Tuff-N-Nuff Rodeo

The weekend after the Iowa Horse Fair I headed to Fort Dodge for the Tuff-N-Nuff Rodeo put on by Johnny, Peggy, and Levi Hopkins. When I arrived Friday after my classes, Johnny, Sean "Boom Boom" Thompson, and the other bull fighters, headed to the local feed store to sign autographs and meet fellow rodeo fans. After that we headed to the rodeo grounds. I was Peggy's go-to-girl helping out with whatever she needed. Between handing out programs, greeting people, helping with the stick horse race or sheep scramble, doing raffle drawings, or throwing out shirts it was a busy weekend. Some of my friends from school even made the drive to watch a great rodeo! I was there both Friday and Saturday nights and they put on a great, family oriented show. A huge thanks to Johnny, Peggy, and Levi, you guys made this a great experience for me!

Iowa Horse Fair

Here we are: Miss URA, Aleigh Beahm Miss Rodeo Iowa, and Sierra a junior princess.
Scott England came and visited the Iowa Horse Fair for the first time!

What an eventful weekend this has been in Des Moines at the Iowa Horse Fair! Friday after my classes I headed to the state fair grounds for the weekend. I met up with Bobbie Hinds in the Varied Industries building and signed autographs while visiting with people. Then I headed over to the horse barns to help my dad get Tankers (Tank) ready to carry the American Flag during the beginning of the Bulls and Barrels event. Tuff-N-Nuff Rodeo is put on by Johnny, Peggy and Levi Hopkins. They are such nice people and put on a great show. Saturday night it was said that they broke attendance in the Pavillion for their event! I hope to see them down the rodeo road. Aftert the National Anthem Aleigh Beahm and I (who both just celebrated birthdays!) walked around and chatted it up with the crowd. Saturday we were back bright and early, ready for another very funfilled day. We started out the day in the Varied Industries building. After lunch we made queens runs in the Pavillion on the very excited Tankers. In the afternoon Aleigh and I divided up, she went to judge the grooming team while I was incharge of the stick horse contest. A huge thanks to the Iowa Buckskin Queen, National Buckskin Queen, Miss URA, and Suzy Fife, Miss Teen Rodeo Lenox for helping me out with all of the cowboys and cowgirls. We had the contestants run a barrel pattern which was very entertaining! Right after that I had to leave for the day to attend my sisters Senior Recital at Simpson College. Aleigh and I were back at it Sunday morning, but we started out the morning doing a little shopping. We enjoyed the day with visiting royalty as you can see in my picture. I was also honored to get my picture with Scott England. He is an amazing singer from Georgia, getting his first taste of the horse world! The Iowa Horse Council put on an amazing horse fair and did a great job! Another thanks for Johnny and Peggy Hopkins for letting me ride before their bulls and barrels! Get ready because rodeo season is right around the corner! Stay warm!