Ethan's Rodeo.

Look at that smile!

I am amazed at how well she does every time I see her ride.

I love this picture. Charleigh loves to warm up before the rodeos. She waves at the crowd as she goes by. In this picture you can see the little boy in the left corner waving back at her. This rodeo was a benefit for a little boy who would have been 4 but died of neuroblastoma. It was so sad seeing Charleigh ride, knowing that the little boy's parents would never see their little boy ride again. I think even more so since they would have been the same age.
It really puts it all in perspective and makes you love life.

Rodeo Road.

I love this picture of 2 of my loves. (well 3, Scooter). This is at Farmington Family rodeo. Charleigh ran barrels and Ben, Ada and I cheered her home. It was a beautiful night and Charleigh left in 2nd place.

Watching the other events that Charleigh wants to do. She wants to Goat tie, Pole Bend and Mutton Bust in addition to barrel racing. Every rodeo she mentions to us that she wants to do it all. She is a busy little girl.

Ada watching the rodeo. She sat in some water(not what you were thinking)

Of course Ada had to ride too.

Time spent with Daddy.

Eating some fries with Daddy at the Farmington Rodeo. Charleigh has been doing great at running barrels.

Time with Daddy.

My sweet Blue eyes and ketchup mouth.

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This is from an Outlaw show last year in Mendon, Il. Both the cowboy and the horse were fine.

Hanger Girl

Charleigh has been helping me all day today. Anything I ask she does it. I was all out of the girls hangers and Charleigh took it upon herself to get a stool, go into Ada's closet and get the hangers that were not being used. I told her how proud of her I was for always helping us and I told her she could be anything in life that she wanted to. She said "I want to be a hanger girl and get hangers for you." Ha I wonder how much that pays.

Adalyn.

Eating some blueberries and blueberry muffins for breakfast.

Struting through camp.

Looking big in her boots, watching the horses eat.

This is our first morning here. We left after work and got there later than usual. The next morning Ada was up bright and early. Camp was not set up yet. We just hung out after we fed the horses.

Yummy in her Tummy.

My dad was eating chili dogs and let Adalyn try some. Not only did she like them, she licked the plate clean.

This really cracked my dad up as you can see.

Cowgirls

Charleigh wanted to get Scooter out of his stall. She was so proud of herself . She even climbed up on the stall to get his halter on, but I had to tie it and get the gate down.

She is about to tears because I would not let her lead Logan and Pete. I was afraid she would get stepped on by one of them. She had two halters and no horses to lead, too sad.

Adalyn taking a little break on the trail.

Ada sleeping while grandpa drives us back from dinner.

Clementine.

Heading out of camp to see the wild horses. We had to turn back with Ada but Charleigh kept on with the rest of the group. When they all got back we asked her if she saw the wild horses. She said "Yeah, but they ran away." she didn't get that they were wild and that is what wild horses do. This morning we left out of camp extra early (8:00) and got going to see the wild horses before it got too hot and they went into the woods. You have to go the first part of the week before everyone else scares them into hiding.

Mom on Bullet. Everyone teased Mom because he was smaller than Charleigh's horse. Carter who is 8, would ask her if she wanted to climb on his horse when we crossed deep water.

This is the first river crossing right outside of camp. We tried to get out of camp as early as possible after getting up, feeding the horses, going to breakfast, getting the girls ready, horses saddled, saddlebags packed and everyone in our camp together. Let's just say we never were the first out on the trails.

My little girl, as happy as can be riding.

At the bottom of the fox pens.