The Rodeo and Stock Show

On Wednesday Josiah and I loaded up the kids in the truck and took them to the Rodeo and Stock Show in Denver. We all had a blast... A big THANKS to cousin Noy for the tickets!


Sheriff Mommy and her Deputies getting ready to go see the real cowboys.




The kids are enjoying their cotton candy while sitting in the shovel of a rather large tractor.




Here we are watching the cowboys at the rodeo.



We saw them rope cattle....



...and if you look closely, you can see that this poor little calf is completely OFF the ground! There was no announcement at the end of the show that told us "no animals were hurt in the making if this production"



Ethan and cousin Maiza watching the rodeo....with Noy in the background.



Here is a cowboy being rescued from a wild, bucking stallion running amuck around the ring. (well....it was probably a gelding, not a stallion....and is was not wild, just agitated....and he was running amuck because a strap was tied around his, um, boys. Hey, most men I know would react the same way!)



The boys are petting a calf named Hercules.



Awwwww, how cute! Little baby sheep!!!



At the petting zoo we saw Kuzco from "The Emperor's New Groove" It was an amazing likeness.




Tarin feeding Emperor Kuzco.



At the end of the day, the boys could not even stay awake long enough to eat dinner!!!