Farewell Houston TX

This will be our last blog entry for a little while. We've been very busy getting ready for our move.

Ryan is back from Alabama and is officially an "Officer". He was able to shine and impress everyone with his leadership, knowledge and natural skills as an athelete :)

Keedan and I were fortunate enough to be able to spend time with family and friends these last couple of weeks while Ryan has been away for training. Thanks for your friendship, good times and even better conversations!

We had a wonderful last weekend which happened to be Easter Weekend as we spent it with friends and family..

I wish I had pictures of everyone but saddly our camera has been diagnosed as having an eating disorder....it eats batteries like there's no tomorrow.

We will miss you all & are grateful for your friendship!

We will keep you posted on any paranormal activity that we encounter. Many thanks to the Adam's family for providing the ammunition to shoot any and all aliens that cross our path :)

Mowing the Grass

Keedan enjoys pushing around his lawn mower (Both inside & outside of the house)













The good thing about the inside of the house is that there are no stinking ANTS...or at least I hope not.

Hometown Visit

Keedan and I traveled to Dayton TX to have lunch and quality time with Grandma Pardon (my mother)and my Grammy.


Keedan & his Meme


Grammy

We met for lunch at the Texas Kountry Kitchen and had some truely Southern Food (which I absolutely love but cannot eat on a regular basis)

Texas Toothpicks....these are sliced onions and jalepenos battered and deep fried with ranch dipping sauce....they are sooooooooooooooo good!


My colassal steak finger basket. It was a truly enormous platter and oh so yummy. This picture does it no justice.




After lunch we checked out Babs a local resale shop and later just visited at my Grammy's house whilst Keedan played in the grass with sticks and bugs.

Sunnyside Celebrates the Relief Society

We celebrated the Relief Society's Birthday @ our Branch a little over a week ago by having a potluck dinner, a special birthday cake (yes the one at the very top of this page made by Mrs. Texas Adams...Cake Maker Extrordinaire) and socializing with the sisters of our branch.

Below is a collage of attendees. This is not everyone that attended...this was before we started and I actually forgot to take more pics of everyone. We had a wonderful turnout...which is quite rare for our small little branch.

It turned out wonderful and we all had an enjoyable time (or at least I hope so)

Happy St. Patty's Day

Irish Eyes

by Chaucey Olcott and George Graff, Jr.

When Irish eyes are smiling,
Tis like a morn in spring.
With a lilt of Irish laughter
You can hear the angels sing
When Irish hearts are happy
All the world is bright and gay
When Irish eyes are smiling
Sure, they steal your heart away.

Keedan & Daddy

I absolutely HEART these pictures and wanted to share them.





As you can see, Keedan is the remote control King. It was really funny this night b/c he was actually changing the channel.


He also just has to have what ever we have.



Ryan likes to just throw Keedan in the washer to clean him b/c it' much faster that way.



Keedan doesn't seem to be bothered by it at all.
He just goes with the flow.

HLSR

Ryan and I attended the Houston Live Stock Show & Rodeo this past Thursday for our "Date Night".



It was so much fun!

Before we got there, we ate at Stetson's (a local restaurant) where our server was so very nice.

He held our leftovers for us while we attended the Rodeo so that our food would not spoil in the truck.

These are the competitions we were able to watch:
1.) Saddle Bronc Riding
2.) Steer Wrestling
3.) Bull Riding
4.) Barrel Racing
5.) Calf Scramble
6.) Mutton Bustin

We were very impressed overall with the various competitions at the rodeo.

My favorite was the "Mutton Buston". This is a competition for ages 4 - 6 where they ride bareback ontop of a sheep. It is one of the cutest funniest events I've ever witnessed.

I've posted a video reel on the leftside of our blog.... so scroll down to watch some cute "Mutton Bustin" in action.


After the rodeo, we watched Clay Walker perform. The music was a bit too loud but his voice was really good and clear live.



We had a great time together and are grateful for the fun moments we've been able to have before Ryan's departure.