Happy Halloween!

This year with our Disney trip just around the corner, all the kids decided it would be fun to dress up as a Disney character. When I initially presented them with the idea, I was hoping (although I knew it was a long shot) that my big boys would choose Peter Pan or Prince Charming or Woody. They chose Pirates of the Carribean. Not at all surprising and probably more fitting. The girls were Belle and Rapunzel. And since Daniel is too young to choose, I chose Woody for him. He made a cute one too! :-)

And we had Davy Jones...

Black Beard...

And the brother pirates...

Belle...

Rapunzel...

And Princess sisters...

The whole gang again...

One our way to trick or treat...

I was amazed at how many people were out trick or treating in our neighborhood...it looked like this on every street! So fun! There were some houses that had freshly made caramel apples and one house was making cotton candy for the kids.


And Daniel had a fun time cruising around in his blue car. The kids were so bummed that I did not collect candy for him, as they were hoping to blow their old candy record out of the water...

They came just shy with 431 pieces (we had 455 one year at the swiss tower) but they were already talking amongst themselves that next year, when Daniel is walking and eating candy we will totally beat it.

I hope they are right. I hope next year all 5 kids trick or treat together. And then they have a new record as the Jackson 5. :) HeeHee...couldn't resist.

American League Championship Game!!

Last night my big boys and I witnessed the amazing game where the Rangers won the ALCS! What an amazing, fun, fun, FUN night it was!! The pictures help tell it all...

Here are the boys in front of the stadium...

We got there about 3:30, so nearly 3 1/2 hours before the game began. The gates opened at 4, so we were able to watch the entire Ranger's batting practice. Here are the guys warming up...

Ogando!

CJ Wilson!

Hamilton and Cruz!

When batting practice started, we waited excitedly for a home run to come our way. The boys really wanted an authentic major league ball hit by one of their beloved Texas Rangers. And then it happened...Josh Hamilton hit a line drive to Ogando who was standing just in front of the boys. I screamed "Ogando! Ogando!" and he flipped the ball into Drew's glove!! Oh happy day!


And then a little but later David Murphy hit a home run off the 2nd deck right about us. It just missed Sam's glove (although I do think he was oblivious to this) and landed in the gap between the home run porch and left field. A man next to us was tossed the ball, but he handed it to Sammy. So cool! And so nice!! Both boys ended up with an ALCS Rangers batting practice ball, and it happened to be our 2 favorite players (besides CJ Wilson who pitches) that hit them! :-)

The boys also got 2 other balls...one by Sam screaming out the name of a player and one he "fielded" as it bounced around the bleachers after a home run. But he shared them with 2 boys near us who did not have a ball. There were maybe 10 or 12 balls hit out or tossed to the entire home run porch area...so the fact that my boys had 4 of them was pretty amazing!!! Just a gift!

Then both boys wanted to see how hard they could throw...





I told Drew I would give him $10 if he could hit the glove. He did. :) And he bought a Lemon Chill for himself and Sam. Awesome!

The game itself was amazing. The first 2 innings were pretty tense with the Rangers giving up 2 home runs to the Tigers. The tension was heavy. Then the Rangers bats broke it open with an amazing 3rd inning that left all of us with soar hands from all of the high fives we gave to each other and all the other fans we could reach. It was SOOOOOO fun!!! SO fun!! That inning tha Rangers scored 9 runs. Hit after hit. They eventually won the game 15-5.






We danced, we sreamed, we cheered, we ate, we laughed, I cried. It was a great night.

One I will never forget. And I am pretty sure Drew and Sam will not either!


Way to go RANGERS!!! Now lets win the WORLD SERIES!!!!!

Thank you Jesus. What a great gift this was indeed.

Cheering for the Rangers!

Post Season Baseball is in the air at house again this fall. We are so happy that our Ranger's made it and are hopeful they will make it all the way again this year. This afternoon school was called off to watch the Rangers play Game 4...the game is still going, so as I type I am not sure of the outcome. If the Ranger's lose today, we will not be that disappointed as we have tickets to game 5. But of course we would LOVE it if they win, knowing that they will move on!! Here are some pictures of the boys from this afternoon...

Love these boys!

**Since beginning this post, the Ranger's WON!! WOOOOHOOOOO!!! Looking forward to more post season baseball...and we have 3 tickets to the ALCS!!!!**

Oh happy day!