XIT Rodeo

"National Miss Rodeo"
Nickel Scramble

Hayden is in the center of the photo in the brown & white polo.

Our kids had never been to a rodeo until Saturday. We took two trucks full of people up to Dalhart to the XIT rodeo. It is a big deal around here. Saturday was free BBQ night. You can't beat BBQ and a rodeo. Most kids from Texas that go to the rodeo just want to run around and see their friends. Not our kids; they were there for the rodeo. They loved watching all the different events. Their favorite by far was the bull riding. They did enjoy the clown and the trick riding and barrel racing also. Hayden's favorite part was the Nickel scramble. They called all kids under the age of 10 to come out in the arena. Hayden jumped up and headed to the fence. We tried to call him back, but he wanted to go. He said, "but mama, they said all the kids under 10 get to go and that's me." I took him and put him over the fence and told him not to get run over. He was so excited and had no idea what he was about to do. They dumped nickels in the arena and let the kids dig in the dirt for all the nickels they could find. He didn't find any nickels, but he got to go into the rodeo arena at his first rodeo. He thought it was pretty cool.