Rodeo Houston!!

Let's pretend I - for a moment - addressed the fact that I have not blogged in 3 months.  Does that brief mention sufficiently acknowledge my blogging slacker status??

Okay, I'm glad we're through that.

Let's take a little gander back to a weekend in March that was one of the best on record!  We finally made the trip out to to Houston, TX to visit two of our very closest friends, and we made the most out of the weekend!  It went like this:

Amanda picked me up from the airport on Friday afternoon, and we didn't waste any time before going to get some Tex Mex and Margaritas for dinner!

Lupe Tortilla!  Yum. Yum. Yum.

We, of course, made our usual stroll through the closest Urban Outfitters store.

Goodness gracious, this gal is awesome!

And on Saturday AM we no doubt embraced the fact that it was St. Patrick's Day!

Green yogurt for breakfast.

Here's a little analogy for you: boots are to Texas as bikinis are to Florida.  Here's Amanda's collection.

Boots, boots, and more boots.

We wandered through a store called Bering's, which was a combination of Bed, Bath, & Beyond, Home Depot, Carter's, Dillard's, Things Remembered, Kilwin's + Starbucks.  I am doomed if we ever get one of these in Jacksonville.  They have EVERYTHING.

Texans are proud to be Texans, that is for sure.  Also saw a bumper sticker that said, "I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could."  If only these people were joking.

Aaron was with John David most of the weekend while I was having some girl time with Amanda.  We met up on Saturday afternoon to go to the RODEO.  My one request of JD was that he didn't dress my husband up to look like some ridiculous wannabe cowboy.  Turns out, my man looks GOOD in cowboy boots!!

Pulls 'em off like a champ!

 Here we are at the rodeo.  So much fun.  I'm pretty sure I'll be going every year from now until the cows come home.

Speaking of cows...Here are some sights of the rodeo.  It was like no other experience I have ever had!  Beats those small-town rodeos in Okeechobee, Florida!

Cow butts. 

Guys will be guys.

John David initiated a search for this exhibit (which we all thought he was lying about).  Here it is, the animal birthing center!  You're welcome for only showing you this pic.  

You know it's a good weekend when you're taking photos of your food.  A BBQ LOADED baked potato from Pappas BBQ.  Oh. My. Word.

Yes.  Yes, we did.

There it is.  Fried cookie dough.

We walked alllllllll the way to the top of Reliant Stadium to our seats, and gave the guys the good seats during the first half of the rodeo... 

And then walked all the way down to the 6th row seats, mostly because we wanted to be an arm's length away from Brad Paisley when the rodeo events were over!

So. Much. Fun.

I love these people! 

We went out after the concert was over to make the most of our time together.  Who needs sleep when you only have 48 hours!?

There's just something better about a margarita that is made so much closer to Mexico!

And there's nothing really better about beer that is green, except that it's a must-have on St. Patty's Day!

We had a blast getting to know the city that our two great friends live in.  Aaron got to stay a few extra days (for a conference), while I had to head home on Sunday after visiting Amanda's church.  But that's that, our awesome trip to TEXAS!!