Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo

On March 10th Matt and I took the day off to spend it with Reese at the annual Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. Reese was so excited! She finally obliged and wore her rodeo outfit for the big event (well the boots at least). Her favorite friend Jessie from Toy Story joined us as well.

Reese got to ride the Metro rail for the first time. She loved riding the train.



Her curious face...love this expression of hers.

Even though we went on a Thursday it was still very crowded with stay at home parents and school field trips.

After some lunch, we visited the children's arena and saw pigs, cows, lambs and a long horn. Later in the week Reese told me, "Pigs don't live in the city; they live at the rodeo."

All week long Reese kept telling me how she wanted to ride a horse at the rodeo. So we eagerly waited in line for the pony rides!



I will never forget how excited Reese was to ride the pony. The look on her face was priceless and it brought me so much joy to see how happy she was to ride a horse for the first time. We were both grinning from ear to ear and loving every minute of that ride.

For some reason our pictures came out blurry, but you get the idea. She loved it!

She later called the ride a merry-go-round because the ponies walked around in a circle under a tent that looked like a merry-go-round.


After the pony ride, we walked around and looked at all the educational booths. Reese wanted her picture taken by the big milk bottle.

Then she and Matt rolled down the hill.


Next was the petting zoo and what a zoo it was. There were so many animals, kids and parents in there. Reese knew just what to do. The Houston Zoo brings animals to her school twice a year so she has experience petting the animals.


Last but not least we ventured out to the fair grounds. Reese kept talking about the Ferris Wheel, but we didn't ride it this time. We had fun on three other rides though!

I just kept thinking all day how big my little girl is now. She wanted to ride all the rides by herself and had a blast.


I got to join her on the Dizzy Dragon because she was too short to ride alone. She turned the wheel and made it go fast. I had to stop it because it made my way too dizzy!!!

I think this is such a pretty picture of Reese.

She loved going round and round.

This was the last ride she rode before we left for the day. I like how she is waving at us from the car.

On our way back to the train she asked us if we could come back tomorrow. I told her we would come back next year and every year after that.