A big thank you to Mary (Jonathan's mom) for these pictures. My camera's battery was dead and I did not get any pictures of the Cowboy Symposium, which was the event we went to NM to attend!
Boy were we out of place at the cowboy symposium! We did not have big hair, big jewelry, big hats, big boots, or any cowboy/cowgirl attire. We still had a good time. Here are pictures of a few of the events. We did not have pictures of the many booths filled with cowboy bling, or the yummy food booths that are at all fair type events.
Haven got to ride a horse, which was a surprise because they were not technically giving horse back rides.
Jonathan's brother Michael likes to ride horses too. Notice the absence of Levi on any horse. The poor boy was afraid.
Some beautiful sparkly face painting.
Levi's was a bit too girly for my taste (the mane was a bit foo foo looking). At least it didn't last too long on his face.
The got to make leather key chains with their initials and a picture.
Notice me helping Levi hammer. I didn't want the nice lady's hand to be broken by a mallet wielding boy.
We were anticipating the chuck wagon food. This man dressed in style for his role.
It did not disappoint! The meat was yummy. All the food was cooked the old fashion way in dutch ovens. They are pots cooked over coals with coals also heaped on top of the lid.
Have wanted to see these two singers and then got all shy on us.
This man was doing a demonstration on taming a horse. It was fascinating.
We also got to eat a chuck wagon breakfast. It happened to be in the thirties. Quite cold to begin the day! These are the dutch ovens I described above.
What a fun unique experience.
