Lehi Days

Our Stake puts on a huge Rodeo every year. And Rick and I have helped out with the Barbeque over the years. We do the fun stuff which is serving the food. But behind the scenes to get it ready is a major undertaking with months of planning and preparation going into it. My friend Diane Horne was second in command and she worked her tail off. Thanks Diane for all you do. I don't know how many barbeque beef lunches we served but it was close to 2,000. We served shredded bbq beef that was cooking in a deep pit for 24 hours. Then they had baked beans, cole slaw, and yummy potatoes and a role. We ran out of beans first and then the cole slaw. We served from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 am it was just go-go-go the whole time. Ricks job was to shred the beef, and I had the fun job of serving the potatoes, which if any got away I was there to lap it up. There was loads of people this year, more than in years past which has been going on for close to 40 years (give or take). Last year Kenzie got a coveted silver belt buckle for riding a calf. They had to tell her it was time to get off because she could have ridden that thing all day. Most people were getting bucked off the minute they popped out of the shoot. The night before the rodeo they have a western dance and rodeo event signups. Kenzie went to the dance with her friends and had a blast. I didn't get to watch the rodeo this year because we were busy with the bbq and then went to Danny's friends baptism. But everyone had a great time and it was another beautiful day in sunny Arizona.