Hello, The best definition of luck that I have ever heard is when preparation meets opportunity. If you have ever read anything I have written or know anything about me, I believe that to be true. When I was young I listened to a cassette tape by Earl Nightingale and he said the secret to [...]

Hello, On January 8th, 2008 my Dad died. He was 82 years old and he wasn’t sick or suffered form a terrible illness. He got the flu and for a couple of days he was sick with that but no worse than any of us when we get the flu. He got up about midnight [...]

Hello, When my son was born I knew very little about children. My Wife on the other hand had been raised in a large family and she knew a lot about the do’s and the don’ts of parenting, so I followed her lead. She said that reading to children even though they are very young [...]

Hello, Since I have been in the roping and rodeo world all of my life. I love animals, from the roping steers, to my blue heeler, all the way to my horse I really enjoy being around them. I think the strength and power of a horse is one of the things that I really [...]

Hello, Like everyone, I have my strengths and my weaknesses. I would like to think my weaknesses are few, and my strengthens are so numerous, but I don’t have time to list them all. A small attempt at humor, but in reality in order to be successful in life we have to like ourselves, and [...]

Hello, You probably get tired of me talking about the National Finals Rodeo, but that’s a large part of what I do with my life. My Goal is to become the 2007 and 2008 World Champion Team Roper and if you don’t qualify for the NFR that goal, is impossible. As soon as the NFR [...]

Hello, Like I’ve told you before, I write this article a couple of months before it appears in print. I’m writing this one on December 1st. As soon as I finish this, I’m going to drive from Texas towards Las Vegas, Nevada to compete at the National Finals Rodeo. I’ve spent the last 3 weeks [...]

Hello, My Grandparents were from Toole, Utah. My grandfather was a teamster and he hauled ore out of the mines with a team of horses. There was a smelter there and at that time there weren’t a lot of restrictions on the smoke and pollutants that came out of the smelter. My dad said that [...]

Hello, When I was growing up and trying to improve my roping, I was very fortunate that Leo Camarillo lived about 30 miles away. We didn’t know him, but when he wasn’t gone to rodeo’s he would show up at the jackpots my Dad and I went to. He was so much better that everyone [...]

Hello, Have you ever been to Phoenix, AZ. In the winter? If not you should! The desert is warm and beautiful and people that love to rope bring there horses and spend the winter roping and enjoying life. My wife calls it adult Disneyland and I think that fits perfectly. I have been going to [...]