Katy Rodeo

 

Our favorite rodeo is this weekend. We like to go on Thursday when it is free for students. We were lucky enough to have several families that are our closest friends meet us to join in on the fun.

Katy Rodeo 2016

We went to the Katy Rodeo tonight. It is one of our favorite events of the year. I think it was the first time one of my kids didn't participate. They are too old for the stick horse race and mutton bustin.  

We were lucky enough to have our good friends, the Thayers, meet us at the rodeo. They always make it fun.  Here is a picture of Lexi and Heather:

Katy Rodeo Time

The Katy Rodeo is the happening place to be this weekend. We went tonight because local kids get in free. We stopped at one of our favorite Texas BBQ places near the stadium for dinner. Lexi is a huge fan of creamed corn, but I'm not so she was excited to get some. Before entering, we walked around the stables and looked at the FFA animals.  

Heather came later with her dad and brothers, but sat by us.

Katy Rodeo

We went to the rodeo tonight to support Jordan in his Mutton Bustin.  Some of our friends came to watch the rodeo and cheer for Jordan.  

Mutton Bustin 2014

This was the night that Lexi has been waiting for since the rodeo last year.  She has continued to say she wanted to do mutton bustin.  This was her last chance since the age limit is 5 - 8 and the weight limit is 60 lbs. We had quite a few friends there to support her.  

Lexi had quite a run.  She was hanging on the side for most of it, as you can see in the video.  

Houston Rodeo 2013

One of the things we definitely wanted to do with Grandma Margie and Papa Malcolm was to go to the Houston Rodeo.  Wednesdays the entrance fee is free for seniors and children.  It is only half price for "adults."  We ended up paying a total of $5 (for me) to get in.  We didn't stay to actually watch the rodeo and concert, which starts in the evening.  That would have cost more and kept us out late.  We chose to enjoy the rodeo grounds, see the 4H animals, eat lunch, and walk around the carnival.

Near the Astro-Dome

Lunch

We had lunch in one of the pavilions.  Lexi and Jordan wanted hot dogs.  The rest of us got food from a bbq place.     

Heading Out

We wanted to beat Houston rush hour traffic, so we left a little after 3 pm.  Lots of people were arriving at that time to watch the rodeo and the concert.  Maybe next year, we'll go to those.

Mutton Bustin Girl

It's Katy Rodeo time ya'll!  The local rodeo is one of our favorite events and this year was especially exciting because I finally signed Lexi up to do Mutton Bustin.  She has been wanting to do it since we first came to the rodeo when she was 2 years old.  The age limits are 5 - 8 and the kids have to be under 60 lbs. They also have to go to school in the local school district as this is a Katy ISD event.  Sadly, I hadn't signed her up on the first day of applications, so she was only confirmed as an alternate.  Our fingers were crossed for over a week that she'd be able to do it.  

We arrived extra early because I wanted to MAKE SURE we had a good seat.  They have about 5,000 people a night.  We were 2 hours early because it is always cool to walk around in the pavilion and check out the FFA animals before it gets too crowded too.  We saw pigs, goats, sheep, bunnies, and cattle.  Lexi likes to pet all of them.  

Once the gates opened, I took Lexi down to the registration booth for final weigh-in.  They gave us her contestant number to pin on her back and told her she'd be in the second/final round of Mutton Bustin.

Her time finally arrived.  She was a little nervous until she got down there with the other kids.  There were 11 kids in her round.  She was the very last one.  I took the first video from the arena.  Sorry it is shaky.  They made us crouch down and my knees couldn't handle it for that long.  

This video was taken by a friend in the stands:

When it was all over, they gathered the Mutton Busters for trophy time.  The shortest boy holding a belt buckle and larger trophy was #1.  He held on the longest.  Everyone else got a trophy too.

Lexi was #24.

Back in the stands with our friends, Jordan, & Steve.  There also happened to be a bunch of families from church several rows behind us, so Lexi had a great cheering crowd.

Lexi's new love: her trophy.  She named the sheep on top Goldie.

Lexi is already talking about doing it again next year.  Maybe we can convince a few friends to sign up with her.