July 14, 2014
Monday morning we got to work on our stick horses. We had a rodeo scheduled and everyone had to have the perfect mount! It was fun to see the kids create their horses.
Nathan hung out under the table and played with every one's toes. He thought it was pretty funny.
The assembly line. They folded their horse heads over and stitched them up with yarn.
Daniel waiting to get his ears stapled on.
Let the stitching begin!
Anna
Rorie
Aunt Andrea got stuck helping small people compete their horses. She is a good helper.
Dad and Uncle Jake helping the kids cut the sticks for their horses.
After all the horses were finished we headed to the backyard for some barrel racing.
Ben
I wish I could remember all the names of the horses. The kids came up with some really good ones.
Amy
Anna
Andrew
Taylor
Bradley
Daniel
Eliza
Rorie
The kids looked like they were having so much fun that the adults decided we needed to try.
Aunt Andrea
Aunt Katie
Mom
After my amazing run Dad decided he was going to have to try.
Getting ready...
Off he goes!
His was one of the fastest!
Aunt Malea
Uncle Jason
Uncle Colton
Uncle Tyler
He was giving it his all! Then his feet just couldn't keep up!!
He went down pretty hard...
but he didn't quit! He crawled across the finish line!!
Way to go Uncle Ty!
Aunt Janna
Aunt Bethany was our official timer and score keeper.
Nathan playing with Aunt Brenda's puppy Cookie.
After the barrel races the kids moved on to the key hole challenge.
Tyler M starting his weave threw the poles.
Andrew
Andrew doing a quick turn around in the "key" hole.
Caden
Bradley
Daniel
Taylor
Eliza
Kaylee
It was pretty hot on Monday and poor Kaylee got heat exhaustion. She was pretty sick and had to go to the hospital were they found she was dehydrated. It took her a couple days to bounce back.
Amy
The last event was a relay. They had to run down and get a spoonful of water and jump little hurdles on the way back to the bowl. This event was timed!
Daniel
Daniel pouring in the water.
Daniel on his second trip.
Racing back for more water before his time is up.
I didn't get pictures of everyone doing all the events, but we did have great participation! The kids were all good sports and cheered each other on. It was a great rodeo.
After lunch we did sand art and some other activities in the shade to try and survive the heat of the day.
Abby and Bradley
Aunt Katie helping Anna with her art.
Abby with her finished product.
Uncle Jake ran to town with Grandpa to restock the ice!!
We were all glad to see him. ;0)
Dad and Nathan got in on the animal towel demonstration.
Aunt Malea and Uncle Colton were the instructors.
Malea was super confident...can you tell? :0)
Dad
Nathan has a very unique way of supervising.
The body of the puppy is now complete! I missed the rest of the demonstration getting pictures of the other activities.
Bradley working on his sand art.
Aunt Andrea and Aunt Bethany both got recruited for the sand art.
For FHE we all met on the back lawn for a lesson by Grandma.
Uncle Colton helped with all the tech support and prep.
We ready the Tawny Scrawny Lion.
We applied several gospel principles to this story. It was a lot of fun and the kids kept their focus on the lesson the whole time.
Large group shot.
Daniel, Uncle Neldon, Dallin, Aunt Brenda, and Tyler
In front: Haylie, Hayden and Rorie
Grandpa, Aunt Andrea and several Mitchells
Great Grandpa Marvin behind Aunt Shellie, Uncle Brett and Angela
Rorie
Haylie
Aunt Katie and Luke
Angela
Aunt Meghan and Kaylee
Abby
Dad
Ammon
Anna
Uncle Jason
Aunt Laura
Great Grandpa Marvin
Grandpa came down for dinner and FHE. It was so good to see him and visit for a while.
Sarah-Jane
Sarah-Jane and Anna
One of our FHE activities was volleyball.
Ben, Daniel and Angela
Bradley and Hayden
Aunt Malea
Uncle Colton
"This is Your Uncle Tido!"
Ethan the magnificent and Ben the amazing...or something like that. ;0)
Grandpa and Aunt Laura visiting.
Uncle Tyler and little princess Leia.
Leia really enjoyed her drink. She is such a cutie!
Following the visiting we had a pretty intense game of volleyball with the adults and then had a family dance. Uncle Colton was the DJ. It was so much fun, but I was super exhausted by the time we went to bed!!
