Hoosier Horse Fair

Brad in chaps? Oh yes, you are not hallucinating. Last Saturday was the Hoosier Horse Fair. Brad has joined the Illiana Rangers, a group of individuals involved in Cowboy Mounted Shooting. Basically, you ride a horse in old western clothes and shoot balloons from your horse with a Colt 45 loaded with blanks. If you want more details, ask Brad. And please take the time to make fun of him, as Cooper and I have done! :-)


Cooper wore his "Future Farmer" John Deere shirt from Rob and Malinda Mann (no surprise there!). He also wore his John Deere socks, but they kept falling off so we just gave up. He had a great time looking around and seeing all the people. He has started reacting to animals, and was enamored by the horses that we saw.

This is Ben Butler, part of the Illiana Rangers Cowboy Mounted Shooters. Cooper got to go down into the arena before the show began and see the horses. Brad wanted to show him off to his new cowboy friends, and he stole the show for sure. Ben and his wife, Marcia (sp?) are great Christian people who have a passion for horses. It was a very fun day, even with a blow out diaper compliments of Cooper!