Goin' On a Date!

Last saturday I ran the Rodeo 10K in downtown Houston and it was pretty fun. I wasn't too fond of the course since it took us through a pretty bad part of town (I thought I was either about to get bit by a pit bull or shot by someone). But, I do think I had a PR, so that was exciting! Jacob, my mom, and the girls all came out to watch so that was super fun! After the race we walked around the post race party, got some drinks and snacks, and Jayda did the sporty bounce house run through thing (don't know what those are called). That afternoon we came home and let the girls take a nap so that we could go to the rodeo bbq and carnival that night.

Jayda waiting in line to race through the bounce house.


And she made it to the top!


She's done, yay!


Me with the girls after the race, looking just a little rough...


That afternoon we decided to take Jayda on a date to the rodeo so that we could spend some special time with her. Oma said she would stay home with Sydney, so we thought that would work out best. We ended up having a great time with Jayda and she absolutely loved it! We had ordered carnival tickets ahead of time online (because they were 1/2 off...little did we realize we could of gotten them 1/2 off at the gate still that night!) and had to pick them up at will call when we arrived at the rodeo. After we picked up our order we realized that somehow instead of getting the 44 tickets that we'd ordered and paid for, we got 300 tickets! So, needless to say, Jayda got to ride a-lot of rides and we had a blast that night! She felt so special having all of our attention and it really was so fun.

Jacob and Jayda ready to go on the roller coaster in the dark....scary! Even though I am not in any of these pictures, I did go on almost all of the rides and had lots of fun!


Playing the water shooting game, too bad they didn't win the huuuuge Bevo!


Having a blast driving the bumper cars! This was my favorite ride at the carnival, except for when Jacob and Jayda would t-bone me, over and over. Darn them!


Jacob and Jayda riding the teacup ride. So fun!


Heading up to the top of the slide. This slide is huge!


Ready to go in the fun house, fun fun!


This afternoon we went to meet daddy for a lunch date. We first went in to his work to say hi to everyone at the office, then headed to Yia Yia Marys to eat lunch. That is my new favorite place, I love the food there! Yum! It was so nice to get to see Jacob during the day, that is something that never happens. We had a great time and of course the girls were so glad to see daddy (especially since they hadn't seen him at all the day before!)

Sydney and Daddy on our lunch date.


Big girl with daddy at lunch.


A few random pictures I've taken recently:

Sydney looked so cute playing outside this weekend while we were working in the yard.


Sweet girl playing with her kitchen stuff at home.


Sydney after dinner the other night. She had rubbed food all in her hair and thought it was hilarious!