Second place is a good place to be!

Today was super exciting! We woke up bright and early to take the girls to the Davy Crockett Days. Charly has been looking forward to the bike rodeo there for months. Wouldn't you be excited if you had a decked out bike like this too? We are lucky to have Nate do the horse designing for her bike, had it been up to me the horse would look like a turkey I'm sure. While it was way awesome for her to ride a horse to town she decided to take it off before the actual bike rodeo. This turned out to be a great idea.

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Once there we registered Charly and we were all excited to see the amount of participation from the town. There were loads of kids there and before the competition they all rode around the square. It was great to hear the laughter coming from Charly half a block away.

We were really impressed to see how much sponsorship went into making this fun for the kids. Every child who participated got a free helmet too!

Seeing as this was our first year doing this we really weren't sure what to expect. Would it be like a little parade, obstacles, what? So you can imagine our excitement when it finally started. Here is Charly doing the course with ultimate concentration.

There was pretty fierce competition in her age group so we were super anxious to get to the awards afterward, which involved VERY cool trophies and new bikes for all the winners. Not bad for a small town huh?

Charly clearly is stoked to have gotten second place in her age category! Look at that face!! We knew she would do it, this girl has been riding a bike since she was four.  Even though she didn't place first I'm pretty sure the trophy was the prize she was after. After all her bike is practically new thanks to Grandpa Rich hooking her up on her 6th birthday. (BTW this is Charly's first trophy ever!)

Grandmama deserves the award for best support person!

This event seriously has made Charly and all of us so proud of her! We came back to the house afterward and had a wonderful day filled with parental naps while my mom colored with the girls followed by hours outside enjoying the beautiful weather.

The girls started painting on the rocks which inspired Nate to do a fantastic "masterpiece" on my belly.

He is one proud papa! ( I love this picture of him)

Oh and did you notice Charly's new glasses? She has another pair coming in the mail too.  Shhh, don't tell her I showed you this picture. She wanted everyone to see them in person even after I told her it would be a few months for our family in Utah.

Sorry I couldn't wait, LOL.