Central Iowa Fair

Yesterday evening my parents and I hopped in the car and drove to the Central Iowa Fair in Marshall County. This fair is held in Marshalltown which is located right off of highway 30. I was asked to be the grand marshal of the rodeo that they had last night at the fairgrounds. Along with me the 2011 Central Iowa Fair Queen was also a grand marshal of the rodeo. We were introduced and got escorted around the arena before the rodeo started. They had a good crowd and I was happy to be a part of it. I love rodeos so to be able to catch one this summer was terrific. I was with a young lady that asked me to come to the rodeo and one of her friends along with my parents, but the next thing I know I was in a calf wrestling/catching competition. Three of us girls somehow talked our way into the competition. This was a crazy/not smart idea. At the time I was in a dress and boots with my crown and sash on. Not attire that would be fit for an event that I was put into. Of course I figured out a way I could actually get down and dirty to try to win this competition, my friend and I went to her camper I put on her dads jeans, yes you read it right her dads jeans and borrowed another guys belt. If you could only imagined what I looked like. A t-shirt tucked it to Levi jeans that are 3 sizes too big and hiked up with a belt synched around them to make them stay along with my jeans tucked into my boots. Oh how I loved my outfit. We participated in the competition and needless to say we did not have much success but we had a blast being the only girls in the ring doing this and had a blast while trying. We did come close once to wrestling our calf but it got away. I can now check off calf wrestling competition on my bucket list. :) This memory and my outfit will always remain as a comical memory to me. My parents and I enjoyed the rest of the rodeo before we headed home. I have been grateful that I am centrally located in Iowa so therefore we can usually drive back home to where I can see my brothers and sleep in my own bed! I hope all is well with everyone and all of you are enjoying this crazy hot weather.

God Bless,
2010 Iowa State Fair Queen
Lacy Stevenson