rodeo day for Colin

A few weeks ago, Colin called to tell me he was going to be competing in the international Lineman’s rodeo in Bonner Springs.  He was pretty excited and told me to bring the whole family.  I told him we would definitely be there!   

Backtrack a moment, yesterday, Jim was in an enormous amount of pain.  The plan had been for me to take him to the chiropractor when I got home from work.  The kids were off school yesterday, so I wasn’t even in a time crunch to get back to drive the bus.  By the time I got home and it was time to leave for the appointment, Jim was laying on the floor howling.  We ended up calling an ambulance and going to the ER instead.  They said it was his sciatic nerve.  They gave him a lot of pain meds and sent us home.  He is feeling some better, but a day of walking and standing was just not in the cards for today.  So Grace went along as a substitute dad, and Jim stayed home and  got text updates.  

Colin competed in 4 events today.  We missed the first one, which was knot tying.  We were able to watch him while he “rescued” a dummy off a pole, and when he was doing an obstacle  course.  He did a great job!  We are so proud of him!  

They also had a lot of stuff for the kids to do. They enjoyed riding bucket trucks and getting crazy amounts of free stuff.   They even snagged some free shirts and  hats.  

Cameron was able to drive over from Manhattan as well!   Colin’s work fed us all a great lunch and I enjoyed spending the day with some of the kids, and Grace.  

Cameron also got Preston a ticket to the KSU game for this evening and is having Preston stay over tonight.  Preston was pretty excited.  Enough so, that he agreed to wearing masks and capes with Cameron and his friends.  We even saw them on tv!  

Since the boys are all gone, and Quincy is at work, the girls were entertaining us during the time outs.  The game was not really worth watching so I was happy to have the distraction.   

This was a great day!  I am happy but exhausted!