The San Antonio rodeo is practically a hometown rodeo for Ace and I know he was so glad to have the opportunity to rope in the ATT Center again and have family and friends come support!
On Friday morning Ace woke up and went into San Antonio to tie the calves for the rodeo that evening. I stayed home and packed the trailer for our weekend in San Antonio. Lucky for him, I even packed enough clothes for all week - since he has a loaded schedule of roping!
He came back to Cuero and we headed back to San Antonio about 3 pm. We planned our trip just right and thankfully missed all the big city traffic.
We had lots of family and friends join us for round 1!
The round was pretty quick, but Ace had a good, clean 9.8 second run. After the performance, we visited with some friends at the hospitality room and enjoyed some of the amenities at the rodeo grounds.
(Kahlei Matejek - one of Ace's hometown friends and Me after round 1)
(So glad my best friend since childhood, Hannah Kocian, could make it out to finally watch Ace rope!)
Saturday morning, Ace and I ventured to downtown San Antonio for breakfast. Mi Tierra was our restuarant of choice, and it was the perfect start to a great day.
Ace and Mexico got ready for the afternoon perf and we all headed up to the arena. Ace placed second in the round with a time of 9.0 seconds. Afterwards, we met up with family and friends and decided to go downtown for lunch. Of course, Mi Tierra was our destination of choice!
While we went to lunch, Ace's mom and sister stayed in the trailer so that Stratton, Ace's nephew, could take a nap. After his nap, he was ready to ride like Uncle Bubba!
It must be in their genes or something!!
We all headed back up to the arena for our cowboy to run his third calf. This set was fast and I was so anxious while waiting for Ace and Mexico to ride into the box. He had a great run and placed second in round 3 with a time of 7.4 seconds! His consistency allowed him to tie for second in his set of ropers and allowed him to advance to the semifinal round on this upcoming Thursday and Friday.
After Ace's run, I headed home with his family while he and Cody Quaney hit the road for Tucson, AZ where they rope Monday morning. Ace will be back in San Antonio on Thursday and Friday to rope in the semifinals and my fingers are crossed he'll get a run in the finals on Saturday!
Rope 'em fast, tie 'em faster!!
