A Little Pre Rodeo Practice!!

First things first...I am severely behind in reading everyone's blogs!! I will catch up soon I promise!!

Halloween night my DD and her cousins were planning on running in a rodeo in a town West of us. The paper said as long as the weather was good they would be having it so I was thinking at about 70 degrees was pretty good weather for a rodeo, right!?!? I mean it was a NICE day out on Halloween day!! So away we went and only to find that there was no one there...Due to water in the arena from rain a few days before, but it wasn't really all that much water and it was off in the corner by the chutes and we wouldn't be using those anyways! OH well we had the horse saddled already so we told DD and her cousins to just ride for a little while then they could do some practice runs! We ended up actually with another family that showed for the rodeo with their horse and another family that just came...But they had a great time, and DD got the practice she needs and will hopefully be geared up for next weekends runs!!

Giving Cousin Little Cowgirl a ride!



So sweet!!



Slow practice on the barrels



Little Cowgirl wanted DD to take her through the water LOL!!



DD and her friend chatting!

It's Here...Finally it's Here!!! Rodeo Begins Tonight!!!

Well I think we are ready!! DD did some rodeo practicing tonight, and man did she do GREAT!!! I am so proud of how far she has come!!! She rocked that's all I can say LOL!!!! So tonight is the first in the series she will run called GHYR, and I am so excited to see how they do!!! Of course she is riding Pete, as Ebony is not quite ready yet. But I can't complain with him, he's just a great horse for her!! Hopefully he will keep his excitement under control, he has in the past gotten amped up and reared on her a few times but she handles it well and has been thoroughly trained on what to do when he does this...So I will be praying for safety first and foremost and then just a great time for her!! Some warming up!! The diva even primps while she rides LOL!! JK!! Now I want to know...Who wouldn't love this gorgeous face!!! Gotta keep him a little tighter for these turns... Great turn!!! Tons of power and speed!!! Bringing it home with speed!! DD says "hey mom, take my picture"!! So of course I did, now with that said she should not have been sitting on her horse like this....She's pretty sure he's not going anywhere...Kids!! Oh now that's much better!! DD teaching her friend and fellow rodeo'r how to goat tie the "big girl" way...This is T's first year tying the "big girl" way!! I know she looks older but she's only 7!!