World's Fair...

We spent another weekend in Wayne County and these tough little cowboys entered the "Small Fry Rodeo" where they busted their very first mutton, had stick horse races and chased after a chicken and a "bunny" which we REALLY wanted to bring home.

(God bless the speedy kids that actually made it to the animals first!)

The Small Fry was also where Grandpa bought them each a blue snow cone... obviously.  :)We prepped for the evening by watching a few YouTube videos of other little cowboys and cowgirls riding sheep.  My little hombres were downright excited.  Not scared a bit.  Ready to ride!And dressed to kill, might I add.  Oh, wee little Wrangler butts and dusty boots -- You have my heart.

 Kael rode first.  Please note the size of this giant ram and it's HORNS!  What the?  This was my only picture in focus because I was so nervous for them!  He did great!  Landed hard (as do most little mutton busters) and walked off unscathed.

 This was Dax's dismount.  After this moment there was a few whimpers and a limp out of the arena.  I was beginning to doubt the whole thing.  But don't worry... I threw Acey up on a giant beast of a sheep since he was ready to ride and not about to pass up a chance to do what his brothers had already done!

Zoom in and you'll see the tiniest boots poking out from a sheep's butt... yep.  That's Ace. 

(Insert swear words here)

Meet Ace, the boy crying and bleeding profusely in the middle of the arena!

It should probably be noted that he had the longest ride of my three little amigos.  So there's that as a silver lining Ace Face.  As your mama, I'm sorry!

 

And here we are... me and my hard headed little cowboy who was the youngest to ride that evening with his trophy:  A bloody nose and a deep hatred for all things sheep.

Poor little cowboy!

I was so proud of them for even riding!  There were many a kiddo that scoped out the size of those "Infamous World's Fair Meanest Mutton in the Land" and passed on the entire experience.  These guys were tough despite the betrayal of those damn sheep rode on to another day.  And a more pleasant riding experience entirely...

 See?  We support riding domestic animals in this family too.  :)

 

It was an epic weekend for us.  A perfect way to tie out summer and squeeze the last few drops of adventure out of one of our favorite seasons.   We made some new memories in the fresh mountain air with our tribe... the whole clan on the Albrecht side.  

And some bonus stray kittens, of course.  :)