Aug 28, 2011

Our first rodeo...


Today I took the children to a rodeo!!

We headed back to Birch Bay Ranch, where they go to Summer Camp each year, and we watched the 2011 North American Indian Rodeo Associations Pro Rodeo :)  

It was a gorgeous sunny day for it!  It was really exciting to watch the steer riding - kids hanging on tight to steers until the buzzer went!  Some of the kids were so tiny!!  

There was wild horse riding, barrel racing...all kinds of events that I have no idea of the names of :)  

We enjoyed the barbecue there, and Abigail and Sam also took part in a contest to try and win a $50 gift card for gas.  They had to go in to the arena, and a steer was let loose in the arena with a ribbon tied to it's tail!!  All the kids had to race after it and try and pull the ribbon from its tail!!  The person to get the ribbon won!  

Abby and I wore our cowboy hats :)  Mine is all roughed up now - or getting there - I just love it!!  Thank you Nigel!!!  It's perfect and will be completely perfect for Brave Girl camp :)  

By the end of the afternoon the heat was starting to get to Abigail - she doesn't do well with heat with her Tourettes, and she was getting upset.  Luckily the others were happy to leave once the barrel racing was over, so we headed home to cool down!!

We have had so many new experiences this Summer - tried so many new things.  I feel so fortunate to have made so many memories with the children - it has truly been a wonderful Summer :)  

- x -

Oh what a night :)


Tonight I took the children to the 'Movie in the Park' - it was our very first time to watch a movie outdoors.  I have to say that the experience was WONDERFUL!!  :)  I'm so glad I got to experience this Summer memory with them!  

Sam enjoyed the bouncy castle.  He and Abigail also took part in the pre-movie entertainment.  Sam was in the hula-hooping contest and Abby was in the dancing contest - both up on stage.  

Once the movie started the children were all cuddled up with blankets and sweaters and enjoyed the movie 'Rio' which none of us had seen.  

It was a warm clear night and the girls even saw two shooting stars!!  

Laurence went with a friend and had a good evening too.

It was a really great way to end Summer.  Drive-in movie theatres are very rare in North America now, which is a shame!!  But I really loved this experience of watching a movie in the park!  We're already looking forward to next years :)  

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