Wednesday, September 12, 2012

7.14.12 Ute Stampede


The Ute Stampede Rodeo is a summer tradition, and living in Texas is no excuse to skip out on this tradition (zombie walks are also no excuse, Jeremy Stubbs!).  We didn't come to Utah for the sole intent of going to the Stampede.  However, when planning the dates we would be visiting family, the dates of the Stampede were a big part of the equation.

As always, the day starts out with the Lion's Club breakfast...Ezra was happy to sit with his Grandpa Gordon because he was much more generous with his food than Daddy usually is.


We also stopped in at Matilda's to see Grandma Holly...


...who had a very cute cowboy hat for Ezra.  Too bad his head was a bit too big for it to fit properly :).


We also spent some time with cousins at Adam and Andie's house...


Ezra loved being able to roam free on the grass and play with all the all the animals there.



Grandma was kind enough to babysite Ezra for the night so Marc and I could go to the Rodeo with the usual crowd. 



As always, they featured the bathing beauty winners at the beginning of the parade.  One day I will enter that competition!


Half way through the rodeo it started raining hard.  We were fortunate enough to be under the grandstand, so we stayed pretty dry...at least until the wind started picking up.  Trevor, Amanda, Travis, and Allison all had blankets to help keep them pretty dry.


I pulled my jacket up over my head and hunched over my purse to keep it dry.  
My back was soaking wet, but my purse made it out okay!


And Marc had no blanket nor jacket, so he pretty much got soaked.


And through it all, the rodeo kept going, 
because afterall, "It's the bulls and blood, it's the dust and mud!"


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