Grandma and Trent come to visit

We had a great long weekend with my mom (Grandma) and Uncle Trent. They came to see the Houston Rodeo and play with the boys. They were only here for 3 1/2 days but we sure made good use of every minute. Trent is my littlest sibling and he is 15. After only being in our house for about 15 minutes he already figured out that we had Free Movies on Demand and was so excited (we didn't even know we had them)! He spent all his down time surfing the movies and fell in love with Blue Bell Cookie Dough ice cream. I think he ate it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. Oh well, that's what vacation is for, right?

Thursday we went to the Houston Zoo and walked all over. My mom and Trent loved to see how excited the boys were about seeing all the animals. We wore ourselves out in just a few hours. We made sure to see the Childrens Zoo and the boys including Trent couldn't resisit the water play area so they got soaking wet. After we were all tired we went home and picked up Kevin and drove to Brazos Bend State Park. It was the first time we had ever been there. It was exciting to try to pick out the alligators, they hide so well when they aren't moving. We ended up seeing about 30 gators and as the sun went down we saw even more. I was only slightly scared about one of the boys falling in the water and getting eaten alive!! It is so crazy that they are just wild out there and you can walk around with them. Ahhh!!!

Friday my mom and I took advantage of having such a great uncle around to watch the boys while we did some shopping. We went to Carters and got all our shopping done in one stop. It took a few hours but Trent kept the boys very entertained. Then we had some yummy Cold Stone ice cream to pay him off. That afternoon we took off to Galveston because they wanted to see what it looked like after the hurricane. It turned out to be kind of a cold and overcast afternoon but Kevin and Trent didn't seem to notice, they played in the water for a long time. The boys had endless entertainment on the sand and just loved being outside.

Jace and Conner in the sand
Conner smiling

Of course we had to end their stay by hitting the Houston Rodeo on Saturday. We spent the day there with the boys. They loved the petting zoo and chasing the animals around. They thought it was hilarious to feed the animals and get their hand licked. After all the food was gone they would just pick up the sawdust off the ground and try to feed it to the animals.

Conner

Jace

Conner on donkey
Jace feeding goats

Jacer

After the petting zoo we had to hit up the farm and let the boys pretend to be farmers. I don't think they quite understood the whole story but they had a lot of fun doing all the farm jobs. They got to feed the chickens, collect eggs, pick peaches, milk the cow, plant a garden, ride a tractor, and then they got "paid" for their work and got to buy something at the store. They loved it!!! and I thought it was adorable!!

Grandma and Jace with his basket

Jace planting a tomato

Conner watering his garden
Conner milking a cow
Jace and Mom milking the cow

We had a great time at the rodeo and enjoyed some yummy rodeo food and funnel cakes. We also saw Trace Adkins that night as well as the rodeo. I really do love rodeos!!!!! YEE-HAW!!!