Rodeo Cookout

This weekend was Rodeo Cookoff. That's the start of the Houston Rodeo that is a month long. The rodeo brings in big rodeo competitors and big bands/singers. It's a pretty fun month in Houston - maybe the best. I went to the Cookoff with JP. His dad's company has a tent, and this is my second year to enjoy their hospitality. Some friends from LSU came up on Thursday for the weekend as well. It was good to see them - it had been too long! :)

Thursday night JP and I went up to the Cookoff and Jacob and Crystal came and met up with us when they got into town.

At the Cookoff when Jacob and Crystal arrived.

Me and CrystalThe boys - later on that night Jason and his girlfriend, Amber arrived. We went to Cedar Creek.

Friday, we headed back to the Cookoff for a day of drinking and eating. JP cooked an amazing seafood gumbo!

After the Cookoff we went to Rebels Honky Tonk! Lindi and I showed off some amazing dance moves! She punched a dude in the nose with her fist pumping, and I fell over backwards as I tried to go to the floor- because falling is what I do ;) I may be too old to try and "go to the floor"

On Saturday the boys dropped JP off at the Cookoff early so he could get started on the Jambalaya. The rest of the crew did a little shopping in Houston. We decided to not to get out to the Cookoff as early as the day before - we were a little sluggish on Saturday and wanted to nurse our hangovers a bit. After eating JP's amazing jambalaya, we got ready to watch Better than Ezra. The above picture is of the boys as they wait for BTE to come on.

Standing on our tables beforing the crazy dancing began! :)

Our crew was standing/gyrating on 3 picnic tables in the back. At the end BTE gave us a shout out - saying we look like a choir. It was awesome.....and of course that made us even more excited!! It was great!!

After the Cookout, we went back to Rebels Honky Tonk and JP and I showed off our amazing dance skills.....no one fell this time, thank goodness.

After Rebels we took the party back to JP's house and had a dance party of our own. All the girls and JP were dancing...it was great.

Yesterday, was a very quiet day. There wasn't much activity. JP, Jacob, Crystal, and I went to have lunch. Then they headed back to Louisiana. JP and I went to pick up his truck, which had been at Rheliant Stadium since Thursday, then he and I watched several episodes of weeds, ate sushi, and watched more Weeds.

Today starts two more weeks of working at M-I. I'm getting scared of leaving the norm and heading into the unknown, but more excited I think! I'm super ready to see what I'm getting myself into as a yacht stewardess! :)

This week I'm going to see Alan Jackson and Dierks Bently at the rodeo. JP and I were supposed to go see Shutter Island tonight, but we're going to do it next week instead. It's probably for the best - I think I need a good night's rest. Well, it's almost 5:30 and I really should head down to the gym....I'm procrastinating!