Go to RODO see Buckin Bulls Momma!

So, on Saturday night Nathan, Seth, and I along with Eddie, Crystal, and Clayton traveled to Little Rock to watch the PBR Rodeo. Seth talked about this trip all week and when Saturday got here he was pumped to say the least. When I got home from work Saturday morning Seth woke up and said, "Go to RODO today and see Buckin Bulls." His Daddy has been watching the PBR Built Ford Tough Series on TV with him. Needless to say, this kid was excited.

We left for Little Rock around 3 on Saturday evening. We piled into Ed and Crystal's van and set out. Thank heavens for Nathan, he packed the kids snacks and toys and Crystal packed extra apple juice so we had it made. About a week earlier we we (Crystal and I) decided that we would eat at Red Lobster. As we arrived in the parking lot we were greeted with tons of other PBR fans who were waiting. They were waiting outside, the were waiting in the lobby area, they were waiting in the bar. Needless to say, since there were 6 of us we were told our wait would be an hour or more. Bummer! We decided to stick out the wait (it was about 5:05 at this point) since every other restaurant we saw was just as packed. We were pleasantly surprised with only a 30 minute wait. The kids were restless and trying to run everywhere so it was nice to be able to strap them in a high chair and enjoy the BEST Garlic Cheddar Biscuits in the world. The rest of the food was just as good. We left Red Lobster at around 7:00 which we thought would give up plenty of time to get to Alltel Arena because it is usually only around a 5-7 minute drive. We get out onto the interstate to discover lots and lots of traffic, at this point, Eddie is flippin out! We waited in traffic for about 25 minutes (there was a 4 car pile up) and got to our parking at the arena at 7:30. On time but we still had to walk like a million blocks to get to the arena. We ran and got there just as the show was starting.

When the first Bull ride began, Seth and Clayton were SUPER EXCITED. Seth stayed excited throughout most of the show. He was excited about a lot of different things; Popcorn, his new Cowbell, the clown and the "scariest bull in the world", the bulls and horses, but I think his favorite part of the night was when the Bobcat was smoothing out the dirt between intervals of bull rides. If you know my kid you know he is about anything farm. He was demonstrating how to drive the Bobcat, and yes, he has done it before! Before we left the Rodeo we got a couple of autographs and pictures of Seth with some of the Rodeo crew. It was an awesome trip.

Let me just tell you, after the 20 minute hike to the van, Seth was exhausted. I was even more exhausted because I carried him the whole way. It took about 5 minutes in the van and the kids were asleep! We got home around 1:30 am. When we woke Seth to get out he says "Go to Rodo again Mom," maybe soon baby boy. We took Seth in to see his Papaw and his long lost Nana who had just gotten back from "Vacation" although it was very late, they were excited to see him. We then went home and crashed!

A big Thank You goes out to Nana for purchasing us the tickets. The seats were awesome. 7 rows from the arena floor and on the chute end so we could see everything. We had a blast. Maybe even more so than Seth, I take that back. It would have been impossible to be more excited than Seth.