Horsing Around with my Husband

Saturday night we had a special invitation from Jen and Craig to join them at a horse jumping event. Craig works for CB Richard Ellis and they were sponsoring the event for one of Craig's clients. We had VIP treatment with front row seats, literally! We were about 5' from the jump that Jen and Craig are standing in front of in the picture below. We had never been to anything like this. We highly enjoyed it and had a great time.

Carrie and Keith in front of the jump.

I went with a pony tail for the horse event... get it? HA HA!!
Across the way we had a view of Pike's Peak

Just horsing around

These horses were HUGE. Maybe it was because we were sitting at a table nearly below them. I am posting the next two pictures to show how tall they were. Check it out!

This horse could rest his chin on this guys head. Crazy!

Let the jumping begin!

Here are a few pictures that I took from our seats.

This was "our" horse, Conquistador!

They auctioned off the horses at the beginning for charity. Essentially you bid on a horse to win and the top three places won money and the rest went to charity. The four of us picked this horse in honor of Jen's mid western roots since it is from Michigan and Jen is from Wisconsin. Most of the horses were from Europe.

Traditional self portrait right before the Champagne Divot Stomp

Jen and Craig stomping the divots, just like on Pretty Woman!

Stomping divots with flare!

Taking a photo during divot stomping. Who knew hanging out in a horse pasture could be so much fun without actually being on a horse?

Keith and Carrie breaking from stomping for a photo

Jen and Carrie with sunset lighting and wind in our hair

Pretty Woman... Walking down the horse pasture...

As the sponsor of the event, CB Richard Ellis presented the check for the winning horse. Jen stepped in also along with one of Craig's colleagues and the ranch owner.

The winning horse, giving Craig the eye.

This photo cracks me up. Craig isn't looking to sure about this.

Conquistador stopped for a photo! What a great guy!!

He made it to the jump off but came in fourth place. He had perfect jumps but he was a little slower than the rest. We loved him any way. Luckily buying a horse didn't mean he was coming home with us. Oliver may have loved it but I'm sure the rest of us wouldn't have been too thrilled.

We had a GREAT Time!!! Thanks Jen and Craig for inviting us along!!!