Our favorite time of year

Forget Christmas and New Year's. Around here, our favorite time of year is the National Western Stock Show that comes to Denver every January! With an unexpected free weekend, we got to go to the first day of the three-week event today. It's basically a state fair that's inside and with more focus on the rodeo--lots of horses, cows, and sheep, a huge exhibition hall, greasy food, and a rodeo. What more could you want? This year we decided to actually go to the rodeo, which we had never done before. It opened with a dark arena, loud music, and fire effects. Jack was not impressed and spent the first 10 minutes with his head buried in Jeff's chest. But after that, he warmed up and had fun watching the cowboys and cowgirls do their thing. It was completely different from anything we had ever seen before, and I'm glad we did it. We'll definitely be back next year!