{Texas Tuesday // Branded Burger}

Hey y'all!! Happy Texas Tuesday!!

Masons Mama

What is Texas Tuesday? A chance for you to show off the awesomeness that is TEXAS!! You can blog about anything; restaurants, vacation spots, venues, concerts, your hometown, shops, fashion, sports, etc. The linkup is not limited to Texans, we just ask that the post is about Texas. 

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We've invited Texas bloggers to co host with us weekly. So far we have gotten a great response and have co hosts scheduled through the end of March. If you're interested in being a co host for our link up please email me Amanda at princessofthepanhandle(at)gmail(dot)com and I will get you on the calendar. 


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This past weekend Hubs, Mason and I ate at a little burger joint about 15 miles from our house called Branded Burger in Midlothian, TX. Hubby had eaten there when they first opened and had been telling me about it. I was anxious to try it out. 



And? It was fabulous!!!

I got the bbq bacon cheese burger with fries, Mason had mini corn dogs with fries and hubby had a double cheeseburger with fries. It was all delicious. And they actually do brand their burgers.


 Their burgers are cooked to order, so it does take some time to get your food. Especially if you go right after church on a Sunday like we did! It was crowded and we waited probably 30 minutes for our food. But, it was worth the wait.

Even Mason thought so...



 It's located in the little downtown district of Midlothian. It's so rustic and awesome in the inside. I wish I could have gotten pictures, but again it was so crowded. We actually sat outside on the patio. I'm convinced that patios were created for families with toddlers!!








I think I've found my new favorite burger joint!!





{Photo a Day Challenge - Week 3}

This challenge is a lot tougher than I expected. Weekends leave a lot more opportunity for photo opps, but weekdays are hard. Weekdays are too routine. With that being said, I made it through January...but don't think I will continue after that! 








{He said what?!? V6}

{This is obviously an old post, but I wanted to get it on the blog}

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Mason is hilarious!!! I just love listening to the things that he says.
Time for another round...

8 /18 - leaving a softball game and he was counting the baseballs...

"One, two, three, quacko, cinco"

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8/20 - "Mommy, I don't want a tshirt I want a ja-jamas shirt" {he calls pajamas ja-jamas}

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8/28 - {I dyed my hair last night} 

"I like your hair Mama, it's brown. Uh huh. Yep it is."

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9/11 - "Daddy, here my tooth fell out" - Mason
"What? Let me see?" - Nate
"WHAT? What happened? What did you do?" - Me

Hands a fake tooth to Nate - "Better call the tooth fairy" - Mason

hahahaahahaha
Where in the world does he come up with this stuff??? 

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9/12 - Driving to school -

"Mason, do you want to go to the Zoo with Tanner, Beth and Tyler?" - Me
"Uh Huh, I do Mommy. I want to ride the animals" - Mason
"Well, they will let you ride the Camel. We can do that baby." - Me
"No, I want to ride the Hippopotamus." - Mason
"The hippos?" - Me
"Uh huh - the hippopotamuses. Take a seat Mommy" - Mason

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9/24 - "I make you very very happy Mama?" - Mason

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More posts on things Mason says here 



{Tuesday Tunes}

Linking up with two awesome ladies, Holli and Lauren today for Tuesday tunes!! What a fun linkup. 

This song has been on repeat for a few weeks now. My {big} family is going through something really huge right now and this song just speaks to us! 


{Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo 2013}

This past Saturday we went to the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. Going to the FWSSR was a tradition that Nate's Grandpa started with the family way back when. His Grandfather is no longer with us, but we carry on the tradition. This was Nathans 31st, my 17th {with his fam}, and the 3rd for Mason. I look forward to this day every year! It's such a great time. This year we had a group of 17 and took the entire rows of 1 and 2 in Section A. 



We left Waxahachie at 10 am and headed that way. We thought that would give us plenty of time for the Stock Show and exhibits before the 2:00 Rodeo. But, there was traffic on 2 of the major highways and then traffic around the Rodeo grounds. We had to park in the back-40. But, we got to ride in a covered wagon pulled by a tractor. Mason was ecstatic!


 We got to walk through one of the cow barns, but pretty quickly. We found the Moores and then headed to the exhibit halls. We had our minds set on getting a picture of Mason on the bull. And of course they moved it from the spot it's normally in. We went through a few aisles before someone finally asked. Aha, aisle 800. $20 later we had us a 4x6 and cd of the 4 pictures they took. 





 Looks like a natural, eh? It was a compromise to the real bulls that he wanted to ride! After we got our pictures we headed for the tractors. We saw them on the way to the bull and promised Mason we'd go back. Plus, it was a good spot to hang out and let our huge group all meet up. 







Mason has absolutely no fear. So it was no surprise when he wanted to ride the roller coasters in the midway! He settled for a little more mild tractor ride! He also went through the petting zoo with Kynna and Kolton. 











After a little time in the midway it was time for the Rodeo. Mason got a lightup toy, cotton candy, nachos, a snow cone, funnel cake, etc. The Rodeo was good and Mason was totally into it. He watched with curious little eyes and asked many questions. And I'm pretty sure he told his Daddy he wanted to ride! 







After the Rodeo we went back to Midway for another ride. Mason cried when we had to leave. He wanted to ride more..but we had a cagillion people waiting on us to go eat. This guy made up for it and took away his tears...





FWSSR 2013 - you did not disappoint. See ya next year!