This weekend has been our annual ward rodeo and it has been even more fun and meaningful than in years past because we know our bishopric is getting released tomorrow. Our bishop is an amazing man and he has a lot of enthusiasm and endless energy to balance out all his wisdom and spirituality, and he is the one that brought back the tradition of having a ward rodeo.
Last night was the hoe-down, which is always so much fun. I don't have any pictures of the dancing, because I was too busy do-si-doeing to take any! I'm bummed not to have photos to document the fun, but I'm glad I was part of it. Under the "Thank the Bishopric Here" sign was a table with 3 homemade scrapbooks where we could write messages to each of them.
We had an amazing sunset to accompany our night of fun.
The weekend's event list--click to enlarge.
Before the 5k with friends Oss and Jackson.
Today's events started with the 7:00am 5k run. Landon has been doing this for several years but this year he beat the bishop (seen in this picture just behind him) which means the bishop will buy him a shake and placed first in his age group and 5th overall!
Woohoo!
The bishop and Landon. (Randy took all the race photos since I was still home getting ready.)
Next up was the "parade". This involves all the primary kids who want to participate, the bishopric, the RS president and a few other cars full of people. It's rather comical because it is so short. Whitney and Madison walked with the activity day girls and their theme was "I Sing With My Heart".
The bishopric ride horses through the neighborhood.
One of my friend's had amazing, huge sunflowers growing in her garden, so of course I had to stop by for a few shots.
They served pancakes, sausage, bananas and juice to everyone for breakfast.
Poor Randy burned a couple fingers on some hot grease while helping with the cooking, he had to walk around with his two burned fingers in cold water for awhile.
It was 93 degrees today, so we were all red-faced and sweaty but Whitney still looked cute.
I love these flags!
I enjoy the rodeo ambiance, everything felt picture-worthy to me.
In between rodeo events they had performances and Randy was part of this group of guys singing a funny song. (I've got video of this, but I'm too tired to mess with trying to load it tonight.)
It was beasty hot, but it was a gorgeous day!
I always love the colors of the flag.
They provided lunch for everybody too! After being so busy and so hot all morning the food tasted better than ever.
The kids got to cool off with a big slip-n-slide, but the adults mostly kept sweating.
Me in photo mode.
I love big, fluffy clouds like this.
They had a huge tug-o-war match with the adults verses the youth.
The youth won!
Landon and Oss made it almost to the end of the egg toss, but then the egg broke when Landon caught...ew.
The last event of the day was the hay bale jumping. It starts out with a big crowd but eventually narrows down to just the long-legged sorts.
Landon isn't quite long-legged yet.
Not like this guy! They measured the final distance between hay bales and it was almost 18 feet!
My end-of-the-day, hot, sun-burned, but headache free self-portrait! I took over 800 photos, crazy!
**Does this look like fun to you?
Do you have an affection for square dancing?
Have you ever jumped hay bales?**
Comment Window Tidbit: I was so pleased that I didn't get a headache from being out in the sun all day, but I ended up getting one around 8:00 tonight. I'm wasted.
11 comments:
What a day! What a great event to culminate the end of your bishopric's service.
I think the whole day looks like fun.
It looks like you have a huge ward (or 100% attendance, which?) at the breakfast.
I'm glad your head waited to throb till everything was over.
Great tug o war pic! That one is my favorite.
Way to go Landon.
It is so hot here I can't even imagine being outside all day. I dread going out long enough to just do things like cut grass!
Looks like a really fun neighborhood/church gathering. Glad everyone was out having a good time.
800 photos!! holy cow. that's awesome.
i love those flag-gy type banners and every year wish they were in the budget for july decor.
my FIL is the bishop and he does a "beat the bishop" 5k every memorial day and buys everyone who can beat him lunch. but he usually always ends up paying for everyone to go. i think it's a really fun tradition.
looks like a really great activity.
Your ward is fantastic!!! that is a crazy day of fun!!! What a great ward!
So much amazing stuff...who plans all that? Landon is fast...that is a great time on the 5k. I had to laugh though, if I didn't know better I would think you lived in the stix...horses on the street..mutton bustin..good grief!
This tradition is seriously so awesome. It looks like so much fun and such a great way to grow a ward closer. Great pictures.
Whenever I see your rodeo pictures I cannot fathom how much work it must be to put all this together! It actually does look like fun to me, but I would have a hard time with the heat. This weekend was beasty hot.
Way to go on the race, Landon!
I've never heard of hay bale jumping, but it looks like fun for those with good knees. And long legs.
This looks like loads of fun--even though it was hot. I don't know if I could've handle a full day of that--you are my hero!
Looks like loads of fun minus the burnt fingers. Hope they are doing better now.
It was fun to hear your voice on the phone when I called the school today. Hope you are enjoying your new job.
too bad I missed it this year, was lucky to be there two times....When I read that your bishop was being changed, I immediately thought about the RODEO...so it was a sweet post! I loved doing long jump in school so that last picture was really sweet and amazing...wow. I am happy you did not get a headache....
fun times...for sure
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