Heritage Days in Buckeye

The boys and I adventured to the Heritage Days while Bill and Justice went to another shoot on Saturday. I should mention that Justice took 8th place and Bill took 21st. Very proud how well Justice did...let me remind you it is 8th place out of all the guys...not just kids. Anyways, the boys and I had a great time at the Heritage Days. We got in there and the boys made corn, a bee magnet and Benjamin roped a cow! They also had a petting zoo sort of thing there that the boys just loved. Benjamin finally got to pet a guinea pig, he loved it...he just kept looking at his face to see if his popped out like the one on Bedtime Stories. We watched a little of the Lil Miss and Lil Mister competition with the kiddos. They were just so cute and adorable. We then went on a very long hay ride, I think the guy was waiting for more people to give a ride to...so we just kept riding around until enough people were waiting. It was fun though and he drove us to every single corner of the event. The ride eventually put Matthew to sleep and along the way we saw a kid tractor pull, so Ben went and showed them how to ride a tractor. He did good, he even got a blue ribbon for it. We then sat and watched the tractor pulls for a while, I was surprised that Benjamin really enjoyed watching it.

They had tons of tractors that looked brand new to very old looking. They also had all kinds of water pumps, grinders and other machines that all ran off of gas that they used in the old days. It was pretty neat, they even let the kids work some of the hand operated ones. We went back the next day with the other two boys and the they got make butter out of cream. Justice also tried his hand in roping a cow...got his on the first try too. They dived for nickels in a pile of cotton too. We had fun but was disappointed there wasn't much there on Sunday. Hope you all enjoy the pictures though.

Eagle Eye's First Shoot

Eagle Eye showed up for the first time on Saturday and showed those old cowboys how it is done. He looked them all in the eye and wouldn't take "no time" for an answer.

Justice really enjoys shooting with his Dad and they finally decided it was time for Justice to join the Cowboy Fast Draw. Well he hasn't "joined" yet but he got to go shoot this last Saturday. He didn't realize how special of an event it was for him to shoot until we got there and his aunt and uncle from Mexico and some cousins from Maryland were there too. We even showed up, sick kids and all to cheer on their big brother. We had a really good time and it was overcast for most of the morning, so not too hot but it was really humid. Justice finished 22nd out of 23, he was a bit disapointed but we had to remind him that it was his first time. He has only shot maybe 2 or 3 times his whole life. I think he did great and we are so proud of him. We look forward to Buckaroo Ben shooting one day now. I will keep you all updated. Bill also shot at this tournament and he placed 9th place. Bills uncle Charlie placed 2nd and Grandpa Bill placed 3rd. They are all on a roll and doing great. Here is Buckaroo Ben himself waiting to be driven to town.

This is Kaleb, Ben's cousin from the east coast. He just looked so cute and had his own gun too. Ben was thrilled to see another cowboy his size.