Getting to know our MQHA Leadership: Kim Hibdon
WHAT IS YOUR NAME? Kim Hibdon / Aunt Kimie / KansasCityKim / Trixie
WHAT OFFICER POSITION ARE YOU HOLDING THIS YEAR? Vice President
WHERE ARE YOU FROM? Olathe, Kansas
TELL US ABOUT YOUR FAMILY- Greg, Greg’s Kids, The Littles, and I am a special Aunt to many
WHAT GOT YOU INVOLVED IN HORSES AND FOR HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED? It was my mother’s first love, and I was blessed to have a father who supported it and bought my original Hank in 1970
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CLASS TO SHOW IN OR WATCH? Show….Hunter Under Saddle Watch…Ranch and Reining Classes
DESCRIBE YOUR BEST HORSE SHOW MEMORY- 2021 NSBA World 3rd Place in L1 Select SMS
WHAT ENERGIZES YOU AND DRAINS YOU AT HORSE SHOWS? Energize = Show Goals and spending time with my friends, especially my good friends. Drains = long days and short nights
WHO IS YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE HORSE? Good I Will Be (I really enjoyed announcing shows and watching Leonard Berryhill show him. He just floated with such a relaxed rein.)
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT MQHA? The people
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO WHEN YOU ARE NOT AT A HORSE SHOW? Traveling. Cooking and baking. Attending the Theatre League Shows in KC
WHAT IS YOUR REAL JOB, OUTSIDE OF MQHA? Real Estate Full Time – I also teach a couple Yoga classes each week
ARE YOU A MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Morning
DO YOU USUALLY ARRIVE EARLY OR LATE? Early
ON FRIDAY NIGHT…WOULD YOU RATHER GO OUT OR STAY IN? IN
IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPERPOWER, WHAT WOULD IT BE? To remove all the evil that comes with menopause
WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS FOR TURNING A BAD DAY INTO A GOOD ONE? “When you can’t find the Sunshine. Be the Sunshine.”
IF YOU WERE TO WRITE A MEMOIR ABOUT YOUR LIFE, WHAT WOULD YOU TITLE IT? Aunt Kimie, Like Mom only Cooler
TELL A FACT THAT MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU? I might be spotted on MTV Video (REO Speedwagon – Kemper Arena 1985) and I might sing with the band at weddings on occasion.
SHARE THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE ANYONE HAS EVER GIVEN YOU- “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.”
WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER? Flight Attendant
DO YOU HAVE ANY HIDDEN TALENTS? I feel like I uncover these hidden treasures daily, as life on the farm is never dull.
NAME ONE THING ON YOUR BUCKET LIST? To visit Ireland (my mother land) via a Horse Riding Trip. It is really supposed to happen in the Fall of 2023.
LAST MOVIE YOU SAW? ‘Encanto’
LAST BOOK YOU READ? ‘Green Lights’
FAVORITE SERIES YOU BINGE WATCHED? Oh so many, ‘Mad Men’ and ‘Breaking Bad’
WOULD YOU EVER GO ON A REALITY SHOW? IF SO, WHICH ONE? Yes. A cooking show or a game show.
FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? NFL
FAVORITE TEAM? Chiefs
FAVORITE RESTAURANT? Slaps BBQ in KC
FAVORITE FOOD? Not picky
FAVORITE QUOTE? “Motivation gets you started. Habit keeps you going.”
ANYTHING ADDITIONAL YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? I met Greg via a pie contest. I was a contestant and he was a judge. I had him at Coconut Cream Pie!
