Rodeo 2013

When I was writing the post about our bluebonnet photos, I realized that I never published the post I wrote about our trip to the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo! So here ya go, almost a month overdue...
We go to the rodeo every year (read about 2012 here, and 2011 here). This year we went with Jeff's brother, Matt, and our friend Thomas (star of the silly bluebonnet photos). We started our visit with a stroll through the art competition displays. Aren't these impressive for high school kids?


Then we went into the exhibit hall, where we saw lots of interesting things. Like cars. And displays about milk.


Of course, we saw all the livestock as well:








There are two things at the rodeo that I absolutely cannot miss: (1) fried Oreos, and (2) baby animals. So off to the baby animals we went!
Baby Calf
Calf with Mommy Cow
Another Baby Calf
Baby Lambs
The piglets are my absolute favorite. Just look at the tiny little hooves and the wrinkles!



This little big somehow squeezed his way onto the wrong side of his momma and was so confused!


And of course there are the adorable baby chicks...






We got food for dinner from something called "Tad's Bodacious Burritos." Apparently Tad's specializes in the oh-so-appetizing "Curly Fry Loaf" (pictured below). 


After we ate, it was time for the rodeo itself! We got tickets through Matt's company this year, so we got to sit in some good seats for the first time ever! 

We watched the bull-riding and calf roping and barrel racing and all the other rodeo events! 


Everyone's favorite rodeo event is "Mutton Bustin'," in which they stick little kids on sheep and tell them to ride the sheep as long as possible before falling off. It's adorable, and I have videos for you!

Jason Aldean did the post-rodeo concert, and it was really good! But I'll be honest, I spent the whole time counting down minutes until we could go get some fried Oreos! 

I was just a teensy bit excited.

We had a great time! See you next year, rodeo!