Wild West Days & Ogden Music Festival

This year, our city put on Wild West Days. We decided to check it out. They had some activities and things to see set up during the day along with vendors and such. Our first stop was the Indian Village. This was probably my favorite part. They had different activities throughout the day, but when we got there they were doing a Pow Wow of sorts and performing different Native American Dances. It was so cool to watch!

This little boy was so cool decked out in his costume!

This boy was amazing! Only 10 years old and he did

an incredible hoop dance! It was so fun to watch. He

was just as good as the professional hoop dancers we

watched later at the show!

The kids next to one of the teepees:

Next we went and saw some of the old Western artifacts. They had a bunch of neat old restored wagons, carts, etc. They were so cool to see!

This old buggy was one of my favorites:

This was a medicine wagon:

This was interesting. An old hearse wagon

with a coffin:

The petting zoo:

This was a really fun exhibit. All different kinds of drums!

Bryce and Josh:

Parker trying out the drums:

Bryce LOVED the drums!

That night we went to the Wild West Show. It was really fun. They had sharp-shooters, a stagecoach, trick riders, trick ropers, and Native American dancing. We decided it wasn't the best thing to take young kids to though. It didn't even start until their bedtime, so the entire time they were wanting to leave because they were tired or they were cold. :( I think they somewhat enjoyed the show anyway though.

The stagecoach. In the beginning it came racing out and

around the arena at top speed. :)

Some of the Native American dancing.

I think they called this Roman riding? He rode

both horses at the same time and did tricks

that way!

A team of miniature mules:

The next day (June 4), Josh and I went up to the Ogden Music Festival which was held in Eden this year. My mom and my sister Cammie gave Josh tickets to the Festival and my sister offered to watch the boys for the day. After Josh was done with work that morning, we headed up and dropped out boys (except Quinn) off at Cammie's house in Lehi. We stopped and grabbed lunch at a little Greek place, then went up to the festival. It was quite a ways away, but once we got to the mountains it was a beautiful drive! Eden was the prettiest little town nestled right in the mountains. We got to the festival and were able to watch a few of the performances. It was kind of a mix of bluegrass, blues, and a little country. It was fun! Josh loved it, especially the bluegrass parts. Quinn was so good. He just hung out quietly, and the loud music didn't bother him at all.
Since it was so far away, we ended up being super late. Then, on top of that, we got a flat tire on the way home! It was kind of scary because we were right on the freeway. Not fun having to change a flat on the freeway.
We got it changed and picked up our tired kids and headed home! So thankful for my sister for watching the kids for the day (and night)! It was a fun day and nice to have a little date together.