small town rodeo

We went to the Coleman Rodeo this past Friday night. We all had a really good time, but Beckham had an absolute blast. He got to wear his jeans, boots and spurs so life was good! Matt has a good friend, SuJo, that he used to work with who is one of the "Coleman cowgirls." They get to ride several times during the rodeo. We thought it would be fun for the kids to see her ride. Unfortunately, she had a conflict in her schedule and didn't make it in time to ride on Friday night. We did get to visit with her, however, and Beckham got to show off his spurs. She was quite impressed!


Here is Beckham and I before the rodeo began. He was ready for things to get started!





We met our friends, Scott & Amanda, at the rodeo. Scott is from Coleman, so they usually always go to the rodeo. They have a precious little girl, Avery, who is Beckham's age. In fact, they are only a couple of weeks apart. They have been in Mother's Day Out together and are great friends. Beckham absolutely LOVES her!! (I know... he has good taste in women!)

Here is Beckham putting a squeeze on Avery.


Really... could they be any cuter?!? They had so much fun together!

For some reason Beckham wanted to hold Avery's hand so bad. At first Avery wasn't sure about that, but she soon changed her mind. Pretty sweet!

We really enjoyed watching all of the events... but the bull riding was a great way to end the rodeo. It kept everyone's attention. Here is Matt & Berkley watching in amazement!

Beckham stood for most of the rodeo. He clapped, yelled and screamed "yee-haw!" all night long. He seemed to watch every move made by those cowboys, not wanting to miss anything.

I am so glad we made the adventure to Coleman for the rodeo. It was a late night, but it was completely worth it. Berkley had fun simply because she knew she was getting to stay up late, but to Beckham I think this was a very memorable experience. It truly was priceless watching some of his reactions. I'm pretty sure we'll be back to the small town rodeo again next year. (Maybe Brenner will make it too!)