Before competing in the Fiesta Days Rodeo Pageant, Heidi Colborn spends her morning feeding her four horses, including Nighthawk, her show horse, on April 17, 2015. Colborn went on to be the first attendant at the pageant that day in Spanish Fork, Utah.
Bridget Phipps, 47, comforts her son Laventia "Last One" Phipps,11, during the candlelight vigil for his brother Laventez Phipps, 21, on March 10, 2013. Friends and family came together to celebrate the life of Laventez, who was shot to death the previous Saturday afternoon outside his home on Nasser Street in Mt. Morris Township, Mich., where the vigil took place. "He wasn’t a violent person at all. Every time you seen him he was smiling and laughing," Bridget said. "He wasn’t the type of person to fight. He was just a laid back guy, that’s all he was. That’s my baby, that’s my baby.” Within hours of the shooting, police had taken a 17-year-old male into custody as a person of interest.
Sheep are lined up after being shorn at the Junior Livestock Show on April 29, 2015 at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds in Spanish Fork, Utah.
Abby Martin, 8, plays in the flooded streets on June 12 along Powhatan Ave. in Norfolk, VA., alongside her neighborhood friends Quinten Suhay, 10 and Kylie Marin, 12. Despite their attraction, authorities recommend not playing in floodwaters due to contamination.
Frances Adams awaits her turn to rehearse her talent during her second time competing in the Ms. Senior Virginia America pageant at the Healy Auditorium of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind in Staunton, Virginia. At 84, Adams still works as guide in the governor's mansion in Richmond. "Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty," she said. "It merely moves from their face to their hearts."
Community members watch the 2013 Birch Run Parade in Birch Run Michigan on July 4, 2013. The event, which was attended by thousands, featured costumed characters on floats as well as horseback riders tossing out candy to the crowd as they pass.
An infant climbs atop a woman's head as she attends the opening day of legislature at the Utah State Capitol on Jan. 26, 2015.
Suzi Athanas smiles as she dons one of her many ball gowns she has worn while competing in the Ms. Virginia Senior America competition on June 13, 2014. Athanas, who has competed over six years in the competition, claims her smile is her best accessory.
Natalie Norris,13, sits with her 6-month-old goat Fantine, moments before showing her as part of the Saginaw County Fair goat costume judging on July 31, 2013 in Chesaning, Mich. Norris, earlier competed and won first place in an era fashion show where participants make their own old-time costumes.
During hot summer days in Lehi, Utah, like this one on June 2, 2015, children take to the Lehi Outdoor Pool to cool off in the hot temperatures.
Wendy Antolin picks up her purse and target after completing her first time shooting with the Bad Brass Women Club on June 19, 2014 at Superior Pawn. The club is a female-only shooting club that meets monthly in order to teach women self-defense in case of attacks.
Dressed in period attire, Mark Trotter, explains the history of Camp Floyd to the campers during Johnston's Army Camp on Friday, May 1, 2015. Campers, mostly consisting of boy scouts, were trained in musket shooting and how to build teepee tents during their weekend adventure camp.
Jaycee Stroud practices roping a goat during the third day of the 2015 High School Rodeo Finals at the Wasatch County Fairgrounds on Friday June 5, 2015. Stroud, age 9, hopes to one day be a roping state champion.
An unidentified family member sobs after learning that her 64-year-old father allegedly shot and killed his 17-year-old son on Feb. 3, 2013 inside a home in Flint, Mich. The shooting was later ruled as justified according the Genesee County Prosecutors Office and the father was released from custody. The 17-year-old teen had at least three previous run-ins with law enforcement since 2011 in which he allegedly assaulted family members, but was later deemed incompetent to stand trial.