On the day before the town celebration we always have a Flake reunion for the decendents of my great-great grandfater, William Jordan Flake, who was one of the first settlers of Snowflake. We always have a rodeo (yes, the family is easily big enough to have our own rodeo), a luncheon, and a talent show/program.
This year the rodeo was quite a bit more eventful than in years past, and not in a good way. One of the events is called the Keg Race, which is kind of like musical chairs on horses. Since my cousin Vicki and my sister Kayla were the only two entries for the Ladies' Keg Race, Kayla was trying to round up more entries from me and my other sisters. Mindy was the first to jump on board and then she helped Kayla talk the rest of us sisters, minus Crystal, into signing up. I had to borrow a horse from Vicki's family and ended up switching horses not long before the race started. My hopes were (1) to not get hurt--which I said a prayer for as I was sitting on the keg before the first round--and (2) to not be the first one out. I was the first one out. My horse (I think his name was Jedi) started dancing around after they said go, so it took me too long to get on. I was a little embarrassed, because I'm pretty competitive and I just don't like doing things, especially in front of other people, unless I'm good at them.
Penny got out during the next round, and after that is where the real excitement happened. They said go and as Mindy was trying to get on her horse the horse moved and she ended up landing on her head. I didn't see it until she was actually on her head, and it looked bad. To make a long story a bit shorter, everyone was super worried about her (she, the awesome mom that she is, was most worried about her kids) and she ended up with a broken neck and some sort of injury to her leg. They're still not sure what is wrong with her leg, but it is feeling better and she is getting around quite well these days. She has to wear a neck brack for 6 weeks, but is already 3 weeks into it. (If you want more details, you can read Mindy's version here.) The accident definitely put a damper on the rest of the weekend for our family, but we still had fun doing the rest of activities.
On Friday evening I drug David to my 10 year high school reunion, and my cousin Michelle came with us since her husband Brent was away studying to take the bar exam. I'm not a great mingler, but I had fun seeing some of my classmates...some of whom I see fairly regularly and others who I hadn't seen since we graduated. I was surprised that there weren't more people who came, but we had fun anyway.
Saturday we went to the parade and Josh's cousins helped him gather some candy, so he was a happy boy! After the parade I went to a baby shower for my niece Kari, then we went and visited Grandma Wiltbank and David's side of the family for a bit and just had fun hanging out at my mom's and visiting for the rest of the day. David and I had planned to go out shooting with his new 22 pistol, but it just never worked out, dang it! Next time. Josh had a great time playing with his cousins and all the dogs that were up there for the weekend, and Mary was a good sport about letting so many people love her and hold her all the time.
Here are some pictures:
Two Marys enjoying the Flake Rodeo
Chillin' at the Flake family luncheon
Fun at the parade
Josh and Trevin riding Mumble
Yee-haw! (It sounds so much cuter when Josh says it.)
Two dirty boys having fun in the bath
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