Monday, March 15, 2010

Rodeo Time

It's Rodeo time here in Houston and we've had a great time getting in the spirit!

Rodeo Roundup at Wee School

Here's Graham and his classmate Owen with the paper versions of themselves.  Graham worked on it for about 2 minutes.  Then Mom and Dad had a lot of fun with his first "school" take home project.  It was interesting being on the other side after all the years the two of us have sent home projects with our students.

Running with the homemade "horse" Daddy made for Rodeo relays.
Enjoying the Wee School Rodeo picnic lunch.
Wow!  That's a good hot dog!

Little Brother had fun too!
Graham "shared" his juice box with Sean. 
Sean got to sit on a pony for the first time.  Graham decided he didn't want to sit on the pony and had his picture taken sitting on a square bale by the horse.  Sorry, I don't have a picture of Graham and the pony because it was taken by the Wee School staff and we haven't received our copies yet.

The Real Deal:  Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo!!
Visiting with my brother Frank and checking out the steers at the commercial steer show.  Frank was an ag teacher for many years and has continued to volunteer at the Livestock Show every year.  Graham kept saying "I want to see Uncle Frank" all the way from Tomball to the rodeo!

Graham checking out the steers.
Riding the "tram" to the arena for more fun.  We were so glad that there were lots of fun things for the kids to see and do inside the arena.  It was a cold and wet day.
Graham's first pony ride!  He was a natural!

Sean loves animals and loved getting to see and touch so many!
Watching the chicks hatch!

Waiting for the pig races to begin.
Driving a John Deere just like my Grandpa and my uncles.


We were all so tired when it was time to leave but it was totally worth it!  What a fun day!

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Hook 'em Horns!

Since this is a blog about our family I want to show my support for Jerrod's alma mater.  Enjoy listening to Texas Fight and good luck Horns in the Rose Bowl!  Just for the sake of equal time I have Baylor's Old Fight posted too.  I have faith that one day we will make it to a bowl again!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Our latest family pictures

This past Saturday we took our annual birthday/Christmas photos.  Check them out at the following address:
http://smilestore.picturepeople.com/PR3/ThumbPage.aspx?e=5909281

Welcome to our blog

Please check back with us throughout the holidays and in 2010!

Merry Christmas from the Russell family!

Friday, October 30, 2009

Learning to Blog

I really hate writing about myself.  The few times I have attempted to keep a journal or a diary have been a complete failure.  I will write for a day or two then go back and read my thoughts and feel totally self-indulgent and embarrassed.  Of course now I have two much more interesting people to write about and I have no problem sharing what I think are the thrilling details of their every day existance.  My friends Misty, Jessica and Brenda inspired me with their blogs long ago and I kept thinking that I would get around to blogging one day.  Well, the days are passing much too quickly.  Sean is almost one now and Graham will soon turn 3!  Yes, I have a million other things to do but it occurs to me that many of you have shared in our lives and many of you would enjoy seeing and hearing a little more about our milestones.  I hope you will enjoy the info and pictures.  Please forgive me when I don't update as often as I should as I am sure I will fall behind on this as I do with just about everything else.