Pioneer Day

Pioneer Day!
Wow, this feels like a lifetime ago. Maybe it is because so much has happened since July!

Jeslyn, Jauncee, Clay and Daddy were all in the parade, so Dakota and I gathered candy and tried to take a picture of each them as they passed by.  Clay didn't want to ride the Primary float because he didn't want to dress up in his church clothes! So instead he opted to ride along with Grandpa and Dad along with the Grand Marshals of the Parade. I even bought him a bag of candy so he had something to throw.

 

Jeslyn rode her horse Pinto Bean along with her friends.

 

Jauncee rode the Primary float and was a missionary!

 

"Keep Riding Peyton" this was one of my favorites!

It was a tribute to a neighbor kid who died earlier in the year in a motorcycle accident.

 

After the parade they had kid races which Clay and Dakota both participated in. 

Clay smoked his age group!

 

 

 

After the races we attended the Oldest Rodeo in Idaho. It was a good ole hometown rodeo with local people. Clay participate in one of the events trying to get money off of a steer's tail. He quit shortly after a kid accidentally tripped him.

 

It was such a fun, eventful HOT day! It completely wore us all out!

Swimming - Alexander - Friends

Swimming!

This is the one thing we did a lot of this summer.

On this particular occasion we met up with Jessica and her kids. We started the day out with a picnic, then of course swimming. Everyone had a fabulous time. We all looked forward to going again, but they let all of the water out to repair the dam. I guess we will have to wait until next year.

Muttin' Bustin'

The one thing on my lil cowboy's bucket list for the summer was to ride a sheep in a rodeo.
He was so serious about it that he asked his daddy to help him practice on one of the show-lambs.
I don't think he was ready or holding on tight enough. The second jump and turn the lamb made he bit the dust and hit his head right on the post! He cried for a split second then sent my in for his bike helmet and got back on. This time he held on tight and made a good ride. He was happy and ready for the upcoming rodeo.

 

 

 

The rodeo we attended was in McCammon and the Muttin'Bustin' event was prior to the rodeo starting. We arrived about a hour and a half early. I dropped off Daddy and Clay at the arena so they could get him entered while I found a parking spot. Once Jeslyn, Dakota and I got back to the rodeo grounds I called the boys to find out when he would be ridding. It just so happened that to ride a sheep you had to sign up at the City Hall which was a few blocks away and by the time they had gotten there, they already closed the books with a total of 20 entries. He was #21, and a little too late. The poor little guys heart was broken. In an attempt to make it better, his daddy took him over behind the chutes to watch the action taking place. I think it cheered him up some, but not completely.

 

As an intermission to the rodeo they held a stick horse race event for the kids in age groups. Clay decided that he wanted to participate.  He didn't win, but despite his facial expressions, I think he did have fun.

 

 

After the McCammom Rodeo, we still had 2 possible venues where he could Muttin Bust...the Bancroft Rodeo on the 24th of July and the Fair. Clay had a very optimistic outlook and talked about it almost daily.
We ended up getting the short end of the stick...they didn't have Muttin Bustin at the rodeo in Bancroft and the fair sheep riding event required that you be 5 to 8 years of age. He was still 4 for another 2 weeks!
His dream of Muttin' Bustin' this summer was postponed til next year. But on the bright side he should be bigger and stronger!