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WHAT’S YOUR BACKGROUND IN RODEO?
I never did rodeo, I rode and competed with cutting horses.
I tried barrel racing once and it wasn’t my thing. I used to
work full time at cutting horse ranches and we would work
about 30 horses a day at some places. Plus look after the
brood mares, foals and also cattle. I want to get into roping. I
tried it once and absolutely love it! But you can’t have horses
when you’re never home! Haha
WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THE COUNTRY LIFE?
Being outdoors. I love getting the bulls in with the horses
and dogs on the weekends to buck them back home. Going
swimming in the creeks and getting a tan on those hot
summer days.
DO YOU WORK?
Before we left Australia Troy and I were both in the
construction business in Sydney. Building tunnels and
freeways underneath the city itself. Troy is a qualified diesel
technician and I was an administration officer, handling
accounts and payroll on sites.
WHAT DOES YOUR DIET CONSIST OF?
HOW DID TROY PROPOSE?
I came home from work one day and found a note on our
front door saying ‘knock before you enter’. So I did. Troy
greeted me at the front door in a full black tie suit and the
house was full of rose petals. He had made a butter chicken
curr y from scratch and it looked like he had been slaving
at it all day in the kitchen. We sat down with candlelight,
had dinner and wine. I asked what was for dessert and he
came back with 2 kinder surprise chocolates. The ones
with the toy inside. He had his chocolate and opened his
toy and asked me what was in mine. When I opened it,
the ring fell out onto the dining room table with a little note
saying “love you forever” and he was already down on
one knee next me. I’ve never seen him so nervous in my
life. He rides the rankest bulls in the world and this is the
only time I’ve ever seen him nervous. He was shaking and
started to cry. It made me cry and he asked me ‘will you
marry me?’ Of course I said yes and our wedding is this
October in the Australian Spring time. #teamwilko
WHAT IS HE LIKE TO HANG WITH?
He is a go getter, sporty, likes to be outdoors and always
likes to do competitive things. A simple game of mini golf
can turn into the world championships. He is so funny and
witty to be around and he always makes me smile.
YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT HIM?
His determination, his grit and he always gives 110% and
the fact that he will brush the knots out of my hair when I
can’t be bothered.
During the week I try to eat pretty healthy. I eat low carbs
and low sugar because I don’t love working out as much
as I love eating. I don’t have much dairy and drink almond
milk instead and I absolutely can not live without my coffee!
I will try to prep healthy meals before a weekend road trip
but Troy and I have a deliciously bad dessert at least once
on the weekend.
Describe
your lifestyle
:
Busy, always bu
sy but
also fun and ex
citing
. We are foreve
r
booking flights,
car
rentals and hote
ls.
We are in a diffe
rent
state every wee
kend
and sometimes
3
states in one w
eek to
make all the ev
ents.
Sometimes we
drive
over 30 hours in
one
weekend and it’s
no
big deal anymor
e to
us.. it’s just anot
her
weekend!
HOW DO YOU LIKE LIVING THIS LIFESTYLE?
I love it! It’s sometimes hard travelling nearly every single
weekend and being in a different country for months at
time. But we have so much fun doing it! We have been to
so many places traveling to PBR’s and rodeos and have
also met some life long friends along the way.
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