Rodeo

The Dixie Round-Up Rodeo is back in town.  This is always a fun time for the kids because they love seeing all of the animals and they love horses and cowboys.  I took them to see the animals after going to the library and they had a blast.  It had been raining the past few days so we had to battle the mud as we walked along the corrals.  

On September 12 we headed to the Rodeo for Kids Night.  All kids got in for free this day.  Actually, we all got in for free because Russell was in the flag ceremony during the opening.

The kids had fun watching the cowboys and cowgirls ride their horses before the rodeo and during the opening introductions.  Here is a picture of our friend, Brittany Fisher; she is the Enterprise Rodeo Queen and she is in our ward!

Like I said before, Russell was in the opening flag ceremony with the fire department.

The flag ceremony was really awesome.  First a skydiver flew into the arena with the flag.  Then all of the modern heroes came out to hold up the flag.  These heroes were police officers, fire fighters, Paramedics, and military soldiers.  Russel is one of the firefighters in these pictures.  It was an awesome way to honor these heroes and the flag.

Then it was on to the rodeo!  All of the events were really fun to watch and the cowboys did an amazing job.  During the Mutton Busting, one little girl held on to her sheep forever!  That sheep ran all over the arena and the girl was not letting go.  After about 10 second (but what seemed like more) she finally fell off and she was the winner.  My favorite part of the rodeos are the barrel racing.  I love to watch the girls race and see each of their techniques.

After the final event, the bull riding, we had another treat to watch.  The Motocross racers came out with their ramps and we got to see them ride and jump.  It was really cool.

While setting up the ramps, one of the workers got his arm in the wrong place at the wrong time.  He got slammed by the bucket of the loader and busted his arm.  Yeah that had to hurt.  Poor guy.  They hauled him off in the ambulance and the show went on.  

We loved the rodeo and I loved it because we got to have fun together as a family.