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.
