Outlaw Days

The Richfield Outlaw Days was held on Saturday and it was definitely a very wet and interesting day!! I have never in all of my life seen it so wet at Outlaw Days! Usually we are dying of heat stroke!! We actually cancelled most of the arena events because it was raining too hard and the arena was just too muddy! Although the events that we did do were quite comical because of all of the mud! The kids had a blast during the calf riding falling of into the mud.

Mason decided that morning that he wanted to run the barrels, something that he has never done before! My mom and showed him the pattern on a piece of paper and then had him show us a couple of times how he would run it and then that afternoon for the first time Mason ran the barrels on my brother's horse! He had an absolute blast and can't wait to do it again! It was raining so hard while he was running them, but he didn't care he was having fun! I was so proud of him, he handle the horse so well and acted like he had done it a million times instead of it being his first time ever!!

Jose and I stayed busy helping make sure that everything ran smoothly. Jose helped time the events and I helped take entries, plus then we both went out into the muddy arena to run the kids events. Jose and I didn't even go out for the night festivites though. We were way too tired both Friday night and Saturday night.

Saturday was also my 30th birthday. I can't believe that I have turned 30!! It doesn't seem like it should be real, but yet I don't think that I should have a son that is going to be 7 and going into 1st grade either!!! I am getting really old and I don't like it!!!

Mason heading for the first barrel!

Rounding the first barrel

Rounding the second barrel

Rounding the third barrel and heading home!

Crossing the finish line!!!

My brother Brandon throwing his heel loop

My friend's son Nathaniel riding his calf!

I didn't realize just how close I was until I almost got ran over!!

Random Pictures

I have been into taking pictures lately with a variety of subjects. Jose bought me a really nice camera for Christmas two years ago and I have really been into playing around with it lately. I have been getting some pretty neat pictures and I thought that I would share them.

Jose, Mason & my dad leaving on a ride.
My dad and the team of mules

Our palomino mare, Sunrise

Our black lab, Bruiser

The rose bush in my backyard

HE FINALLY DID IT!!!!!!

After 4 years, Jose finally cut his hair!!! I never thought that it would happen and I have been bugging him for so long to cut it, but he finally decided that it was time. With him out of work and trying to find a job he decided that it was time to get rid of the long hair. He has had it long for so many years that Mason can't remember him ever having short hair!!! There are a lot of people that Jose is friends with in Richfield now that have never know him without the long hair. After he got it cut Mason had a t-ball game and so many people were surprised that it was actually him!! I think that he looks so handsome and I am so happy that he cut it.

Of course we had to take pictures of him with his long hair before we cut it so that he could have them for memories! Jose's mom was so happy when we stopped by her work after he cut it that she almost started crying! I am actually very proud of Jose because he has donated his hair to Locks of Love to be made into a wig for someone with cancer. This will actually be the 3rd time that Jose has donated to Locks of Love.

His hair straight
Up in a ponytail

In a braid

Off it goes!! Look at his face!

The ponytail going to Locks of Love!

He's still not sure this was a good idea!

My handsome husband!!

T-Ball

Mason is half-way through his T-Ball season and is doing quite well. He is actually a pretty good player and really loves the sport. Every day he asks if he has a game that day, that is how much he loves to play!! I don't know if I could handle that much t-ball, but I know that he could!! When he isn't playing then he is out in the yard practicing with our neighbor boy, Cody.

Cody is so good with Mason, I don't know what we would do without him! Cody is 15, but doesn't mind playing with Mason whenever he asks. He climbs over the fence pretty much everyday and will spend hours with him! He is such a lifesaver during the summers. Mason is really missing Cody this week because Cody made it to the State High School Rodeo Finals in Pocatello so he is gone all week, but we are definitely wishing him the best of luck!

We are hoping that Mason will keep his interest in baseball throughout his teenage years because it is really good for him and he is actually a pretty good athlete. They have a traveling baseball league in Shoshone that he could play on when he gets older that I think would be really good for him. Hopefully he will continue to play!

Mason had to pose for the camera while playing catcher!

Mason making a nice catch at 1st base!

Getting ready to bat!

Concentrating real hard on his job as pitcher!