Rodeo!!! Alan Jackson

We went to the Rodeo on Friday. We got there around 1:00. We usually get there later and don't have enough time to do everything, so this year we went earlier. We were able to do everything and then have some time left over. So, next year we are going to go around 3. That should give us plenty of time plus the kids can take a nap. They did a pretty good job until right before the actual rodeo. Tarren started getting really cranky. We let him run and play in the grass and that seemed to help. Samuel was cranky in the rodeo, which wasn't fun. He slept for about 20 minutes on Spencer, but then he woke up. I took him upstairs for a little bit, but he never feel asleep. He goes kind of crazy when he is tired. It was almost like he was on a sugar high. He was jumping up and down all crazy like. He also kept rubbing his head on me like a cat. It was kind of cute. When the fireworks went off he would scamper up me like a monkey, but he never cried. Tarren had a lot of fun when the rodeo started. He really likes music,so he was singing along. He would close his eyes and really get into it. I wish I had videoed him. He woke up this morning singing the chorus(or a couple of words of it) to one of the songs. Anyways, here are a few pictures from it.

PETTING ZOO

FUN ON THE FARM (Samuel fell asleep)

BUTTERFLY EXHIBIT

Two Happy Boys

First part of Spring Break....

We had family come into town on Friday March 11th because Spencer's Mom was getting married on Saturday. We went to the wedding on Saturday and it was lovely. I did not get any pictures of the wedding...sorry. On Monday, we went to the Rockets game with Spencer's brother's family.

After the game we took a group picture. Spencer, Texann, Samuel, Jared, Tarren, Jana, Ty, KaLynn, Trevor and Ryan.

Spencer's crazy hairdo. The best part was watching people's eyes as we walked by. When we got to our seats, there were some older women that wanted to take a picture of Spencer's hair. It was funny.

Our family picture.

On Tuesday, we went to the beach. It was pretty windy and chilly. We let the kids play in the sand for a little bit and then we took a ride on the ferry to feed the seagulls.

Samuel LOVED the sand. He just kept raking his fingers through it. Afterwards, he was trying to eat it off his hand and would get mad every time I tried to wipe the sand off.

Samuel's HUGE cheeks. It took me a long time to get him to look up. He just wanted to keep playing with the sand.

Family picture on the rocks.

Tarren loved throwing rocks in the water, but it was really cold. So, when the water would come rushing up and touch his feet, he would FREAK out.

We went on the ferry to feed the seagulls. Samuel had fun holding the bread because it didn't matter if it was squished.

We had a lot of fun having family in town. Tarren really got attached to Jana. He woke up this morning asking, "where's Jana"? I told them they went home. I can't believe Spring Break is already half way over. There are more pictures to come.

Fort Fun

We got these big coolers at work and they came in these big boxes. I thought I could take one home and use it for Tarren to play in. So, Spencer put it together and cut out the windows and made the door. My job was painting the letters that spelled out Tarren's House. We let Tarren paint on one side of the box and he loved that, but what he loved most of all was going in the box and playing. Once it was all finished, he played in there until it was time to go to bed. I went in the bedroom to lay down and Tarren came in and tried to bring his box with him. It was cute, but it does not fit through the door. So he had it right outside our bedroom door and played in it there. Spencer climbed in at first and he freaked out until he realized he could get in there too.

New Years Eve

Spencer and I decided that for New Years Eve this year we were actually going to go out and do something with just the two of us. We kept meaning to go out on dates all last year, but we usually ended up taking the kids. So, this date made up for all the dates we missed through the year. My mother-in-law babysat the kids for us and we stayed the night at the Hyatt hotel downtown. It is so big! I have never been in a hotel like it. We got there at 5 and went up to our room. We had dinner reservation at 10:00 in the Spindletop and so we decided to relax a little before we got ready. We got the Supermario brothers for the Wii for Christmas and we love playing it. So, we brought the wii and plugged it into the big tv. We played for a little while and then got ready. They brought us champagne to our room, but since we don't drink alcohol they took it back and brought us sparkling cider. We went down to the lobby and they had a DJ going. We had drink tickets and so we went to get a non-alcoholic drink at the bar. It was funny to see their reaction when we asked for a non-alcoholic beverage. There was only one bar tender that made us a fruit drink. The rest didn't know what to do. They told us they had water. So, we had to go back to that bar tender if we wanted a drink other than water. We danced there for a little while and then we went to the 3rd floor and they had a band called the fab 5. We stayed for a little bit and then went to the basement and they had a latin band. We went to our dinner reservation and it was pretty neat. The whole restaurant spins while you are eating. It is a slow roation, but it is fast enough that you make it all the way around before dinner is over. It was really neat to see all the lights and buildings of downtown and on. After that, we went to an all you can eat dessert buffet. The desserts were pretty fancy. By the time we finished, it was about 15 minutes before the balloon drop. We went back to the lobby and dance. It was sooo crowded. We did the countdown and then over 50,000 balloons dropped. It was literally raining balloons. There were so many they were coming up past our knees. They had balloons the size of an exercise ball. We danced a little more and then went up to our room. It was an amazing night!

This is right after we got ready to head out.
This is where our hotel room was on the 24th floor.

Spencer in the elevator. It went really fast.

Sparkling Cider delivered to our room.

Dinner at the Spindletop

The dessert buffet. YUMMMM!!!

The sexy man I love!

Balloon drop

The balloon the size of the exercise ball.

I am glad it is a New Year and I look forward to our adventures together as a family. I am also thankful for all of the memories we made in 2010. I have made a few resolutions for the year.

1. Get back in shape...isn't this everyones resolution

2. Get our finances in order...I want to pay off any debt we have and get our mortgage paid down significantly.

3. Go on a date with my sexy husband at least 2x a month.

4. Work on the kids savings accounts

These are just a few...there are plenty of more, but I figure I need to do baby steps. Here is to a fantastic year!

Rockets Game - 12-29-10

Santa brought Spencer Rockets tickets for Christmas. He got a 6 pack deal. So, we are going to get to go to 6 games in the next few months. Last night, we went to the game against the Heat. We got to see Lebron play. He didn't have the best game, but he still scored 20 pts. That is just crazy! It was a close game, but we ended up losing. Tarren and Samuel came with us. We weren't sure how they were going to behave. They did an awesome job! The people behind me told me what a great job they did. The guy said he was waiting for them to start getting fussy, but it never happened. We got popcorn for Tarren and that kid can put it away. He loves popcorn! So, that helped keep him distracted. We weren't able to get a picture with Clutch, but maybe we can the next game.

Family Picture before the game started.

Tarren loved the cheer sticks.

Samuel was pretty happy the whole time.

Tarren and Samuel. They were tired by this time. It was 11:00.

The last few minutes of the game...it was a nail biter!

Christmas pictures

Tarren and Samuel got their pictures taken at Sears. I took them by myself this time and it is way hard to try and work with two kids. Usually, Spencer takes Tarren and I worry about Samuel. I will probably not do that again. I NEED Spencer's help.

Look alikes???

I was looking through some of my baby pictures and I couldn't help thinking that Samuel looks a lot like I did when I was a kid.