The Four-State Family: Dawes County Fair

I took the girls to the county fair this year......and I don't know if I want to go back next year....
It was pretty sad and even the kids rodeo was focused more on little kids that own horses. :( They did do stick horse races, but it was just my girls and one other little boy who had stick horses.
We did go watch the pet companion show and the goat show because we know a couple little boys who were showing things (who we got the kittens from).

We tried to watch the youth rodeo one night, but not even halfway through Sidney threw a giant fit about which bathroom she had to use, and I gave up and called it a night. :)

Unless Kylie wants to show one of the kitties in the cat show next year I'm not sure if I'll take the time to go to much of it....but anyways....here are pictures from our visit this year.

Sidney getting shown how to do the barrel races

Run Back!

She loved doing it!

Kylie's turn at the barrel races

The family that had the other little kid doing stick horses also had their older

kids doing the races with one of their horses. They asked if Kylie wanted to ride him

for a min. So their mom walked the horse around for Kylie for a couple minutes and

let her sit on him for a little while.

It was really nice of them!

Sidney doing the goat race. ---pretty much you ride your horse up

to the goat, and you are suppose to grab the goat and get the tie off

his tail....they held the goat for all the little kids to make it easier on them. :)

Got a video of Kylie getting the tie

The girls waiting in a trailer full of straw with all the other kids.

There was a bunch of coins dumped in with the straw for the kids to find.

Looking! It was SO dry and dusty and there was straw flying everywhere.

Neither girl lasted long...but they each got a few coins though.

After going home and cleaning up from the little kid rodeo...we changed and went back to eat supper and watch some of the youth rodeo....until Sidney threw her fit that is.