The RoDeO....

We went to the rodeo on Monday night....and a good time was had by all. We rode the metro up there and it was smooth sailing. We stepped up to the very short line at the ticket window, bought our bus tickets and got on the bus. Getting home was a different story.... an hour wait in freezing, cold wind at midnight....dreading how tired I would be the next day. Here we are on the bus....



Jordan and her good friend, Jenna



Will and his friend, Sarah who is behind the seat.



Cameron....who drove in for the evening from A&M to see us...I mean, see Tim McGraw.



We all got something to eat, then Cameron and I stayed behind to walk through the Livestock Show while the others headed over to the Rodeo. We saw baby pigs being born (the mama sow's birthing end was strategically placed away from the crowd), baby goats and huge Brahma bulls. Cameron even got to walk with a cow for a few short steps.







Jenna and Jordan having fun being 22!



The headliner for the evening was Tim McGraw. He put on a wonderful show. Thank goodness for the big screens as he was just a speck on the dirt from our seats.



And finally, we braved the cold wind to get the traditional funnel cake before leaving the RoDeO, 2008.



Our Texas Angels......

A little miscellany...

My two little girls...last week in Huntsville....in a very windy, sunny parking lot.



Fiesta (renamed TinMan by me...as his mama is a Wizard of Oz nut and he looks like the color of tin) is not really helping with the laundry. Let's just say he's "involved."



The framed botanical is a precious gift from my Cypress/Paris friend, Kathy. It's the real deal....from an old botanical book. Above it hangs a cute little tin tray I found in Tomball.

time is flying by........

It's been 2 weeks or more since I have sat down long enough to blog. I always find time to check my email and read a few blogs but it takes alot more time to actually write on my own blog. First, I have to remember what happened, then turn the mundaneness of it into something worthy of writing about. Not so easy.

Jordan is preparing for her big move. Her belongings are being put on a truck this Tuesday and will arrive in Phoenix between March 15 - 17. It boggles my mind to even think about how all that works. Apparently there are lots of moving companies that do just that. Pick up things along the way and drop them off further down the road. And the price quoted us was within dollars of the cost it was going to cost us to rent a U-Haul and pack it ourselves. Sounds great........let's just hope her stuff actually gets there in that 3 day period.

Chuck and Kim (brother-in-law) will be driving Jordan's car to Phoenix along with the cat. Just picture the two of them getting out at the motel with their kitty kat! heehee...

Catha, Will and I will fly to Phoenix on the first day of our Spring Break,Saturday, March 15......rent a car, check into the hotel....meet up with Jordan and wait for the guys to arrive via the car. Then the vacation starts. Phoenix, Grand Canyon, Sedona and back to Phoenix before flying back to Houston on Friday.

Cameron's Spring Break is the week before and she is planning a road trip to Destin. Cameron, if you are reading this.....you better take sunscreen and keep your phone charged. Mama, if you are reading this....I am paying for my raising.

The rodeo is going on and we have tickets to Tim McGraw and Rascal Flatts, compliments of one of Chuck's vendors. I haven't been to the rodeo in several years so I am looking forward to seeing the good looking cowboys...I mean good looking cows.

Last Saturday, we went to Huntsville to watch Mark and Jack (my nephews) in the play, "By the Skin of Our Teeth." This is one of the weirdest plays ever written. No offense to anyone, but I think most would agree. Jordan actually performed in the same play when she was in 9th grade. So I can say I at least gave it another chance. Any one who knows me, knows that I do not have the right kind of attention span for plays. It is very, very hard for me to sit still and pay attention that long. But having a couple of nephews in the play certainly helped. The acting was great and the set was beautiful. Below is a photo taken back stage after the play.

Mark, Kim, Jack....



And here is their director....Texas Big Hair...with the earrings to scale.(Just an observation)



The older we get, the faster time goes.