We spent the weekend of August 1st up in Island Park. Dad and mom and Steve and Nancy & family went. The weather was awesome and we played so much and had such a great time. Saturday Dad and Mom took us out on the boat and we swam and played on the beach and they did a little fishing ( none to be caught that day ) anyway, we got back to the cabin, had a yummy dinner and played cards and we loved being with all of these great people. Sunday was the Island Park Rodeo, usually I ban these events because of the fear the animals are being hurt or something, but Oakley got the idea he needed to try calf riding. So we all went and the people helping the kids were so amazing. The calf riding was first thing when we got there, so we signed Oakley up and then talked to any cowboy standing around to see what the heck he was supposed to do and how is he supposed to stay on. We watched a few kids and they fell off and some cried, one kid got stepped on and limped off, we all started really wondering "What did I sign my kid up for?" I was so scared, after all we had seen Oakley decided "No way, I am outta here!" Then some cowboys that had been talking with him got him on a calf and showed him all the tricks to staying on and he was in the shoot and then he was out in the arena! Oakley was amazing! He stayed on the whole time and rode with one hand like a real cowboy. The clown helped him down and he had come in second place. That was so cool. I got a little teary eyed cause it scared me so bad and I couldn't believe he didn't get hurt. He had a blast and had a hard time believing he did that good also. Go Cowboy!
Cedar and Montana resting while I play on the computer, too cute!
Here is the next little adventure... Dad and mom took us out to some caves that are out on the Wapi Lava beds. It is a bit of a drive out to the caves but we saw about 10 Sage Hens, a big rattle snake and 2 antelope. So the drive was very nice, the temp in the caves was so cold compared to outside where it was in the low 90's, that felt really nice in the caves. I had a hard time getting good pics so these are some that show a bit of what it was like.
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