Denver Stock Show - Day Two - Part Two

Abbea Faris riding Notoriass Manuel, owned by Holly Kennedy of Laramie, WY, in youth barrels. Congrats to Abbea who placed first in this class!
Curtis Imrie of Buena Vista, Colo., running in the donkey barrels. Curtis placed first in this class riding another donkey.

A draft horse team waiting to compete in the feed race.

An exhibitor in the warm-up pin.

Michael Stevens driving Pete in a youth driving class with owner Jeff Blake, of Lake George, Colo., in the passenger seat. Pete placed first in youth mule pleasure driving, open mule obstacle driving, and youth mule reinsmanship. Congrats!

Denver Stock Show - Day Two - Part One

Here are more photos from the National Western Stock Show in Denver this past weekend. These photos were all taken on Saturday.

Mary Wasson, Monica Bishop, and Amy McLean in Open Western Pleasure. Congrats to Amy, who placed first in this class and to Monica who won Open High Point for the whole show!

"Paul Revere" in the mule costume class.

"Teddy Roosevelt and Co." in the mule costume class.


An all-girl feed race between a pair of mules and a pair of draft horses.



Another competitor in the feed race.

Denver Stock Show Photos - Day 1

Here is a quick photo recap of today's events at the Denver Stock Show. I apologize if I got any mule and or rider's name wrong, all I had to go on was my notes from the announcer!

Grand Champion Halter Mule, Last Dance, shown by Mary Wasson and owned by Diane Smith (in front)

Reserve Grand Champion Halter Mule, Wild Bill, shown and owned by Amy McLean (behind)

Congrats!

Winner in the Donkey Cart ClassAn entry in the Donkey Costume Class
The mule and donkey show shares an arena with the Draft Horse show, and I thought this lady had a very pretty dress and horse...

Grand Champion Jack, owned by Curtis Imrie

Laurie Mueller, first place in Amatuer Showmanship

Check back tomorrow, I should have more to share!

--Cori

New Merchandise Up

I put two new items up in our "M&M Store" today, a mule head bootjack and a mule wall clock. Here is the link: http://mulesandmore.com/shop%20storefront.htm
Both would make great gifts for mule lovers!
--Cori

Denver Bound

The February issue of Mules and More, the Jack Edition, is now at the printers. Oh, wow, I am very glad that only happens once a year. I was starting to have dreams involving me Photoshop-ing donkey heads.
And now that that is out of the way, I can start thinking about my upcoming trip to Denver to attend the Denver Stock Show and see my best friend from college, Sarah! Camri reluctantly agreed to "let" me go, after much harsh questioning about why she couldn't come this trip (she had pre-school and dance). I am looking forward to getting out of Missouri for a few days, but it looks like I will be leaving the 50 degree weather we have been having here and trading it for snow. But I am still stoked.
I purchased my fat old mule a beautiful new pink blanket, but I haven't found time to brush the four inches of mud off of him so he can wear it. Looks like it will have to wait until I get back from Denver...
And because I am in such a great mood (and no longer stressing about whether or not I will get the magazine done before my flight leaves) here is an adorable video of a kitten getting tickled...Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bmhjf0rKe8
--Cori

Christmas Parties!

Yesterday, my grandmother, Tracy, and I, along with the girls from "The Beagler" in Belle, joined a few people from ModernLitho, where Mules and More is printed, at Sapphires in Jefferson City. Sapphires is located at the top of the Double Tree Hotel, which is a round hotel. It was delicious...they even had my most favorite dessert of all time, chocolate lava cake. We had a good time catching up with everyone.

I just dropped Camri off at her preschool Christmas party. They are doing a gift exchange, and I took this photo of her before she walked in. She picked out the present (a Barbie and Hannah Montana hair sparkles) and wrapped it herself. It was kind of difficult explaining a gift exchange to a 4-year-old, but I think she finally got it.

I got lucky and have a super-short work week this week...but I did find time today to add two new DVD's to our M&M Store: the 2009 National Championship Chuckwagon Races and Hitch Up Yer Mules. Here is the link, they are the second and third items.

http://mulesandmore.com/videos.htm

I hope you are almost finished with your shopping...We will be here all day tomorrow if you still need something shipped out! I am going to try and brave the malls one last time today in order to get the last couple of items on my list done...so wish me luck!

--Cori

January Issue

I hope everyone is enjoying their December issues.
I've just posted this month's calendar of events, so you can start planning your mule-related events for next year! http://mulesandmore.com/calendar.htm
I also put up the classifieds from December: http://mulesandmore.com/classifieds.htm
We just sent the January issue to the printers this morning. We've already started working on our big Jack issue. If you are interested in advertising, you've got until Jan. 10.
Happy Holidays!
--Cori