge, Tyler Wilson, had us in the ring for a little while getting our nerves worked up!  He however ended up picking Batman for SUPREME! I love showing with all my BEEF friends and having that friendly competition. But, now it was on to the next show!

Lexy and I in Senior Level I showmanship

Elli and Batman in Cow Buddies

The second show was the very next day! This show was the regional show. Lexy, my best friend since we started showing together SEVEN years ago, and I took her truck and trailer up to Knoxville to set up our tie spots after we left the county show.  This was our first trip together with her driving the truck and trailer.  We have both just turned 16 so we were super excited.  When we got there, everybody was in full swing.  There was sweat pouring down everyone's faces, drenched clothing and red dirt going everywhere.   We found our tie spots and began unloading our tack.  After a lot of work we returned home only to come back the next morning for SHOW Day!  I placed sixth in senior high skill-a-thon.  This was not the best I have done, but considering the number of contestants I was happy.   After Skill-A-Thon, was showmanship. I placed third in Senior level II.  Friendly won her class in the commercial show and  Reserve Bred & Owned Heifer.  And, finally the registered heifer show!! Duh, Duh, Duh!! I ended the day winning Grand AND Reserve SimAngus Heifers!  We loaded up and pulled in the drive-way at nine p.m., we had just finished a 14 hour show day! shewwweee!