4/16 Days like today are are more busy than I
like and it takes some major planning. The kids and I were up early and on the
road at 9 with the truck, trailer, and horse. That meant we had all chores done
and all stuff loaded. We had to remember so many things. I get grief for
forgetting things all the time, but I have to think for so many people. The kids
just worry about themselves and I have to think of everyone. We had to have all
the rodeo stuff, coolers and food. I planned to grill supper so I had to have charcoal
and grill. We had to have all Luke’s soccer gear ready. I also had to have
Alivia’s birthday presents and the boys overnight luggage, cash to pay for things and the video
camera. My head was spinning by the time we left and we were piled
in the truck when we left. First we took the horse to the arena and dropped the
trailer. Jayden stayed and hung out with Makenna until rodeo time at 1:00. Next
it was soccer in Gowrie. This was Luke’s very first game and a wonderful day
for it. A sunny 70 degree day was perfect and I loved every minute of it. Jake
and I set up lawn chairs and even Dad took some time away from the field to
watch. He has been planting since Monday and is near ½ done! For once Luke was
the big kid on his team. He was the tallest and one of the oldest on his team.
Judging by the size of the kids and maturity I would say a lot of the kids are
first grade. He is also on a team for the first time with an even number, 4 boys
and 4 girls. Two of the girls have never played before. In the first few minutes
of the game, Luke scored. He was so excited and kind of in shock. Last soccer
season he scored once in the whole season. Not only once today, he ended up
scoring 3 goals. He did a great job and really played well. He still likes to
fall back into the goalie position a lot. He is not afraid to run and get right
in there and can kick good.
Our next stop was back at the arena for the 1:00 TMRA rodeo. Mawgee came and got the boys to take back to cousin Alivia’s 9th birthday party and to spend the night. I sat in my lawn chair and Jayden ran barrels. I enjoyed the wonderful sunshine and even sun burned my arms. Jayden has really been struggling with her joint pain. In the mornings she is so sore. Today I had to help her put her jeans on and her shoes. It hurts her to bend her knees. I feel so bad for her, but she doesn’t quit. She said riding horses doesn’t make it any worse. She ran Ace for the first rodeo.He popped his front feet up several times before running in. This is new and scary. She ran a super first barrel and second was good too. At the third he didn’t have a great angle going in and ran around it knocking it over. That was a bummer. All the kids at TMRA run so fast and a lot of them are completely out of control. It is pretty scary to watch. After the first rodeo we had about 3 hours before the second rodeo started at 7:00. I had my little charcoal grill and we made burgers. Michelle’s brother-in-law helped get the charcoal going and even did all the grilling. For the 7:00 rodeo Jayden ran Tex. Grammer and Allie came to watch Jadyen run. He ran a Tex run, wide first and a little wide on all of them. He still ran fast and had a pretty good time getting second place. It was a late one when we got all packed up to head home. By the time chores were done and truck put away, it was midnight.
Our next stop was back at the arena for the 1:00 TMRA rodeo. Mawgee came and got the boys to take back to cousin Alivia’s 9th birthday party and to spend the night. I sat in my lawn chair and Jayden ran barrels. I enjoyed the wonderful sunshine and even sun burned my arms. Jayden has really been struggling with her joint pain. In the mornings she is so sore. Today I had to help her put her jeans on and her shoes. It hurts her to bend her knees. I feel so bad for her, but she doesn’t quit. She said riding horses doesn’t make it any worse. She ran Ace for the first rodeo.He popped his front feet up several times before running in. This is new and scary. She ran a super first barrel and second was good too. At the third he didn’t have a great angle going in and ran around it knocking it over. That was a bummer. All the kids at TMRA run so fast and a lot of them are completely out of control. It is pretty scary to watch. After the first rodeo we had about 3 hours before the second rodeo started at 7:00. I had my little charcoal grill and we made burgers. Michelle’s brother-in-law helped get the charcoal going and even did all the grilling. For the 7:00 rodeo Jayden ran Tex. Grammer and Allie came to watch Jadyen run. He ran a Tex run, wide first and a little wide on all of them. He still ran fast and had a pretty good time getting second place. It was a late one when we got all packed up to head home. By the time chores were done and truck put away, it was midnight.
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