Rooftop Rodeo

Yesterday, we spent he day in Estes Park.  It was a much needed day away, just spending time as a family. 

 First stop: We went to breakfast at Randy's Pub and Grill. I finally had biscuits and gravy (I have been craving them for a week-thanks sister).  Then we drove up the canyon and walked around downtown Estes. It was super crowded, so we just got some ice cream and sat by he river and played at the park.

 Then we took a drive up Old Trail Ridge Road.  It was windy and cold at the top, 11,700 feet high.  We shopped around the gift shop, Jackson got a new Teddy Bear and he picked out a Moose for his brother. We had a little snack then headed back down for the rodeo.  As we were leaving the cafe in the sky and driving back down the gas light went on in the truck. OOPS! We should've filled up before our little adventure. Luckily we made it down and back into town to the first gas station (which was about 40 cents/gal more for people like us that wait til the last minute to fill up).

Next stop: RODEO!!

Jackson loved the horses!! He ran around saying "Neigh" to every horse he saw.  His favorite part of the whole trip was probably the pony rides.  He loved it!!!! He got to pick which pony to ride then he got on and grabbed the horn and started saying "go, go, go".  It was so cute, he had the biggest smiles on his face.

 After he got off we went and walked around and after about 10 minutes, he ran back over to the ponies and wanted to ride again.

 After his second ride we got some popcorn and went to our seats for the rodeo...we ended up with front row seats, the ones where the flags hit you in the face and you get sprayed with mud when the horses ride by. Half way through-Jackson was done sitting for a while, so Chris took him out to walk around...of course they ended up by the pony ride again. The nice pony man told Chris to put him on and walk around til he got tired. They probably walked around 20 times before Jackson was ponied out.  They came back and we watched the rest of the rodeo together.

 After the rodeo Jackson got to go down in the arena and get his hat signed by a bull fighter, the rodeo queen and princess, and the rodeo clown.

 Once we got back to the truck, we put of Jackson's p.j's got in the truck, turned on some Garth Brooks and drove home.