Houston Rodeo--& update

To all that are wondering, we are still staying at the Intown Suites outside of Houston. John had 2 interviews last week, and one tomorrow--he just flew to SC today to interview tomorrow morning with Duke. I wish they would get back to you earlier than a few weeks or months...I hate waiting so long only to hear he didn't get the job. John is getting better at interviewing and is trying his best. I have faith in him, and hope he gets either the Air Products job or Duke. We already found some nice apartments here in the Houston area, so all we are waiting for is the offer...It's so cheap here we could actually afford to get a house without refinancing but we are choosing to rent for a while to save up for a 2nd house next year sometime.

It's kind of scary to take care of the babies alone here...I mean, I have done it alone for a while, but not in a hotel in a foreign place to me, with no one I know around. Since John has been here with me, he has done so much in taking care of the babies, I am very grateful to be a functioning team again...so him leaving was a little scary for me but it's only one night for now, so...here's to ordering in dinner!
Here's Olivia in a new outfit daddy picked out for her:



These are pictures from the other day when we went to the Houston Rodeo! It was huge. We didn't go to the actual stadium with the rodeo events, we went to the huge convention center with petting zoos, games foods and carnival rides. There was a lot to do and see and the babies enjoyed it, although it was a little cold. enjoy!





Lucas was being a grumpy butt and wouldn't look at the camera lol...



Then Olivia got upset when we let the Indian guy hold her..he was so nice though!

Lucas was really excited to pet this bull :)

Olivia was too!

Texas Longhorns!! Yay! (Thats the team I cheered for one time when they played against John's fav USC...and they won--he was pretty sore at me that night lol..yeah, sore.)

I had to get a picture. No, we didn't get to pet these.


Lucas liked this "attraction" the best; rolling down a hill of astroturf lol.

And Olivia got a free gift from the dairy farms--a pink ice cream scoop :)

Then we went in the petting zoo and fed some cute sheep and tiny baby goats. Olivia liked it at first!








Then when 2 hungry goats came to feed, Olivia got upset lol. Maybe she was jealous because she was hungry..


We posed with this pony for $7--Lucas took it real seriously like a cowboy...until the pony sneezed and he screamed terrified! lol

Surprisingly he really liked this cow and started dancing excitedly, so the cow danced back!






We got to watch chicks hatch! Pretty cool.


These piglets were only 2 days old.

This calf was a week old--named Norman :)


This was really fun for Lucas to learn a little about farming. :) He really enjoyed it.

First he fed some fake chickens, and collected an egg.

Then he planted an onion seed and harvested an onion.


Then he harvested a peach.




Then he got so upset when we put him on the tractor---he wanted his basket full of harvested goods back lol.


Then he "sold" his goods to the market. I think he kinda got it lol.

But then he was upset that he had to return the basket...they gave him some fake money to buy a treat.

which made him happy :)


Lucas enjoying his earned treat.

He loved playing this fishing game, but didnt want the prize..he just wanted to keep fishing.


Olivia liked the prize :)

Then we thought he might enjoy this ride with dada....

Then he got scared once it started...only went around twice and had to stop and get off...

Then dada won some games...he even landed a quarter on this little rainbow thing (sorry no pics) but that prize was actually the smallest!


This ferris wheel looked really fun, but it costed too many tickets for all 4 of us and it was getting pretty cold.

He really liked the bumper cars though--everytime we hit someone my shin slammed into the bar, but it was fun to see Lucas laugh so hard.

He's still momma's boy. :)

Then we went and ate some good beef, pork and chicken at Pappa's BBQ. It was a nice day and nice to be a little distracted from all our stress.