WHEW....I apoligize in advance for the length of this post...but it's been a busy couple of days. On Friday night Arnie, Maggie and I went to the rodeo in Omaha. Gracie hung out with Grandma and Grandpa. Maggie liked the rodeo, but what she really loved was getting to stand by the ready area and watch the horses.
Here's a video of her cattle roping lesson:
http://youtu.be/mgQXGpk_4pk
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| Dick and Betti loaned us their cowboy boots....I kind of liked wearing them, I might have to get myself a pair. |
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| Getting ready to learn to rope. Unfortunately for Reagan, she got to bring that rope home. |
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| "Here, horsey, horsey." |
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| You'd think she was growing up on a ranch. |
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| She loved the girls we carried the flags between events. |
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| Uncle Deem was her first roping victim. |
Saturday we got up early and headed back to Norfolk for Norfolk Iron Family Safety Day....the highlight of the event was Maggie's race. Well, actually the highlight was painting her car, she came in 4th out of 15 kids in the 3-5 category, but they raced each car 6 times, so after a couple of races, she'd had enough and was off to bounce in the bounce house.
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| Who gave him the keys??? |
After Family Day we headed for Yankton for Lauren's Softball team fundraiser. Maggie and Arnie both hit in the home run derby. Maggie did awesome! She was so excited, she actually hit the ball a few times (pretty well) then the girls told her to run to first base and they all cheered for her. She was so proud of herself and Lauren loved it too. Everybody who participated got a tshirt, so Maggie got an adult small, the littlest size they had, she slept in it last night, and thought it made the best nightgown ever.
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| Batting practice... |
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| Best Pals... |
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| Her first swing... |
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I would do anything to have a video of this, she had just hit a pretty good grounder, and she was trying to
figure out what to do next.... |
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| ...then she ran to first base! |
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| Grace and Jill cheering Maggie on! |
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Notice Maggie's cute belt...we were ready to leave home and her butt crack kept showing, so I took
Reagan's Husker collar and put it around Maggie's waist. It worked great and looked pretty cute too! |
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| Before we left we got to make a quick stop by Lauren's room so Maggie could see where she lives at college. |
Yesterday was also our 6th Wedding Anniversary, while we didn't do much to celebrate, we did get to spend the whole day together as a family, so it was perfect. Six years have passed really quickly; so much has changed and we've had such a great time, I can only imagine what's to come.
Unfortunately today Maggie is sick. We made it through church and then headed for brunch and she got sick at the
restaurant and has been home with a fever since. Hopefully Grace won't catch the germs and hopefully when she gets up tomorrow morning, Maggie will be back to her bouncy energetic self.
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