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| We stopped for hotdogs before the show and Gracie rode up and down the concession area on her "Nana's horsie" (my cane). |
| Friday March 10, 2006, Daddy and Momma get Gracie dressed in her best cowgirl denims before we head out to go to the Michigan High School Rodeo Association rodeo at the horse pavilion at MSU. Gracie was excited to go see the HORSIES!!! |
| The rodeo was part of the Michigan Horse Council's Stallion Expo. There were all kinds of wonderful stallion horses on display, as well as burros, draft horses, miniature horses and these Appaloosa and Painted Horses. There were breeds of which I had never even heard! And of course, SHOPPING! |
| Gracie loved petting all the soft horse noses and seeing all their pretty colors, but she didn't love it all as much as her horse crazy Nana did!! |
| After looking at all the horses Gracie and I found seats in the Arena for the Rodeo (while Genna and Chad slipped off for a quiet dinner together in town). |
| Gracie loved seeing the rodeo Queens in their sequins and tiaras as they opened the show. Then she sat transfixed through the bareback broncos, the bull riders, |
| the goat roping and the team steer roping. We probably could have stayed all night watching, but we finally HAD to call it a night and go home to bed! |
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| Saturday Morning we get up early and go outside into the beautiful warm spring day. Gracie checks out Dad's tulip bulb sprouts and some tiny Spring flowers. Then we all go shopping. Momma buys Gracie some surprises at the same time she buys presents for Gracie's friend Maddie's second birthday. |
| WOW!! A sparkly sequin dress, feather boa, clicky shoes and a pink poodle purse and Grace goes from being a horsey cowgirl (yee HAW) to being a slinky movie star (va va VOOM)! She even needs her own personal wardrobe mistress to fix those pesky falling down shoulder straps (no wardrobe malfunctions for THIS celebrity!) Where are my shades, Dahling? |
