The Stickley family adventures started in Hawaii in 2005 when Cris and Emilie were married. The real excitement began in May 2008, when Nova was born. 2 short months later, our little June-Bug joined the family from all the way in Vietnam. The next few crazy years included Emilie being deployed to Afghanistan, while Cris and the girls moved back to Hawaii, then a long year of living apart (and a lot of trips across the Pacific Ocean), while Emilie remained in Colorado to complete her Army committment, and Cris had to stay in Hawaii for his job at the University.

In the summer of 2012, little Jude joined our family, and the whole gang reunited for good in Hawaii!

Follow our adventures, as we try to keep track of life with our 3 crazy kids, while keeping our friends and family updated on the happenings here in Hawaii!

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

RODEO!

Sunday morning we dressed the girls up in their little tractor shirts (that match Grandpa Stickley!), and headed out to the rodeo. When I bought the rodeo tickets i was unaware that apparently there were a couple of rather important football games on Sunday, but Cris was a good sport about it anyway! Fortunately, most of the exhibits were indoors...it has been quite chilly this week!

The rodeo was fabulous! It started off with a bang....literally! there were some pyrotechnics at the beginnning of the show, and that kind of got Nova a little sour on the Rodeo. Her opinion changed quickly once the horses and cowboys came out, and we all enjoyed the show!
The show was a little long - about 3 hours. Juneau took a little nap in the middle of it :)
I'm thinking of trying to convince Grandpa and Grandma Stickley to buy a sheep so Juneau can practice her sheep riding and participate in the Kid's Sheep Rodeo next year! I think she has some Cowgirl Rodeo potential!
yes, that is a monkey riding a dog....
We made it home in time for Cris and the girls to catch the end of the 2nd football game! the girls didn't care too much about the game, but were happy to stay up late and cuddle with dad.

2 comments:

Laurie and Travis said...

SO bummed we missed it!! We have had a blast at every rodeo the kids have been to. I guess we'll just have to catch Frontier Days this summer! Oh, and we're all about getting our kids into mutton busting too, once they're 5. SO fun.

Anonymous said...

I LOVE THE PICTURES!

i have to agree with the girls, the monkey riding on the dog is so cool, the whole event sounds fun! we miss you all, the pictures sure bring us a lot of joy! love, mom