Last Wednesday {2/28}, we went with Aaron's work to Houston for a day trip to the rodeo. We had a wonderful time, except for all the waiting we had to do. In the Army, you hear the phrase "hurry up and wait" all the time, and that's exactly what we did! I was so frustrated. They asked for us to be there at 6 am, so we were. It was still dark, really foggy to where the air was really cold and wet and so was the ground, and there was nowhere to sit. We waited for THREE hours for the buses to show up. Thankfully Olivia slept half the time, but Connor was wired and so muddy by the time we got on the bus. We all slept part of the three hour drive to Houston. Olivia took two naps, and when we woke up after the second one we were in the middle of Houston being escorted by police to the rodeo location. We were so thankful for them because they got us through the Houston traffic without a problem.
The buses finally arrived and this girl fell right to sleep.
When we arrived at the rodeo, we got off the bus and were greeted by so many sweet volunteers. It was military appreciation day, so they treated us like we were so special! They had the stroller and our bags already pulled from the bottom of the bus and handed out pins to the kids to wear on their shirts. Obviously they gave us Olivia's to keep. We walked to the entrance and waited only a few minutes to get through. When we did, they gave us our vouchers with free rodeo bucks {$10 per person to use on food} and our ticket books {we each got 22 game and ride tickets}. It was already 1:30 by this time, so we were hungry for lunch. We went straight to the food tent they had setup for us and ate barbecue.
They gave Connor that bandana that he's wearing.
After we ate lunch and had dessert {cookies and ice cream}, we saw mutton bustin' {little 5 and 6 year olds riding sheep} and then pig races. Connor liked both, but really liked when he was selected to cheer on our side of the bleachers for the pig races. Okay, I take it back. He wasn't excited about that and was scared at first, but he was super excited when our pig won and he got a prize. 
Watching the pig races with daddy before he got selected to cheer on our pig.
Pig races are not her thing!
Planting a sunflower.
She liked the bees.
The baby cow that was born two hours before we showed up.
We didn't stay for the entire rodeo because we had extra ride and game tickets leftover for Connor. When it was close to finishing we left. On our way out, one of Aaron's friends that he works with bought Connor a horse. We would have, but we didn't have cash with us and he was so sweet and offered. Connor loved that horse for the twenty minutes he had it before loosing it. He sat it on the stroller with Olivia while he played a game and it must have fallen off and a kid must have picked it up before we realized it was missing. :( Connor was so sad and no other stuffed animal he won that night would compare.
They had fun on the roller coaster.
Connor's last picture with his horse. He lost it while he was playing that water game with Aaron.
He acts like he never gets to eat sugar.
A sweet lady made him this balloon horse when she found out he lost his.
We left Houston around midnight and the kids slept the entire way home. We got to our house around 4:15am and were both so exhausted. I took a shower and then crashed hard until Olivia woke us up at 8. It took us a couple days to recover from the 24 hr. day, but we had so much fun and are happy we went.
XOXO,
Jenn
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