Rumor has it that every year on Wes’s birthday they are at some rodeo or some arena riding and roping, and they usually have pizza for dinner. Well I didn’t know about the pizza part, but we did get to go out to the barn and rope some. Aunt Belva and Uncle Dave wanted to bring Aaron (their grandson) out so he could ride a horse. We hadn’t heard from them all day so we just thought they ran out of time or something. We were on our way out there and Belva called and wanted to make sure it was still ok for them to come out. We said absolutely! So they ventured out to the barn where we were just warming up the horses. Tanner Lund was there practicing the barrels and poles for the rodeo that was happening that weekend. Once he finished we were able to put Aaron on Buff and lead him around for a little bit. He really enjoyed the ride and really liked Buff!
I went and got all of the ropes that Dickie has out at the barn, and gave one to Uncle Dave. He found a barrel that looked like a good target and started roping it. I don’t think he missed a beat roping! I think this was the first time he had picked a rope up in years. Dickie talked him into getting on Buff and giving it a go, seeing what he still had in him! He did great, and I am sure he had a great time.
They (Dave and Wes) even caught one! 🙂
Aunt Belva and Aaron got to go and check out the baby goat that is out at the barn. He thought that was pretty sweet!
Earlier that day Mylea and I made a cake for Wes’s party that we were going to have that night. Mylea wanted to either put a peep or teenage mutin ninga turtles on the cake, I actually had a big plastic peep from Easter, so it turned out great! Mylea was very pleased with the way the cake turned out 🙂
He got something really cool for his birthday from his mom. A few weeks ago Merr was at work and Wes’s 1st grade teacher came down to her office and was laughing so hard. Merr was wondering what was going on, his teacher was cleaning out some filing cabinets and found a book that Wes had written in the 1st grade! It is really funny, but so cool that we have that now. Thanks Merr for giving it to him 🙂
All in all I think his birthday turned out to be very good! Thanks to everyone that was able to participate in the celebration!