Saturday, October 17, 2009

When the Cows Come Home

We went down to Manti for conference weekend. We went hiking in Maple Canyon (I will post pictures of our hike when I get some that my Mom took), played games, picked a lot of plums, spent time with family, watched conference and last, but not least saw the cows come home.

The Manti City Chamber of Commerce ask if the Temple View Lodge (my family's Motel) could host Manti's first annual "When the Cows Come Home" Event. It was to celebrate 150 years of the cattle trail in Manti (which runs right past the motel) and to honor the cattlemen. They served breakfast, had speakers and a live band.

We had to wake up bright and early.This picture shows some of the people heading over to watch the cows. If you look at the tables you will see the awards they gave the cattlemen. They were gold plated cow pies attached to some barn wood. (No, I am not kidding!)
Maddie sat on Bret's shoulders and watched the cows come around the corner.

It was quite the event, I have never seen anything like it. We had a great weekend, we love visiting Manti!

3 comments:

Bobette said...

How fun that you guys got to participate in that! That's what I love about small towns. Good 'ol fun.

Christina W. Cook said...

Darn it! I sure wish I had a gold plated cow pie to hand for my decor...

Jokilyn said...

LOVE the new blog decor! LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!! You're so clever. It's amazing how much even the rounded pictures add to the overall feel of the whole thing. Way to go!

And your conference weekend looks like it was a lot of fun! We did miss you at the party, but hope the kids are feeling better!