well let's go let's go back to your to your childhood lauren talk about how you grew up and and your lifestyle and all this stuff and let's hear about that

yeah you know uh My grandma and grandpa owned a trail ride in southern Missouri.

We're in Blander Bell right here in the central Missouri.

But my grandpa owned a trail ride in southern Missouri called Cross Country Trail Rides.

And that's kind of how I got my start riding mules.

My mom and my stepdad, Gene Cole, they always rode mules down there to trail ride.

And when I was a little kid, we started down there.

Well, so, so going back to the quality a little bit, what are some of your favorite things that has changed in the mule industry for, for quality of mules and, and how they're breeding and what do you see in this better now?