Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Our 2nd Year at the Crystal Springs Ranch Rodeo!

We were super excited to get invited to the Crystal Springs Ranch Rodeo again with our good friends, the Donkersloots! We decided this year to leave a day early. We left on June 24! We got there in the evening. Instead of staying with them this year (and since we are proud camper owners now), we brought ours too!


This is us setting up. Very redneck like! Our camper was a little too close to the Donkersloot's and instead of hooking it back up and moving it, we moved it with a tow rope. Don't try this at home!

The girls really enjoy the rodeo! This is them within the first hour of our arrival.


One of the couples in the group we camp with has these 2 very cute dogs that the girls lugged around like babies whenever they could!

One of the highlights of the weekend was all of us getting a chance to ride horses! Even Presley and Madison got to ride! They loved it!



Even Jason and I had a chance to ride! Every time my horse Pepper (the slowest one in the bunch) started to trot, I would tell Wendy "he's running!" She would laugh so hard and say "he is hardly trotting Holly, he's not running!"

More fun pictures...



Wendy made me this great hat last year! The girls love to wear it too!
The first night of the rodeo all the kids got these great lassos! Brayden was showing us how it's done!

I got this great Jack Daniels shirt for Jason for Father's Day...perfect for the rodeo! We all laughed when one night he was walking back to the rodeo with the girls pink blankets (he ran to the camper to get them) and someone said "Good luck tonight!" Like he was in the rodeo! It was a hoot since he was carrying the pink blankets!

The Donkersloot fam!






On Saturday afternoon, the Luinenburg's and VanRuler's joined us. They brought a camper and their 2 gators along...which was perfect! We had our pink Barbie Jeep and 2 gators...so everyone got to ride! They buzzed around on them for hours!
Most of the clan at the rodeo on Sat. night!


Aw...good times had again! Can't wait for next year!

Summer photo shoot with Auntie!

My sister has been home quite a bit this summer (lucky us) and has been taking some great pictures of kids at a local store in our town. It has a great brick wall inside the building. I was excited for her to take some of Presley and Madison in the store too! Presley is 5 3/4 years old and Madison is 2 1/2. Check them out below! Very fun!




















Thanks Auntie for taking these great pictures of the girls!