Rodeo?

No, just time to sell the sheep. But, boy was it some fun family time!

Here is LiviJ rounding them up. She chose this job because she has no fear. She ran after them pushing them in the butt to get them moving and Minime gaurded the gate so they wouldn't get out. The hubby and I stood there watching and laughing at the great job they did. It was a wet and rainy day and Minime even fell face first into the....shall we call it mud? She first looked at me like, "Boy, am I in trouble!" But when we all laughed she knew she was approved to carry on having fun.

Once they got them in the trailer they wanted to ride them. Umm...ok. Minime is first because she's a little more timid and wanted to do it, but had the attitude of, "I want to say I did it, but let's hurry and get it over with." We applauded her for her bravery and a job well done.

LiviJ's turn. Did I say she has no fear? By this time her face had to hurt from all the smiling she had already been doing, but the smiles continued as she said, "Put me on daddy!"

The hubby put her on and she grabbed hold of that sheep's neck and pinched her legs tight around it's belly like she was never letting go. Since we weren't in the best of arena's and didn't have safety gear on, the hubby was very cautious and wouldn't let go of her, so she kept saying, "Let go!" She wanted this 8 second ride for herself!! It was just hillarious. She was not letting that sheep get rid of her, so the hubby had to finally tell her it was time to get off. We were all laughing so hard, including her! I don't think she's ever had so much fun. We asked her how she new to hang on like that and she says she's seen the rodeos.

Well, rodeo is over and everyone piled in the truck to town. Here is Minime and Bman watching LiviJ open the gate and push the sheep off the trailer at the sale barn. That smile is still stuck on her face.

All is well.......until.......we got a check in exchange for the sheep and headed home with an empty trailer. THAT took the smile off LiviJ's face. A piece of paper in exchange for her sheep? This was NOT a good bargain. Daddy treated them to donuts on the way home and we reminiced about bottle feeding them when they were only as big as our cats!