Only the largest rodeo in the world!

Five years we've been hittin' up the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo that rolls into town every spring and sets up at the Reliant Center which happens to be about a 12 minute drive and 2 minute metro ride from our home. My kids love it and it is very inexpensive. Sixteen dollars gets you in to see all the live stock you can handle, pig races, mechanical bull riding, real life cowboys (and girls) and of course the actual rodeo and concert inside the Houston Texans own Reliant Stadium. The rodeo is my favorite part. I love watching the bull riders, buckin' broncos and horse barrel races. The environment is so laid back and you can usually get a pretty good seat on any given day because the rodeo runs for over two weeks so there isn't the rush of a one-night-only crowd. Following the rodeo (and with in minutes) they roll out their fancy, rotating concert stage over the trodden dirt that was just occupied by the bull riders and bust out a 10 or 12 song concert from major country star performers. This year Taylor Swift sold out the stadium with over 70,000 as well, the Jonas Brothers and last year Hannah Montana attended. Every night there is a new performer. We've been known to go on random nights when we don't really know or particularly love the country star. For example, we went twice this year and saw Trace Atkins and Brooks and Dunn. What I wouldn't have given to have seen Taylor Swift! Until next year. . .

My sister, Sarah, was in town and joined us for the second round of the Houston Rodeo, also her friend Erin came down for the fun of it. However, Jaden missed this round while Sarah was in town as she got to visit her friend Taylor Nikolaus in Arizona during their spring breaks.