Houston Rodeo

Saturday morning we braved the 40 degree, rainy weather (yes, I know it's not freezing, but that's cold here in Houston) and headed to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. We had fun walking around the arena and looking at the cows and pigs there for auction. They also have a really neat children's area with a petting zoo, pony rides, watching the process of chicken's hatching and there is a section with baby animals. Unforunately, we didn't head to the children's area until after lunch and Addy missed it because she fell asleep. Peyton had fun though and we had fun watching him enjoy everything.

Late afternoon Mom & Dad took all the kids home with them so that we could go to the Rodeo and concert. We love the rodeo, watching the calf roping and bucking broncos and bulls. My favorite part though is when they get 30 teenagers and 25 calves. They left the calves loose and the teenagers have to catch the calf, put it in a harness and drag it to the center of the arena. It is so funny. The kids who catch a calf get a scholarship. This year, they added a new part to the rodeo that ended up being my favorite. It was called "mutton bustin". They get young kids (4-6 years old), put a helmet on them and put them on a lamb. The kids hold on as long as they can. So cute!!



Here's some pictures of Addy at the rodeo:

Prayers

Girl Scout Cookies

Yummy Thin Mints!!!!!

Goings On

Not much has been going on in our world. Pretty much, same 'o, same'o. So, I thought I would just leave you with some pictures of what Addy has been up to the last couple of weeks.

Also, here's a video of Addy talking . She is really getting a lot of new words added to her vocabulary, although we definately need to work on some of them.



Hopefully I'll be able to post the finished swing set project in the next few days. It is supposed to start raining Monday and rain all week next week, so we are really hoping to get it finished this weekend.