Roping

The kids and I went to the barn to watch Dean rope. It was nice and warm. 

Josie had her first run away. She handled it really well. Sara took off across the field and Josie just held on tight. When she finally got her turned around and I caught up to her she asked me why Sara did that. I told her that Sara didn't know where she was supposed to go and Josie was holding on so tight that she couldn't tell Sara to stop or turn. So Josie then asked me, "Mom can people hug horses"? I told her sure and when she did I heard her tell Sara, "its okay you didn't know huh Sara, you didn't know". 

She held on all through the little run away but she did fall off a little later when she leaned to far off to reach down to turn Sara. I told her that one was all her fault so she didn't cry and got right back on. 

 Leann roped for the first time out of the shoot... you can kind of tell how that went

Quincy sat content for a long time soaking up the sun. It worked out really nice that her legs got caught in the chair so she couldn't move!

 Trig really really wanted to rope a real cow like dad. Dean let him hold the rope while it was around the cows neck in the shoot but he will have to settle for roping the dog until he is a little older.

 She is obviously not a real hard target to catch, just a confidence booster.