Iowa Horse Fair 2011

So this weekends fun was found in Des Moines Iowa at the Iowa State Fair Grounds. The Iowa Horse Fair had clinics, trailers, vendors, food and more!! We started off the day by picking up Weasel Wilson and taking him down for a fun filled day with the kids!! So when we get there we pretty much bee lined for the avenue of horses. Where we were of course pulled right into the mules!! YEAY!!! Hunter was all about it, Gunnar was more interested in the Ladies!!! (Bones Jr.). We walked around a bit and decided to get some grub to eat.

Looked at a few trailers, but none caught our eye, I am still holding out for the one in Armstrong Iowa I want!! (hint hint). We hit the vendors, Weasel talked to just about everyone and ran into old friends.

Dad bought the boys some ropes to play with while he caught up with his BFF Clint!! Here are a few pics of the boys roping a traffic cone. Hunter really got into this!!





Here are some cute photos of them posing with there ropes too!! This made me chuckle, beings how Hunter is missing his front tooth....really adds to the hillbilly look he has going on :)



Another BIG BIG EXCITING part of the day was Hunter and Gunnar got to spend time with their rodeo buddy "New Hunter". They LOVE this guy he teaches them to ride bulls and sheep and even plays the part of the bull for them (hours on end). At the rodeo he even helped them get to their sheep and pushes them and gets them interested in mutton bustin and bull riding. To show how excited these boys get around "new Hunter" just take a look at my Hunter's facial expression when I told him I was going to take a picture of him and Hunter.
The "new Hunter" is actually our friends Clint and Lorelee's son, so they will get to spend lots of time together this summer when we go trailriding! I think we might even have them talked into going to Missouri with us this year!! Fingers crossed!! I have also signed Hunter up for the Circle C Rodeos this year so he will get to spend tons of time with his buddy!! His first rodeo this year is in Mason City in 2 weeks!!!

Well that is all for now!! Next weekend is Baseball Team pictures and Hunter's 6th birthday party!! Woo Hoo!! Until then.......

Enjoy!