A rodeo weekend!

I had one of the most fun weekends I can remember having in a really long time!  We left Wednesday afternoon, and the first stop was the Madison County Fair.  I LOVE that place!    From there we drove all night to get to a rodeo in Minnesota.  We met up with the Morton family and had a great time spending the weekend with them.  It was also fun to see other friends that I don't get to see very often. We took in rodeos in Spooner Wisconsin, Isanti, Minnesota and ended our rodeo weekend in Walt Hill Nebraska.  The weather was unseasonably cool and comfortable.  Kyle had a great weekend, he was 3.5 in the steer wrestling in Hamel, 81 on his bronc in Spooner, and 8.7 on his calf in Isanti.  He also won the average & second go round in Hamel in the Bronc riding & placed in streer wrestling in Spooner.  He won the bronc riding in Madison and Walt Hill and also spit the round in the steer wrestling in Walt Hill.  The girls all traveled great and were good troopers!  It was a weekend I did not want to come to and end.    



Whitney eating the best county fair food, a corndog and snow cone.  Life does not get any better than that!  My Mom and siblings met up at the fair to take in the Carnival, they took Aubree and Jenae with them and me and Whitney went to watch Kyle and Hope in the rodeo.  Being at the Madison County Fair (my old stomping ground) really made me miss my Dad.  I have so many awesome memories from the Madison County Fair!

After an all night drive to get to Hamel, Minnesota we were all in need of some doTERRA Essential Oils!  My girls have turned into the little oilers.  They love to share the benefits of the oils with their friends!  Whitney was giving Donnae some drops of Wild Orange!

The Morton kids with the Whitaker girls!!  All on horse back!

 

One tired Whitney!

Our Picnic lunch at Spooner, Wisconsin



Donnae and Jenae were trying to capture a catapiller.

I found this on my phone.  A good ol' selfie of Donnae and Jenae.  Silly girls!!

Dane, Drayden & Whintey playing by the trailers.



Jenae and giving the thumbs up that she is tall enough to do the go carts by herself.



Getting ready to go ride the go carts!

All ready to roll!

Aubree got to ride with Becky.

Kyle took Whitney, she was super excited!

Whitney attempting mini golf.  As you can see, it didn't go very well!! 

Soon Aubree took her place.  It went  a little better :-)

Bon Fire!  It was super fun to just all hang out around the fire and roast marshmallows! 

My camera was doing crazy things, so I didn't get great pictures.

Say s'more!!

My littlest cowgirl!

 

 

 

Whitney watching the 1 Armed Bandit.

One of Whiteny's highlights from the weekend was seeing the 1 Armed Bandit 3 times!  She watched wide eyed every time!

The Morton boys with Whitney...she didn't get spoiled with attention during the weekend!

Whitney loves these boys!

 

 Drayden &  Aubree before the rodeo.

 

 Drayden and Aubree in the Grand Entry at Hamel.

Whitney and her BFF Ella

Whitney about 5 miles down the road, on our way home!

 

The unfortunate part of our weekend, losing a wheel on our trailer!  It made for a long night.  We limped the trailer home from Sioux City and got home about 2:30 Monday morning.  We were able to only drive 30-50 mph the entire way home, so it was not a fun way to finish up the weekend!