Today was the fall Youth
Rodeo and I was asked to help with the timed events. We got rain on Thursday and Friday, however I think the Datyon arena is
like a sponge that soaks it up and doesn’t dry out. It was deep and messy. We
arrived at 8AM for a great church message given by Steve Spillman. I got the
timers set and waited for things to begin. I don’t usually help with the youth
rodeos and today was complete chaos. Apparently there was no help. I was
slopping my way through the arena setting up a barrel when the announcer, who
was trying to help, gets his feet stuck
and falls completely on his back in the mud. This was in front of the entire
crowd waiting for things to begin. Then it took a long time to get the electric
timers going. It was pretty embarrassing. I ran across that arena setting up,
getting hats, bell boots, and it was not fun. I am glad the day went better for the kids. Jayden carried the American flag
in the beginning.
She ran barrels, poles, knocked one, flags, and tied her
goat. She did good in her events and keeps improving. The mud really didn't help her out any. She hasn't had a goat to practice on and hasn't tied a goat since camp in June. She didn't really want to enter, but I talked her into it and she did fine. The mud slowed her down, but she got a time and that is more than a lot of the contestants.
Luke got in on the little kids events, dummy roping, stick horse race, and goat tail untie. Grandma forgot to put him in his cute cowboy clothes that day, but he still looked cute in among the little cowpokes. Jake and Luke played in the dirt with their little buddy Cash the rest of the rodeo.
It was a gorgeous day,
cool in the morning and high of 78. Back at home mid-afternoon I was so tired I
sat and read a book in the lawn chair in the yard for an hour. Then Tony and
family came to rope. What a tiring week!!
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