Crew's Barrel Race

The Caribou County Fair over in Grace had a Little Buckaroo Rodeo last night. We had Crew entered for the Stick Horse Barrel Race. We practiced lots this last week. The age division was 3-6 years old, so Crew was one of the younger competitors. Conditions were not perfect, as there had been a big thunder and rain storm that came through on the afternoon of the event. Because of the mud and the crowd, Crew was a little thrown off. He forgot the last barrel and the rodeo clown had to help him find it. There were lot's of kids who wouldn't even do it by themselves. We are very proud of Crew for doing it all by himself!! And he was definitely the cutest cowboy out there! His Grandpa Kip and Grandma Debbie came to watch him, and his very cool Uncle TJ drove all the way up from Utah to come watch him! What a great uncle, Crew was so stinking excited for him to be here!

Here's Rett coaching Crew while they wait his turn. He's such a great Dad!


This video is not great. My real video camera is in storage, where everything else we've needed this summer is! Anyway, Rett reminded me that our digital camera shoots video, which I played with for just a minute before the rodeo, but somehow managed to not figure out how to zoom while keeping it in focus. Anyway, that's my fault, but you can still see him doing it.




After all of the other events there was also a money grab, where they tape money to a sheep, and let the little kids try to get it off of them. We sent Crew out, and then Drake wanted to follow him. One of the ladies in charge walked up to Drake and handed him a dollar. Crew was pretty sad that Drake got some money and he didn't. It was fun to watch them run around in the mud though.