Christmas Day

After celebrating with Jarrad and Megan on Christmas morning, we headed over to Boompaw & Nawnaw’s house to celebrate Christmas with them.  Nick, Michelle & Parker were there as well as Leigh Ann, Eddy & Jackson.  We were sad that Stacy & Bryan couldn’t be there – they were definitely missed by Megan and me. 

The house was very busy with two infants and a six-year old girl who just had to bring her babies (Reagan, Rachael, Sarah & Travis).  Boompaw looked very comfortable in his recliner with his boys.  Parker (left, 5 weeks) and Jackson (right, 3 months) were right at home in his arms too. 

Around noon, Meg was in the kitchen with Boompaw and she saw Santa and Mrs. Claus pull up in the driveway.  She immediately started screaming and yelling and ran straight for the front door.  I love her enthusiasm, it’s contagious!  Meg is so thoughtful that she even thanked Santa for her gifts at the house earlier that morning.  I love this girl of mine! 

***Santa & Meg***

***Mommy, Santa, Meg & Daddy***

***Boompaw, Santa, Megan & Nawnaw***

***Boompaw, Jackson, Santa, Megan, Parker & Nawnaw***

***Parker, Santa, Jackson & Megan***

***Beautiful Megan***

Adorable Jackson

Leigh Ann and Jackson came into town for a quick visit.  I was so glad we were able to finally meet Jackson.  He is a cutie! 

Camping

This past weekend, we went camping at Loyd Park right down the street.  Even though we were minutes from the house, it felt like we were a millions miles away.  We headed over to our camping spot on Friday after Megan got out of school.  Meg was super excited about the camping weekend. 

Friday night, Boompaw & Nawnaw came down to have burgers with us and hang out around the camp fire.  It was a little cold, but thankfully Jarrad loves to make camp fires, so we stayed warm.  After burgers, we made s’mores.  I’m not sure if Meg had ever made them before, but she loved it.  She didn’t really like the actual s’mores, just cooking the marshmallows. 

 

We stay thru Sunday, I will post about our Saturday adventures soon. 

2010 World Series

DISCLAIMER – COMPLETE PICTURE OVERLOAD
(and, this isn’t even 10% of the pictures I took)

Last night, we had the opportunity of a lifetime!  We were taken to the World Series!  Luke and Patty got tickets to Game 5 of the 2010 World Series.  The game didn’t turn out how we had hoped, but we were still able to witness a deciding game for the World Series! 

Luke and Patty pulled out all the stops for the game!  We all met at their house before the game and rode together in a party bus that they had rented for the game.  The ride was so much fun. 

***Patty & Luke on the way to the game***

***Nick & Michelle***
 

***Bryan & Stacy***

***Uncle Bryan, Megan & Aunt Stacy***

***Nawnaw, Boompaw & Megan***
 

There were 12 of us in total!  Luke and Patty; Megan, Jarrad and Me; Stacy and Bryan; Albert and Barbara; Nick and Michelle; and Tommy (a family friend’s son).  We had amazing seats and got the the game early enough to see a little batting practice, have some nachos and take lots of pictures! 

***The World Series at the Ballpark in Arlington***

I don’t think I will ever be able to explain the atmosphere at the Ballpark last night.  I will never be able to explain how I felt walking into the Ballpark knowing that the game we were about to witness could be the final game of the 2010 World Series. 

***Stacy & Bryan outside the Ballpark in Arlington***

 

***Megan, Mommy & Daddy outside the Ballpark***

***Megan getting ready to go in***

The Rangers fans had high hopes that we would win this game and send the series back to San Francisco.  Unfortunately, Game 5 wasn’t good to the Rangers, and the 2010 World Series was decided on November 1, 2010 at the Ballpark in Arlington. 

***Barbara, Albert & Patty in their seats***

***Patty & Luke waiting for the game to start***

***Let’s go Rangers***

***Barbara, Albert, Stacy, Patty & Luke***

***Nawnaw & Megan***

Even though the Rangers didn’t win the World Series, the season was amazing.  Meg and I only made it to two regular season games this past year.  I have a feeling we’ll be going to a lot more next season. 

***Meg and Aunt Stacy***

***Uncle Bryan, Aunt Stacy & Megan – such goofballs***

***Meg & Daddy waiting for the game to start***

***Meg and Mommy***
 

***Jarrad and me***

***Daddy, Meg and Mommy***   

I’m definitely sad that the season is over!  However, I look forward to next year’s season and all that it will be.  I hope that we will go to a lot more games next season than we did this year! 

Thank you Rangers for an AMAZING season!  Enjoy the offseason and get ready for April 1, 2011! 

Happy Birthday from Boompaw & Nawnaw

Boompaw and Nawnaw came over for dinner to bring Meg her birthday gift.  She was so happy when they pulled up, that she went running to the car. 

***Meg & Nawnaw***  

***Meg & Boompaw*** 

Meg couldn’t wait to see what Boompaw and Nawnaw got her for her birthday.  She was so excited to see her very first lemonade/snow cone stand. 

  

She sold us lemonade all night.  Jarrad told her that he would bring her a cash box so she would have a place to keep her money. 

The night after she got her stand, she went to the driveway to sell her products.  Unfortunately, I had a migraine, so I stayed inside and didn’t get any pictures.  Jarrad was able to go out there with her though.  The poor girl picked a pretty bad night to open up business – she had to close her stand early because it started raining.  All with out a sale. 

Celebrate

Meg’s sixth birthday was great.  I woke her up by singing Happy Birthday to her.  Then, I carried her into our room to snuggle before it was time for us to rush through the house getting ready for school. 

Of course, I made her do pictures in the driveway.  This year, she was a willing participant. 

 

That night, Meg and I met Daddy, Boompaw and Nawnaw for dinner at Spaghetti Warehouse (Meg’s favorite).  We were early, so Meg, Jarrad and I shared a drink at the bar.  The bartender gave Meg a frosty glass of milk.  She loved it. 

After dinner, Meg, Jarrad and I headed home so Meg could open up her gifts from us.  I loved the wrapping :) 

All-in-all, it was a GREAT birthday.  I still can’t believe she’s six.  We are having Meg’s birthday party on September 11.  I can’t wait. 

The Boompaw Way

Meg’s second tooth has been loose for a few weeks now.  As with her first tooth, she has been letting anyone that is willing wiggle her loose tooth.  For the past week, Meg has been complaining that her tooth has been hurting.  Every day, the tooth would get looser and looser, but we still couldn’t get it out.  Jarrad and I both tried. 

Saturday, Meg and I went over to Boompaw & Nawnaw’s house to swim.  When Meg saw Boompaw, she told him that he had a loose tooth and that she wanted him to pull it with a pair of pliers. 

After swimming and dinner, Meg asked Boompaw to get his pliers out.  Of course, Boompaw can’t say no to Meg, so he grabbed his pliers and Meg pulled up a chair.  Nawnaw assisted by holding a flashlight. 

The dental procedure went off with no problems. 

***Boompaw grabbed the pliers***

***the he grabbed a hold of her tooth***

***one quick pull and it was out***

***I think they were both equally surprised***

***Meg was all smiles afterwards***

***Thanks Boompaw***