Spring break

it rained every day of spring break. ugh. but we still had a great time.

we did lots of things - had friends over, went to a jump house place, 

went to the zoo, and went to indoor schlitterbahn. and watched movies and 

ate out and just had a fun time. 

playing in the rain....

chase sad that his "crunchy" pants are wet....

i don't know what he was thinking would happen in the rain.....

the zoo! thanks to our friends for getting us in free and showing us around.

it rained but they knew all the indoor things to do and thankfully it

wasn't too cold and wet.

it was soooo weird to see this lion sleep EXACTLY like our cat at home. 

oh and i missed the pictures of the chimpanzee's, but they were crazy.

running around, coming over and baring their teeth at us, hitting the glass....

i don't know if it was the rain or what, but it was the most active i've ever seen them.

it was sort of scary how aggressive they were behaving.

haha, i liked this one....

chase with his rocks that he bought at the zoo store...

indoor schlitterbahn! we had fun, though after i bought non-refundable tickets i noticed

 a tiny disclaimer on their website that said "due to cold weather, it's colder than normal inside."

and it was chilly! but we got there early and got a table under a heater, so every so often we'd

go get our warm towels and eat snacks and heat up before doing more tub rides and the lazy river.

despite the cold, the boys LOVED it.

cracking open crystals and making caps pop...

camping! i forgot we set up the tent and had a sleepover. that was fun too!

happy spring break! 

Rodeo!

it's rodeo time in Houston! and it's the first year chase can ride a sheep!

(i should probably clarify - we just do the carnival and livestock show and

mutton bustin. we don't actually go to the rodeo at night. though i think

next year they'll be olde enough to try it out.)

we were so lucky to go on a beautiful day. jason planned it and he did great - 

it was probably one of the only days that it was cool and breezy and sunny.

(we've had soooooo many rainy days. it rained every day of spring break)

but the day we went downtown, it was perfect. we had a fabulous time!

the boys getting excited to go in!

one of the first things we go to is the mutton bustin'. 

we were early, so we did a quick ride waiting for it to start.

chase being so brave! he had an awesome ride!

and he was definitely the best dressed rodeo rider out there. ;)

grant and i cheered him on! actually, he stayed on the longest, so the

crowd went wild when he was going! it was great!

the only kid not crying!

go chase!

after the fun of the muttin bustin', we hit up the carnival. the boys love the rides.

last year the ferris wheels were closed and chase was so sad. this year

he was big enough to ride the HUGE one with jason. he LOVED it.

more rides.....

this is basically the tea cup ride at disneyland. the boys LOVE going with dad who

makes it turn super fast and everyone feels sick. it's become a tradition now.

they decided to ride a camel this year instead of a pony.

grant and i in the petting zoo, which we love.

mmmmmm......cotton candy.

it was a long fun day.....(and no, we didn't plan the green shirts...)

with all their prizes from the carnival. this was the first year to do games and they loved it.

good thing jason is good at games, so he could win them some of these!