4th of July at the cabin

Every year we go up to my cabin for the Oakley celebration.. it's my absolute favorite and I look forward to it all year. My family and the Verno's have been going since before I was born. The Bond's used to come up every year too so we went to 2 rodeos but since they moved to California and some to New York they haven't come up again until this year. This was Drew's second year coming up and he survived again. It was such a fun weekend!

I'm still working on this whole blogging thing and so all of the pictures are in reverse order. This is at the second rodeo we went to.

If you look really close you can see this huge horse stuck on the fence.

At the kids rodeo... I thought this picture was adorable.

The little kids can sign up to ride a sheep and the older ones ride a calf. It was so funny to watch. Landon, Cameron, and Jackson Bond all rode one but I only took video so I don't have pictures.

They even have little kid clowns to protect the kids from the sheep

The greased pig chase.. it made the most horrible noise as probably 10 kids landed on top of it. Don't worry it survived and was fine

The older kids chase calves that have a 5 dollar bill taped to their head. Usually it's on their tail so it's easier but this year I guess they wanted more entertainment. There were 3 kids that the calves ran straight into and leveled them to the ground.

The chicken chase... if you catch a chicken you can keep it or get a dollars. Jackson Bond actually caught one.. gross

My Dad walking back with Cameron

The kids lined up ready to go

Brayden and I

We couldn't help but laugh at how prepared he came to ride a sheep.. shin guards, knee pads, elbow pads, and a helmet

At the parade

The kids and all of their candy

The pooper scoopers... the Verno kids and my family used to be in the parade every year until we were like 14.. it was so much fun I miss those days.

My handsome husband

My mom and Nixon

Cam.. he's just so cute I want to squeeze his cheeks

All of the kids watching Kung Fu Panda with popcorn

Bull riding.. have you ever noticed the bull fighters calfs? Massive! Can you imagine doing that for your career...

Rodeo #1

Drew caught this shirt.. he's pretty proud of it

Heather and Landon

My brother's family.. Nats and the kids are in Utah all summer but Matt has to travel for his medical school rotations until our family reunion.. we miss him

Can you tell we love our new camera?

My mom and me

One of my friends Kayla started a recipe blog and so lately I've been trying a lot of recipes from it.. they have all been great! These are red white and blue cupcakes I made for the kids when I was in charge of dessert.

We had so much fun.. can't wait until next year!