The Blaisdell Rodeo Has Again Come and Gone....

Last weekend was rodeo time at Blaisdell, ND, population 12 I think, since it's had a population spurt the last year or so. The town is probably the sorriest thing I've ever seen, but the rodeo, high on the hill on the outskirts of Blaisdell, is for some reason a no-miss event.

You'd never know it by my done-up hair, wedge sandals and crop pants, but I can actually ride a horse, being from a ranch and all. I usually ride horse in my cute little blue running shoes, and I usually attend rodeos in wedge sandals or some cute flip flops, I guess because cowboy boots and wranglers just aren't in my DNA makeup, and I'm sure I looked absolutely ridiculous behind the shoots getting Kaydn Rye to hop on a sheep in my wedge sandals, but that's just how I roll.

Kaydn Rye has been in the kid's showdeo for the last two years, and this year he graduated to sheep riding, which turned out to be a terrible experience. My Mr. Safety was pretty psyched about riding a sheep, which I thought was utterly shocking. He didn't last more than a second, but he did it.

I don't really know what the point of sheep riding is, but for some reason it is socially acceptable. Of course, it's not exactly like bull riding where you get your arm in the air and swing it hoping to look cool and stay on the bull. Nope, sheep riding is a sport that is only won by hopping on, grabbing the sheep by the neck and hanging on for dear life as long as you can.



Kaydn Rye was fully prepared to grab the sheep by the neck and hang on for dear life, until he actually got on the sheep and became utterly grossed out by all its fuzziness. I'm sure he thought, "Oh my word, how many germs are lurking under all that fur?" Which is why he got on, put his hands in the air like the sheep was a bomb ready to go off, and he of course fell off before he even really made it out of the shoot.

Here are some more Blaisdell Rodeo pics for all you rodeo fans.



Kaydn Rye's the kid on the end with the brown jacket who looks like he's in some serious pain.

Here he's getting ready for the big stick pony race.



Here's him taking a much needed break from rodeo-ing.



And I can't forget the wonderment that is t-ball. We've been busy with that the last couple weeks, and we've been hard at work practicing in the yard things like, this isn't football so don't tackle your team mates for the ball. Oh, and when you bat, don't run and grab the ball just so the other team can't tag you with it. Things like that are always helpful pieces of information.



Oh, and of course there's the wonderful yard fishing, can't forget that. I don't know how many bushes he caught in the yard, but he was pretty proud of his casts.



That has been my summer vacation so far...now we're off to the lake.....



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