Lady Antebellum Concert

Natalie attended the Lady Antebellum concert today at the rodeo and was really excited about it. In fact, in the middle of the rodeo she was asking when the concert would start. She seemed to have a great time, and even sang along in certain parts of some of the songs. They sang all their hits and even sang a brand new song from their upcoming third album. It was nice to hear that they sounded just as good live as they do on their CDs. On the way home she listened to their CD and was so exhausted that she crashed in the back seat in less than ten minutes. A good time was had by all!

Let's Rodeo!

We spent the day at the rodeo grounds, watched the rodeo, and saw Lady Antebellum perform. Natalie has visited the rodeo grounds before, but had never seen a rodeo or concert until today. On the rodeo grounds she loved seeing the animals. She even watched several cows getting milked. Shamu was there dressed up as a cowboy and she was thrilled to give him a high five. Last year she had ridden a pony (one that's hooked up to a circular contraption and walks in a circle) and was dying to go on the ride again. That was the highlight of the rodeo grounds for her.

At the rodeo she enjoyed watching the cowboys get bucked off of their horses, but her favorite part was the bull riding. She was also fascinated by the mutton bustin' and says she'd like to participate next year. Somehow I just can't see her trying to hang onto a sheep for dear life, but she seemed convinced and willing to try it.

Snow Day!

It's a rare day in our city when school is called off - especially for snow! It's about a one in five year event. Roads are shut down, everything closes, and there's no school! We only got about 1/2 inch of snow at the very most, but it was enough to play in for the morning. Natalie was up around 6:30 am giving us the full report on the snow. In fact, she was so excited to go outside she just threw her jacket on over her pajamas! The snow only stayed until around noon, but it was fun while it lasted!

Brrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!

This post was going to be titled something else originally, but at the last minute I decided to make it rated G.

South Texas has been hit with an arctic blast! It's so cold that the city is having rolling blackouts to keep up with the demand for energy supply. Now that's an interesting concept because my house had no power the entire day from about 6:45am-4:00pm. Our house is still cold. My school had power the entire day. So much for rolling blackouts!

Natalie's school had a different situation. Half of the building she's in had heat and the other half did not. She was on the side without heat today. They had to wear their jackets part of the day until they switched classrooms to the main building. Today was supposed to be western day. A horse was supposed to come to the school for pictures, but it was too cold for the horse to visit.

Snow is in the forecast for Thursday and Friday. I know it's not a big deal to you northerners who read the blog, but it's crazy weather for us down here. I am hoping for school to be called off so none of us has to deal with the insane drivers out on the roads.

Lovely.....just as I was in the middle of this blog post the electricity went out! Luckily I had copied it so I didn't have to retype the whole thing. It's going to be a loooooong cooooold night here!