This was the 7th year that I have volunteered at a local community event as a Backstage Dresser. 3 years ago I recruited my mom into helping also.
It is a long 6 days, but pretty fun overall:
And these are the beautiful costumes and dancers we get to work with:
It’s summer and the State Fair is HERE!! Yesterday we made the annual trip and Grant got the ride of a lifetime!! While fueling up on corn dogs, funnel cake, and chocolate covered bacon, Jamie was checking out the program to see what there was to do. He casually mentioned to Grant that he could ride a sheep, and he was ALL OVER IT!! So off we go to find the Mutton Bustin’. He got his wristband, headed over to suit up, met the cowboys, and mounted a sheep—like it was NOTHING!! His first ride was a little shaky-riding most of the 4 seconds on the side of the sheep, taking a nice face plung into the sand.
But he got right back up there and tried again. This time he, “Put my face right down into the sheep and held on tight.” Which resulted in a successful 5.86 second ride. He got a gold medal and couldn’t be more proud!!
Today he told me:
“Mom, I don’t really like playing basketball with Daddy in the court. I just like RIDING WILD SHEEP!!”
Do I have a future cowboy??
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