Thursday, March 26, 2015

Houston Rodeo

Florida Georgia Line

I figured I'd give you a quick update on what's been going on in my world lately. Long story short - I've been working like crazy (I have a citywide event I'm planning for September. And in case you haven't heard, Houston is the 4th largest city - anyways- I'll let you do the math). I've always been a big believer in work-life balance. So in between having fun with friends and work - it's left little time for anything else. The Houston Rodeo comes to town every March. This year- we went a bit Rodeo crazy if you will. We were lucky enough to score tickets to see some of my fave artists this year:

  • Miranda Lambert
  • Zac Brown Band (a personal favorite of mine)
  • Florida Georgia Line
  • Blake Shelton (another personal fave of mine - who doesn't like Blake?)
  • Brad Paisley
  • Luke Bryan (he can sure put on a good show)

Zac Brown Band


Brad Paisley

Luke
 Let's talk about this Luke Bryan pic real fast. We had good seats to Luke- courtesy of Miller Lite. And by good- I mean we got to touch him! He came right up to the fence - and we got to get real personal with Mr. Bryan. It was quite an experience - and by experience - I mean it was cool, but he has quite the diverse audience if you will....
 Growing up in California, I was never exposed to anything like this. The rodeo is indeed- an actual rodeo with real cowboys and real livestock. Who knew? Each evening, the rodeo takes places a couple of hours before the concert. And honestly, one of my most favorite parts about the rodeo might be the mutton bustin' (if you don't already know what it is... basically they stick small children on large sheep and they ride the sheep until they fall off). Exhibit A:

Naughty Sheep!
 I also love the other events:

Chuckwagon Races

One of my favorite events to watch is the Calf Scramble. They release a bunch of calves and the kids (all members - I believe - of local FFA branches) chase the calves. If they catch a calf, they can raise it for the next year!

They are stubborn little things!

I felt like we were at the rodeo at least once a week this year! I can't wait for it to come back again next year! Anyways, Happy Thursday! I'll be back tomorrow!



Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Life Lately in Five Words or Less

Why am I so bad at this? The first few months of 2015 have been filled with lots of work and lots of activities! I figured it might be better just to show you. So, here we go:

Checked out the new dog-park


First bike-ride of the season.



Tried out the new bike path!


Enjoyed the warm weather.


Harry the horse in Belton.


Went to Houston Rodeo (ALOT)!


More fun at the rodeo!


Yep ladies, that is Luke Bryan!


Kate and I at the Rodeo (where else?)!
As far as the running goes, I took some off after the marathon to let my body recover a bit. We've been doing several shorter runs throughout the week, yoga once a week, and have added in some strength training days.

Upcoming race: We will be headed to California at the end of May to run the Clif Bar Mountains 2 Beach Half Marathon!