Houston Rodeo Carnival 2011

March 16, 2011 - Jacqui and I took the kids to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Carnival. We didn't get as early a start as we wanted, and we ran into some traffic getting there - parking was crazy. But that was all water under the bridge once we walked in the gates.....

First up - the surf shack.

Yes, we loved the age appropriate theming.

After jumping off the surf shack we headed to......

The scary pirate ride~!~!

What's really scary is how fat I am - I could hardly fit in there!

Well, it wasn't that scary after all.

Austin enjoys Toon Town.

Finally, a REAL ride - woohoo!!!

At first, I was going to take a bunch of pics on this ride.
But once we got going, I was holding on for dear life. Austin didn't like it at all.

You just HAVE to ride the big slide!

CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO #1 - A very short clip of the slide

Awwww yeah!
OH - check out the swings of death behind Lauren. Yeah - now you can see why I didn't get any pics while we were on that ride.

After the slide, Lauren and I rode a small roller coaster.
This is Lauren's 'concerned' look.

CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO #2 - Lauren and I ride the roller coaster!

One of my favorite rides is the Ferris wheel.

You can relax, enjoy the view - and have a snack!

CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO #3 - The Ferris Wheel

Wow - we are way up high!

CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO #4 - More Ferris Wheel

...ok - more fun houses!!

HI AUSTIN!!

Jacqui enters the window maze. Austin smacked his head a couple times, and walked out with a big knot on his forehead.

But that didn't slow him down....or the girls either.
Look the sun is out!

GO JACQUI~!~!

We ended the day with a long 'ski lift' ride back to the front gate.

Reliant Stadium                   -                Astrodome

CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO #5 - I filmed almost the entire ski lift ride

We had a GREAT day~!~!