Jourdon and my next appearance was at the NRA Finals in Billings. I met Jourdon and Linda Thursday afternoon to meet the Yost family. They were such a great help with everything throughout the whole weekend. That night we found the horses that Sparky Dreesen brought for us to carry sponsor flags on. They were wonderful horses and really took care of us. We had a great first night of rodeo. On Friday we signed autographs and had the rodeo again that night. Saturday we went to Lithia Dodge for a few hours to sign autographs and do a couple radio interviews along with some of the NRA Finals contestants. That night was the last night of rodeo and it went really well!!

A few weeks later my parents and I went to Joplin for Jourdon's Coronation. Once again, Jourdon and I had a lot of fun together. I got to help with the live auction and kiddie rodeo and had a blast. It seemed to be a big success!