Happy New Year

Wowwie, Wow, this has probably been my longest blog absence....  It seems like things have been so fast paced and I did give-up 'recreational internet time' for lent-except on my lunch break.  However, I can't just blame that for my absence.

We had a nice calm New Year's.  One of Cody's dearest friends came in with his son Ben-jam'in as Cody has nicknamed him from Abilene as well as another local couple.

Cody was the chef for the night!

Lyndon and Benjamin played Legos, listened to music, & road the 'Hoopty'.

This was our 1st time to use my Christmas present from Cody...It worked great and kept us from freezing!

Oh the giggles you could hear!

To ring in the New Year...kid and adult style!

Oh and DS time!!

2013 has already shown that it will FLY by even quicker than 2012 did!  

Happy New Year!

Pep Rally & PBR

Lyndon was recognized in the 4th Six Weeks Pep Rally for his A Honor Roll achievement, Perfect Attendance, & for AR testing.  Keep up the great work, Mister!

Cody surprised Lyndon with tickets to the PBR again this year.  Last year was our first year and Lyndon had a lot of fun!  This is my horrible attempt to catch the concert.

Lyndon and Benjamin had fun.  Benjamin kept us laughing!  He is such a cutie!

The fireworks are amazing.  They literally HEAT the entire stadium!

Oh, great I already forgot who the man in the black cowboy hat is.....I am horrible with things like that......a former cowboy football player.....Yikes, I will have to ask Cody.

The man in the white shirt was pulled from the audience last year to have a dance off with the clown & won!  He had moves and could do backflips as well.  Luckily he was here again, but this time the clown had him dance off with a 9 year old.  Of course the kid won, but they were both VERY good!

  We had a lot of fun with friends and a nice little get-a-way.

PBR Iron Cowboy II

Last weekend we headed to Arlington to the PBR Iron Cowboy II at Cowboy Stadium.  Our first stop was one of our FAVORITE places to eat, Pappadeaux's.

After a delicious lunch we met up with friends at Bass Pro Shop where Lyndon received autographs from four of the bull riders.

After a trip to Ikea we checked into our hotel and called a cab to Cowboy Stadium.

We hadn't been in the new stadium and it is remarkable-very contemporary, elegant, and classic.

It's amazing how it goes from a football field to a rodeo arena.

Toby Keith was the entertainment and my music loving husband and son enjoyed the music!

I kept trying to get a photograph of the water fountain spraying on the Ford side, but I failed.

We thought the clowns at our hometown rodeo were funny....

Lots of special effects from this to indoor fireworks.

Jerry Jones welcomed the bull riders as they were introduced.

We could feel the heat from the torches in the stands.

We are not a family that follows bull riding or rodeos but we really enjoyed this event.  The winner for the night was Colby Yates from Fort Worth.  He was not the projected winner, but I was glad he won this event so close to home.

Neat picture of the stadium at night...

Seems I could either get Lyndon or the stadium in one picture.

Lyndon and Benjamin enjoyed playing even if it was late. 

Cody took Lyndon to the hot tub the next morning while I was packing our things and get ready to check out.  Lyndon enjoyed the hot tub and even jumped in the unheated swimming pool a few times.

We headed to Ft. Worth to eat at the Stockyards before heading home.  This man was at the corner with his dog, cat, and rat.  He wanted the rat to stay on top of the cat, but the rat wanted to crawl on the dog instead. You never know what you'll see on the Stockyard's.  Last time we saw a man on a motorcycle with a huge albino parrot on his shoulder.

We had a great weekend with friends and enjoyed family time away.