NFR Honeymoon - Part 2

We went and visited the Mandalay Bay aquarium!

 There was another "Cowboy Christmas" type show at Mandalay bay! Tommie Turvey, Equine Extremist was doing short presentations.

 This is his dog. He is some kind of Australian herding dog, but not an Australian Shepherd.

 This is the Million dollars at one of the old casinos down on Fremont Street.

 We sure enjoyed watching the light show above Fremont Street.

 We went up in the Stratosphere. This is the view from ~ 800 feet in the air!

 Odin was pretty excited to visit the Pawn shop, where the show "Pawn Stars" is filmed. It was a tiny "hole in the wall". Definitely not a place I would walk into and say "Wow, this would be an awesome place to have a show."

 At the entrance to the Rodeo, Guy McLeod - "Australia's Leading Horseman" did a demonstration. His horses were beautiful and very well trained. It was quite impressive.

 He said this horse is his "go to horse" his "super hero horse", so he figured the horse needed a cape.

 This was his grand finale!! The horse underneath was practically falling asleep! I couldn't believe it.

WNFR here we come!

Part 1: 

For our honeymoon, Odin and I decided to got to Las Vegas for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo!! Boy, did we have fun. We put 500 miles on our pickup, just driving around the city.

 Odin and I heading out of Great Falls, on our way to Las Vegas.

We stayed at the South Point hotel for the first 4 nights.

It was truely "Cowboy Central". There were soooo many cowboy hats everywhere it was amazing. They even had country music playing in the lobby. In the South Point, they have an indoor "Equestrian Center"! So we took advantage of that and went and saw Pat Parelli.

 Odin thoroughly enjoying the "pony show".

 Pat Parelli and his horses.

Later that evening we went to the first night of the WNFR!

 The big screen.

 Odin and I found our seats early! Good thing too, because the place was packed.

 This was the horse that carried the flag for the National Anthem. I wonder if its mane is real or if he has extensions. They have those for horse, you know!

 Guess who is singing the National Anthem?

 That's right! Reba McEntire!!!!!! Sooooo cool.

 These are all the contestants, from all over the states.

 This is the pickup man from Montana! His horse is sure good looking.

 Saddle Bronc riding.

 These are all the ladies that carry the flags and their black horses.

 The clown in the barrel!

Bull riding!

To be continued.....

Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving

Odin and I spent Thanksgiving with Ronnie, Glen and Uncle Bob at the North Farm again this year! This was the first year since Odin and I met that we didn't stay at the farm as well. Odin said we could, but it didn't make any sense since we have our own place 40 minutes away! Ronnie made all the fixings and a wood stove turkey! The absolute best!!!

 Ronnie making gravy.

 Calli even found her favorite spot again!

 Odin helping put out the food.

 Ronnie carving the turkey.

 From Left to Right: Glen, Odin, myself, and Uncle Bob (Ronnie and Glen's father)

 From Left to Right: Uncle Bob, Ronnie, Glen and Odin

 When we got home, Luna had got her 4th injury. Yeah for me... Of course it was really cold, so I was really thankful for a large lit barn to inspect the injury in!

 The horse's barn, with 2 functional stalls (there are 4 stalls in total, but two aren't cleaned out or fixed up yet) and an open area (that you can see in this picture) where Rio likes to hang out!

Luna eating her food, while I tried to treat her injury.

Oh my goodness, is it November already?

Wow, I can't believe that it has been over a month since I last posted. Time has flown.

Let's see, so much has happened, let me see how quickly I can catch everyone up.

 - I sold my house! That was a big relief.

 - Odin and I got everything moved out of the house. That was an accomplishment. We looked like the Beverly Hillbillies. I wish I had a picture.

 - I continue to work in Great Falls, one week a month, which means that between working and selling the house, Odin and I have spent more weekends in Great Falls, then in Nashua.

 - Luna turned 6 months old this month!!! She is asserting her independence and doesn't need "mom" anymore. :o( She is getting so big. See the following pictures...

 - Odin got a semi!!!! Oh, boy, now he's a big trucker. It's really a scary thought, but he's a pretty safe driver. Calli loves riding in the semi and, when the seats are available, prefers to sit on them and look out from her high perch. When the seats are taken she finds the sleeper rather comfy!
 - We picked up the semi in Great Falls (another trip to GF), so we loaded up my pickup and Odin's old blue pickup on the flat bed and headed home.

 - Odin turned 35 on the 22nd!! Now he is officially an old man ;o) True to form, I couldn't keep the supper surprise from him. Ronnie and Glen came over to have supper with us and I made a John Deere Tractor cake.

Well, that is all for now! This is Donkey blowing everyone a kiss! Dare you not to accept.