Our Little Cowboy...

We had a GREAT weekend. Every year at this time we help sponsor the Gaston Co. 4-H Blazing Saddles Annual Summer Night Horse Show. The night before the horse show they have a pre-show cookout with food, bluegrass music, carriage rides and horse rides for the sponsors. A good friend of Chads at work has a daughter, Margo that is a part of the 4-H and shows her horse, Cisco. This year she asked if William would like to be apart of the line-lead event. This is where he rides her horse and she walks him around and then they get ribbons at the end. One of the requirements was that he dress up like a cowboy. So thanks to our wonderful "redneck" friends of Belmont the Satterthwaites hee-haw...we got a GREAT little cowboy outfit. (hat, belt/buckle, boots, and bandanna) I know many of you probably thought the belt buckle was mine but, I hate to disappoint you by saying I threw in the Wranglers back in '97. (all 6 different colors/styles) I will say though I did keep my hat but, that was part of my 21st b'day present from my Dad. William could wear it but, the one he wore looked better than mine that has a colored band around the rim. Anyhow, we were so proud of William. He had a lot of fun and now says his favorite animal is a horse. We just hope he doesn't want one some day. If so we decided that we'll send them over to the Lee's (Margo's parents) and let them take care of his needs since they got us started in this. ha- We do want to thank Margo and Trisha for letting our kids come out to the barn to meet Cisco before the horse show and allowing William to be apart of the horse show. The kids had a blast riding him but, I think the best part was giving him a bath that night.

Here are a few pictures from the night before (pre-show cookout)

Day of the Horse Show:

Our Little Cowboy and "Princess":