our sweet friends, the littles invited us to go the rodeo during the midsouth fair at the desoto center...
we all got dressed in our best "cowboy" wear [read: blue jeans and fake cowboy hats from a vacation bible school]...
then we ALL loaded into one of our minivans for the drive down...[oh, we left baby jacob and their youngest sarah katherine at home...so it was *just* 8 of us in the car...]
we got the kids all settled in their seats and the daddies headed out for the best part of ANY stadium event...THE FOOD!
once the kids got bored with eating, the daddies started bringing out the big guns...overpriced toys!!! oh, and yeah, there was a rodeo going on as well...
the rodeo experience was interesting. i was surprised at sarah's reaction at first, but after thinking about it, she was right on the money!!! she kept asking me why the cowboys were hurting the calves. i mean, they WERE chasing them around and catching them with lassos and throwing them down on the dirt and tying all their legs up with rope!!! i explained it to her on the fly...i told her that the cowboys and calves were just playing like daddy sometimes plays with maggie. i think she bought it...UNTIL one of the calves DID get hurt and they had to bring an animal ambulance out to pick it up! my cover was blown!!! i guess i really didn't think sarah would be paying that much attention to the logistics of the rodeo!
other than THAT, we did all have a wonderful time! drew's crazy big smile says it all...
our sweet friends, the littles invited us to go the rodeo during the midsouth fair at the desoto center...
we all got dressed in our best "cowboy" wear [read: blue jeans and fake cowboy hats from a vacation bible school]...
then we ALL loaded into one of our minivans for the drive down...[oh, we left baby jacob and their youngest sarah katherine at home...so it was *just* 8 of us in the car...]
we got the kids all settled in their seats and the daddies headed out for the best part of ANY stadium event...THE FOOD!
once the kids got bored with eating, the daddies started bringing out the big guns...overpriced toys!!! oh, and yeah, there was a rodeo going on as well...
the rodeo experience was interesting. i was surprised at sarah's reaction at first, but after thinking about it, she was right on the money!!! she kept asking me why the cowboys were hurting the calves. i mean, they WERE chasing them around and catching them with lassos and throwing them down on the dirt and tying all their legs up with rope!!! i explained it to her on the fly...i told her that the cowboys and calves were just playing like daddy sometimes plays with maggie. i think she bought it...UNTIL one of the calves DID get hurt and they had to bring an animal ambulance out to pick it up! my cover was blown!!! i guess i really didn't think sarah would be paying that much attention to the logistics of the rodeo! 
other than THAT, we did all have a wonderful time! drew's crazy big smile says it all...
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I LOVE the rodeo!!!
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