Carnival

I haven't been to a carnival is YEARS and so I was excited to be apart of our first Ward Carnival this past Saturday. Although I didn't get to slide down the huge bouncy slide that the inner child in me was so desperately yearning for, I did enjoy painting the faces of MANY children. I painted butterflies, hearts, stars, rainbows etc. I had many requests for dragons as well, but come on...I don't know how to paint a freaking dragon. Anyway, it was fun to talk with the kids, they really do say some funny things. For instance, a little boy probably 5 years old, sat in the chair next to me and our conversation went something like this:

Me: "Hi! what would you like me to paint on your face?"
Little Boy: "Um well I was thinking that I would like a black widow spider."
Me: "OOO a spider! I can do that. Spiders a scary."
Little Boy: "Yeah, not really."
Me: "Well, I'm scared of them. So don't black widow spiders have a red dot on them?" (I know that they do, I was just trying to make conversation with the guy.)
Little Boy: "Yeah, they do."
Me: "Do you know where the dot is? Is it on its belly or on its back?"
Little Boy: "Actually, it is on its abdomin."

I was impressed that he even knew that word! We all had a good laugh, as I proceeded to paint the red dot on the black widow's abdomin, duh. Thanks, little boy, for correcting me.

I laughed so hard when I saw this picture. It looks like I am choking this cute little girl, but I'm not, I promise.A satisfied customer.

Ryan was in charge of the little petting zoo at our humble little carnival. He dressed the part by wearing his cowboy attire. People kept asking him, "Ryan, where did you get the costume? You really look the part!" To which he would reply, "Well, I actually dress like this all the time." Pretty funny. The petting zoo was complete with dogs, a pony and a monkey! The kids really enjoyed themselves. And I have to admit, it was my favorite attraction as well.

This monkey was so cute, but not so cute when he bit my finger...

Horton Hears a Who

Loved this movie! The Horton Hears a Who movie definately gets two thumbs up from me. I grew up absolutely loving the original cartoon so I was so excited for this movie to come out. The new movie was short, only like 80 minutes or so, so it was even enjoyable and not too much for those of you that said, "eh" when you heard about the movie. Go see it, it's cute. Bonus: it will have you leaving with love in your heart for people of all sizes. Afterall, a person's a person, no matter how small:)

Capital F-U-N!

Going back to Dallas is usually fun, but this weekend was fun to the MAX! Jared and Tyan came along with us and I would dare say that the weekend wasn't any short of AWESOME.

If you are ever en route to and/or from Dallas then take a pit stop in the humble town of Centerville, just off highway 45. You'll thank us. Woody's Smokehouse, who claims to be the Jerky Capital of the World, is a one of a kind place. (Personally I think it should be changed to the Jerky Capital of the Universe...but that's just my opinion.) Go ahead, check it out. We've got Jared and Tyan just drooling for it.

Friday evening, the four of us went to the Mavericks game. We had a great time, and it's always nice when the Mavs win. Saturday morning, the 12 year old's in Ryan and Jared emerged and they went to a sporting card shop. However, while I think and hope this is a silly fad, I will say that it is pretty exciting when Ryan found a card that he has had since he was a little boy that is now worth $100. Anyway, that could be a whole 'nuther post of its own. So while the boys were off playing, us girls had more important things to do. Shopping! Well, sorta. My mom, Tyan and I went to my Uncle Gary's furniture store, Gary Riggs Interiors, to be "inspired". While all three of us put together probably couldn't afford anything in there (that's why I say shopping sorta), it was still fun to "OOooo" and "Ahhh" over everything in his store. He has absolutely amazing and truely unique pieces throughout his whole store. I can honestly say there isn't anything on his showroom floor that I dislike. It is all beautiful. Check out his website. It's awesome.

Saturday afternoon we had the AWESOME experience of trap shooting. It was one of the coolest things I have ever done in my whole life. Tyan's aunt, who owns and operates Elm Fork Shooting, personally gave us a lesson on the proper way of shooting. What made it so awesome was that she was the first woman in history to win the Western Trap Shooting Championship. So she knows what she is doing!!! We got to shoot skeet for a good 2 1/2 hours with hands on instruction. It was so fun!!!!

That night my mom and dad cooked a yummy dinner for us. We had ribs and all the fixins to go with it. Thanks so much for doing that for us. It turned out great! Bill and Cherie were able to come as well as both sets of my grandparents.

After an amazing spaghetti lunch at Bill and Cherie's on Sunday, we hit the road back to College Station. It seemed like we were missing something though...like a cat maybe. JARED! :)

LOST...season 4 off to a slow start?

The ABC Show LOST premiered tonight at 7. We absolutely love this show, however, it was a little dissapointing for us. For a season premiere, it just wasn't captivating enough. I guess I though there would be something huge that we would learn...any other LOST fans out there that feel the same? Oh, and when is this writer's strike going to stop? The LOST writers only have 8 episodes ready for the 16 week season...looks like this season might be cut short.

We puzzled 'til our puzz puzzler was sore

Bill and Cherie got us this puzzle for Christmas. We have been working on it since New Year's Eve and this is how far we have gotten. We work on it a little bit every night while we watch movies or tv...are we an old married couple or what!?