Lately, Karter has been a bit obsessed with cowboys. He even begged for cowboy boots so we got him a pair for his birthday and he wears them everywhere. Zach also wanted some when he saw that they had blue ones (they're blue on top).
My brother told me that the Davis County Fair was having their rodeo on Friday so we decided to indulge in Karter's little obsession and take a trip to the fairgrounds for the rodeo.
Here they are, all cowboyed up and ready to go:
Zachary (moments after he stole Karter's hat)
Karter (after Mom gave him his hat back)
They had fun watching the cattle roping and then the little kids riding sheep. That was hilarious, watching all these kids holding onto the sheep's neck for dear life. A few fell off right out the gate, one held on for a long time because her sheep decided to just stand there and one awesome little boy held on forever when his sheep wouldn't stop running and even when he was getting knocked around by the other sheep. It made me laugh to see the sheep huddle together after they were done.
I guess they really do stick to their flock:
After the kids on sheep, my kids got bored and this is what they did:
Then they announced the "Dash for Cash" where they tape a whole bunch of dollar bills to a cow and let the kids go wild. The poor cow was probably scared to death but the kids had a blast.
Karter's in this pic somewhere (not Zach though, they had to be 7):
We were just about ready to go but decided to stay and watch the bull riding which they saved for last. (You'll notice in the video it's after 10 pm!)
The kids enjoyed it (so did Rich and I):
And here's a video of one of the crazy cowboys that decided it would be fun to piss off a bull and see how long he could stay on it:
We had a good time at our first rodeo but there was one thing that disappointed me. At the beginning a guy rode out on a horse carrying "Old Glory" and rode around to this country song. Now I'm not a country fan but this song gave me the chills (I'll have to find it). Then it's customary to have everyone stand while they play our National Anthem (which also gives me the chills). I actually felt a little bad that instead of paying attention to the song and looking at the flag, my eyes were wandering the many people in the audience NOT PUTTING THEIR HANDS ON THEIR HEARTS AND NOT TAKING OFF THEIR HATS!! One guy even sat down half way through! It's so sad to me that people don't pay respect to their country's flag. I may not be happy with the way things are going in our country right now, but I know that we have it better than most people in other countries. I'll stop there, this could be a whole nother post (and it could get ugly:). I just wanted to say how important I think it is to be respectful of our country and be grateful for what we have.
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