Carnival!

Andrew is camera shy, so there are precious few good pictures of us together. I insisted we get engagement pics after the first of the year, and I want something a little different. It seems like the current trend in Houston is to go to Discovery Green (downtown Houston- there's a park, a mosaic wall, fountains, benches, and lots of other great stuff), and while it's pretty, it's not my favorite idea.

I was trying to think of something happening in Houston between February and April, and I realized our city's most known event, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, is in town from late February to early March. The rodeo has a carnival that accompanies it, naturally (yeah, I know this probably sound really weird and Texan to you non-Houstonians, but it's fun, I promise!). Anyway, my bright idea was to take pictures at the carnival.

I have so many fun memories of riding carousels as a kid!

 

Both the slide and ferris wheel pics can be found here. I love that the slide almost looks competitive!

 

I adore this nighttime shot with all of the movement in the background.

My favorite! Found here.

(Sidebar: because of my TV-nerdiness, ferris wheels remind me of The OC [Ryan was afraid of heights, but he got on one for Marissa] and Everwood [Amy and Ephram were riding one when she told him the Grover story] I think it would be a great inside joke touch to our wedding!).

Aren't these completely adorable? I love the idea. Andrew has already completely shot it down by saying he doesn't like carnivals. Who doesn't like carnivals? I am going to work on twisting his arm until I come up with a far more fabulous idea.

Where were your city-specific e-shots taken?