Kitsemble's Rabbitry

 

"Outta the Gate in 2008"

October 26-30, 2008

Louisville, Kentucky

Top Rex Placings

Kitsemble's Taylor ~ 1st place Broken Jr. Doe

Kitsemble's Ceajay ~ 1st place Broken Jr. Buck

Kitsemble's Caleb ~ 2nd place Castor Jr. Buck

Kitsemble's Cody ~ 3rd place Broken Jr. Buck

Kitsemble's Jodi ~ 5th place Broken Jr. Doe

Kitsemble's Cole ~ 5th place Castor Jr. Buck

Kitsemble's 69KS ~ 6th place Broken Sr. Buck

First place Broken Jr. Doe and Buck!

Top Mini Lop Placings

Kitsemble's Chanel ~ 8th place Broken Jr. Doe

Kitsemble's Jason Jr. ~ 11th place Solid Sr. Buck

Kitsemble's K119 ~ 11th place Broken Jr. Buck

Kitsemble's Shawn ~ 12th place Solid Jr. Buck

Kitsemble's Dana ~ 15th place Solid Jr. Doe

Kitsemble's Elegance ~ 16th place Broken Sr. Doe

Kitsemble's Jared ~ 21st place Broken Sr. Buck

Kitsemble's ARod ~ 22nd place Solid Jr. Buck

3 others in the top 30

Judge Allen Mesick and Sara.  I love the tie!

Andrea and Sara on judging day

Looking forward to San Diego 2009!

 

More pictures from the convention!

We are happy to be at convention!  Judges Ruth and Anna Dapper and Sara.

Ted Deloyola judging Castors.  A Castor won BOS this year.

Bruce Ormsby judging the Broken Jr. Doe class of 40 (I believe this was the largest class--it seems small compared to the Mini Lops!).

Judge Bruce picking BOV Broken. . . please pick the juniors!

My winning Rex!  I am excited!

Kevin Stanford, Allen Mesick, and Sara.  Our annual convention photo!

Eric Stewart judging Broken Jr. Does

Are we having fun yet?  Oh yeah!

Sara with Gus and Monique Richer, my French Canadian friends!

Richelle Hellpap, mom Theresa, Sara, and Andrea at the Mini Lop banquet

Mini Lop Pres. Noel and Sara

The best part of our trip was our visit to Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby Museum!  We had a great time!  We went on Sunday, and there were 10 horse races being held that day.  Some of us even won a little cash, but no big winners!

Are we from KY or WI?  Modeling our Derby hats!

Home of the Kentucky Derby and American Idol auditions!

The starting gate!

Riding my horse with no legs!

One of the many race horses we saw.  I didn't know that horses were tattooed on the inside of their upper lip.

Warming up before the race

Live horse races!

Teenie tiny jockey

Mint juleps are soooo good!

 

"Great Lakes + Great People = Great Times"

October 14-18, 2007

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Sara with the 1st place Solid Jr. Buck!

Top Mini Lop Placings

Kitsemble's Sam ~ 1st place Solid Jr. Buck

Kitsemble's Stan ~ 3rd place Solid Jr. Buck

Kitsemble's Mr. Penny ~ 5th place Broken Jr. Buck

Kitsemble's Madore ~ 9th place Broken Sr. Buck

Kitsemble's Melinda ~ 12th place Broken Sr. Doe

Kitsemble's Danielle ~ 13th place Solid Jr. Doe

Kitsemble's Grady ~ 14th place Solid Jr. Buck

Kitsemble's Zeus ~ 16th place Solid Sr. Buck

Kitsemble's Jared ~ 18th place Broken Jr. Buck

Kitsemble's Jazmine ~ 19th place Solid Jr. Doe

Judge Brad Boyce with the 1st and 3rd place Solid Jr. Bucks!

Top Rex Placings

Kitsemble's Cory ~ 1st place Castor Jr. Buck, and BOV

Kitsemble's Trace ~ 2nd place Castor Jr. Buck

Kitsemble's Otis ~ 3rd place Black Otter Jr. Buck

Kitsemble's Carolyn ~ 7th place Castor Jr. Doe

Making the tough decisions for BOB.

Grand times in Grand Rapids! 

Andrea, Sara, and Anna enjoying the show.

Myself with one of the ARBA's newest judges, my good friend Allen Mesick!  Also pictured with Kevin Stanford, a soon-to-be judge.

2007 Judges: Joe Lugo, Brad Boyce, and Joey Shults and myself with 1st place Solid Jr. Buck

Sable winners: Sam and Stan, 1st and 3rd of 89.

Picking BOV Solid and BOB.

Andrea Baber, Dad, myself, and Patty Percy having a good time on judging day.

Andrea Baber, myself, Anna Dapper, and Ruth Dapper: my Minnesota friends!

Dad with BOV Castor Rex!

The Amway Grand Plaza.  The ARBA Headquarters hotel this year.  This is by far the fanciest hotel I've ever stayed in.  I'm sure all of the businessmen enjoyed the rabbit breeders and our fur and shavings, LOL.

This year the convention was held at DeVos Place.  The building was very big, light, and a great location next to the river.  Best of all, it was attached to the hotel!

Dad and I enjoy the Mini Lop Banquet.  Great job with the awards Michigan!

We were about 10 minutes away from home when we saw this beautiful rainbow!  If you look closely, there is another rainbow to the right.

 

"Scoot Your Boots to Texas"

October 29, 2006 - November 2, 2006

Fort Worth, Texas

Our rabbits did extremely well at the convention!  The biggest winner was Kitsemble's Cowboy who won BOS Open Mini Lop!

Top Mini Lop Placings

Kitsemble's Josiah ~ 1st place Solid Jr. Buck

Kitsemble's Cowboy ~ 1st place Broken Jr. Buck, BOSV, and BOS!

Kitsemble's Justin ~ 2nd place Broken Sr. Buck

Kitsemble's Deanna ~ 3rd place Broken Jr. Doe

Kitsemble's Jena ~ 5th place Solid. Jr. Doe

Kitsemble's Mandisa ~ 5th place Solid Sr. Doe

Kitsemble's Zeus ~ 6th place Solid Sr. Buck

Kitsemble's Madore ~ 6th place Broken Sr. Buck

Kitsemble's Lynette ~ 9th place Solid Sr. Doe

Kitsemble's Mustache ~ 9th place Broken Jr. Buck (sold to Noel L.)

Kitsemble's Bree ~ 10th place Broken Sr. Doe

Kitsemble's Jeff ~ 13th Place Solid Jr. Buck

ELEVEN rabbits in the Top 10!

The Rex also did great!  Top Rex Placings

Kitsemble's Marissa Too ~ 1st place Castor Sr. Doe

Kitsemble's Fred Too ~ 2nd place Castor Sr. Buck

Kitsemble's Claire ~ 4th place Broken Jr. Doe

Hammer's Bernadette ~ 5th place Broken Jr. Doe

Doug King judging Claire in the Broken Jr. Doe Class.  I was very pleased with his judging.

Here are some more pictures from the show! 

Me with my two first place Jr. Bucks, Josiah and Cowboy, both are also brothers from the same litter!

Andrea Baber was nice enough to let me ride along with her all the way to Texas.  We had 50 rabbits exactly between the two of us crammed into her Rendezous! 

Victoria's Secret Models?  No, its Halloween with the Dappers!  Myself as Izzy Stevens from Grey's Anatomy, Anna as a pirate, Ruth and Michael as Sandy and Danny from Grease, and Susie as a hula dancer.

Andrea and I having fun with our waiter.

Rusty judging Mini Lops.

Myself with the 1st place Broken Jr. Buck, 1st place Solid Jr. Buck, and Andrea with the 1st place Solid Sr. Doe!

BOS Mini Lop photo at Pen Pals' booth.

Amy Wright and I having fun at Riscky's in the Stockyards.

 

Paula Courtney, Patty Percy, and myself buying cowboy boots!  Patty won BOB and BOS Dwarf Hotot!!!  Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures on my camera.

Amy Wright and myself at the Mini Lop banquet.

Myself, Patty, and Andrea at the Mini Lop banquet.  Patty is wearing her pretty shirt she bought at the cowboy boot store!

Taking a travel break on the way home.  Are we there yet?  No way!

Too see pictures and placings from past ARBA Conventions please visit our first website and click on ARBA Conv.

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