The Rodeo

The Rodeo in Martin is a big deal.  Our UTM Rodeo team is nationally ranked.  It's a fun week that we look forward to.  Miles learned about rodeo things at school & Thursday was dress up day.  We don't have many cowboy things in our house, so he wore his Woody hat & holster with his Nikes :) 

We ran into some friends as we were trying to find seats, which made it more fun for all three of us...

Miles liked everything except the goat tying.  He kept saying that they were "hurting those babies" b/c the goats were really small.  I told him that cowboys & cowgirls love animals & they would never hurt them.  He wasn't buying that.  He said, "They are hurting them, they are lassoing them!" 

The quality of this picture was terrible, so I made it black & white in an attempt to salvage it.  It's just too cute.  Miles & Marissa...

I really like the rodeo.  Darrin tolerates it.  

I love living in a small town where you know everyone & can randomly run into people at the rodeo & hang out with them for the night.  Brook is a church friend & Jennifer is a UTM friend...

 Brook scored points with everyone when she bought a couple snow cones & tons of spoons...

As we were walking out, we ran into the volleyball girls.  Miles & Chelsea...

The girls were amazed by the rodeo since they aren't from these parts :)

Miles has been wanting a rope since last year's rodeo.  We actually left the rodeo last year & drove Walmart to try to find a lasso.  They didn't have any so we ended up buying him some string, which seemed to satisfy him.  We finally bought him a real rope this year.  He was a happy little boy.