Horse Shows With Leila

Posted on May 17, 2019 by haleyhawkes

This is my little sister Leila. She is 9 years old and rides horses just like me and my mom. This is when we went to a horse show at the polo fields in Summerland, CA. Leila was riding a pony named Candy. Horse shows have always been a big part in my life because my mom used to be a horse trainer so when I was little I was always riding horses. Now my sister rides horses too. She goes to San Marcos Stables in Summerland about three times a week to practice horse back riding. She really likes it and that makes me really happy to see her enjoying something that both my mom and I liked doing together.

Leila performing a walk-trot at the show on the polo fields

Leila won a first place, second place, and a third place ribbon for her division. She did really well and we were all very proud of heart and her accomplishments.

Candy is a great pony and Leila loves riding him. He is so well trained and a great pony for little kids like my sister who’s only 9, but so far doing really well. Leila has gotten really good at riding, really fast, and she really likes it so it makes it so much more fun for her. I always really liked riding, but never as much and Leila or my mom, and I think that’s why I never compeated as much as them or practiced enough.

Leila compeated against about 12 other girls all around her same age and level. We were very happy that she won first in that division. My mom used to win all kinds of horse shows when she was little all the way until she was in her mid twenties. I also copeated a lot when I was little, but not really anymore.

All in all, we are very proud of Leila for perusing this passion of hers and following through with it.

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-Haley Hawkes

The cloudy mountains

Posted on May 10, 2019 by haleyhawkes

It was a cloudy weekend in the mountains this May. Suprisingly spring has already come but its so cloudy! We drove up APS and found a great little spot to park the car. It was an amazing veiw up at the top of the ridge. We could see all of Santa Barbara and more.

The clouds were just rolling over the hills and it was such a beautiful sight. The mountains were all green from all of the rain that we got this winter.

This was the veiw from the top of the ridge right next to the car. You can see all of Santa Barbara and the ocean. I love going up to the mountains especially when its cloudy because it puts everything in perspective. You can see the whole town fro so high up and it just looks so pretty. It was also nice that it was cloudy because sometimes if you go up there and its supper sunny it gets to hot and uncomfortable. When your that high up you can basically stay up there for hours. We were up there for about three hours just watching the beautiful veiw.

On our way down from the mountains we stopped at butterfly beach and ate some food. There were suprisingly more clouds on the mountains than there were at the beach. The tide was pretty low and there weren’t really any waves so it was a really nice day there. It was still freezing outside but once you were in the sun for a little bit, you warmed up pretty fast.

Overall, it was an amazing weekend filled with beautiful sights that made me feel like a tourist in my own town! The beach and the mountains here are so lovely, if you haven’t visited them recently I would highly recommend it! Especially the mountains this time of year because the rivers and creeks are all flowing and the hill sides are all green and lush.

Anyway, thanks for reading, “The couldy mountians,” I hoped you enjoyed my blog this week. Like and comment if you did! Stay tuned for next weeks addition of, “Hawkes Tales!”

-Haley Hawkes

Stagecoach!

Posted on May 3, 2019 by haleyhawkes

This weekend I went to Stagecoach! Stagecoach is in Indio, Palm Desert. I went with my mom and good friend Paige. We stayed in Rancho Las Palmas, we actually own a condo there, but my cousins were staying in it and there wasn’t enough room, so we rented one in the same place, and even visited my cousins that were right down the road.

Paige slept over at my house Thursday night, so that we could leave early Friday morning. We got on the road at about 9, and watched movies and napped on the drive there. We stopped by the venue and picked up our VIP passses, tickets, wristbands, and shuttle passes. We were off the the condo next. It was a great condo right by the pool with three rooms, one for each of us.

That night Luke Bryan was playing, we was the most popular and my favorite. Paige and I showered and got ready, then we took the shuttle to the concert. We walked around a little and got lemonade while the opening bands and singers played, then we met my mom at our seats by the stage for Luke Bryan.

He was an amazing singer and great performer. It was quite a show!

We made the mistake of staying for the whole time, which ended at 12am, then we had to get on the shuttle with EVERYONE! It took us 2 and a half hours to get home because the shuttles were full and thousands of people were all leaving at the same time. We finally got back at 2:30am. Even though we only were staying about 25 minutes away.

The next day we slept in to about 12:30pm, we were so tired from the night before. We hung out at the condo, ate breakfast and went in the pool and even vistited my cousins that were near by.

That night we arrived and saw Cole Swindell, and Sam Hunt, who were great performers and put on an amazing show.

That night we left before they were over and managed to get home by 12:45am, which was much better than the night before. When Paige and I got back we put on face masks and went in the hot tube to relax and unwind.

The last day, Sunday, my mom left early to go to the spa, so Paige and I chilled at the condo and watched Forensic Files, ate ice cream, took a bath, and then when my mom got back she took us down the way to visit Tiffany and Hayden at there house that was about 5 minutes away. After we hung out with Tiffany and Hayden my mom got us cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory, we ate some of it and saved the rest for later in the hot tub. We got ready and went to see Jason Aldean. That was a great show and a fun night. Paige and I were dancing and singing and having a blast.

The next day we left early and got home at about 3. It was a long ride but we were glad to be home.

I miss Palm Desert already!

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-Haley Hawkes