Happy Birthday Madelyn!

Oliver loves his cousin Madi so much, and we wanted to wish her a very happy 7th birthday! Have a wonderful day sweetie!

Oliver wanted me to take a picture of the poster we made in your honor this morning. We love you!

Little Mesquite Rodeo

As I type this, I can't get the words to an old favorite song of my sister's called Little Red Rodeo out of my head. Not that it has anything to do with the Mesquite Championship Rodeo, but I thought of that song as I was thinking of a the title for my post. We had a great time at the Rodeo last night. We ate junk food, Oliver "tried" cotton candy for the first time, and we cheered so loud the kids in front of kept turning around. We had pretty good seats, except that we were in the middle of our row so coming and going really wasn't an option. Oliver was entertained and interested almost the entire time. We did miss seeing the bull riding (the biggest event at a rodeo), but it was approaching 10:00 pm and as it is, we live 40 minutes from Mesquite.

I think one of my favorite parts was in between events when they had the 7-12 year olds come down for the Race for Cash. Two calves had ribbons tied to their tails and about 200 kids were down in the arena running around after them trying to get a ribbon. It was so funny, as soon as the calves saw them coming, they took off running. It took only about 30 seconds for them to be cornered, though with that many kids, I would have thought it would have been shorter. It was hilarious! The two winners received $20 and a t-shirt. Pretty good for a kid!

Shortly after the rodeo began -- Oliver was mesmerized by the horses

Most of the rodeo, Oliver was standing in our laps

The calf roping was good!

Oliver "trying" cotton candy for the first time -- ya, he licked it and said "mmm...I don't want anymore". Personally I can't stand the stuff so I don't blame him, but every kid has to at least try it, right?

A different point of view from Daddy's lap

I liked the shot of him clapping

Thanks for a great show Mequite Rodeo!