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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

July 4th: Independence & Mom's birthday

On July 4th, we headed over to my parents house to celebrate the nation's independence with them as well as to celebrate my mom's birthday. I'm just going to show pictures since all we did was hang out in the pool, which was SO warm!, and relax before our second round of fireworks!

Trista & Austin, ages 3 1/2

He LOVES "his Trista" so much!

Trevor just thinks he's a 'big kid' like the older cousins.

Opening up a gift from their great-Nana!

Austin is so good at sharing his things! Even his prized Texas Rangers hat.

GOOBERS!!

Such big kids and great friends

The birthday girl and her three grandkids!

Yea, I HAD to put this one in there! Austin LOVES peeing in Nonna & Poppa's backyard!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!!!!!

Relaxing after a full day in the sun and awaiting dusk to head out to get a spot to see the Grand Prairie fireworks!

MY FAVORITE PICTURE!!

Italian Posse (they go to Italy in 5 days!)

TWO full days of sun, water and excitment can wear out a kid!

Baseball . . . Duh! prior to the fireworks show

This picture cracks me up! HaHa

If tomorrow all the things were gone,

I'd worked for all my life.

And I had to start again,

with just my children and my wife.

I'd thank my lucky stars,

to be livin here today.

‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom,

and they can't take that away.

And I'm proud to be an American,

where at least I know I'm free.

And I wont forget the men who died,

who gave that right to me.

And I gladly stand up,

next to you and defend her still today.

‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land,

God bless the USA.

From the lakes of Minnesota,

to the hills of Tennessee.

Across the plains of Texas,

From sea to shining sea.

From Detroit down to Houston,

and New York to L.A.

Well there's pride in every American heart,

and its time we stand and say.

That I'm proud to be an American,

where at least I know I'm free.

And I wont forget the men who died,

who gave that right to me.

And I gladly stand up,

next to you and defend her still today.

‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land,

God bless the USA.

And I'm proud to be and American,

where at least I know I'm free.

And I wont forget the men who died,

who gave that right to me.

And I gladly stand up,

next to you and defend her still today.

‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land,

God bless the USA.

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Friendship and Fireworks!

First off, yea yea. . . I KNOW this post is WAY late, but better late than never, right?! :) On July 3rd (SUNDAY) we gathered together with our church family and friends and had a huge backyard party to celebrate our nation's independence. We brought along Austin's slip n' slide, which of course, was a HIT and all the kids had a blast. We were thankful we had members who opened up their beautiful home (and large backyard) for us all!

Weeeeee!

Our preacher, Lonnie, showing the kids who to spray! :-)

He's just as much a kid as they are!

July 3rd is also the day that our city hosts their fireworks show every year. After the party, we left early so we could get a great spot. We found the best spot every and it's definately one that we will be doing annually! Austin LOVES fireworks which is a stark contrast from the years prior. I'm sure it's mainly because he watched them go off at the Texas Rangers stadium, so now anytime he sees fireworks he associates them with the Rangers HaHa We can see them from our home, but we wanted to be closer to really hear the BOOM!

Our spot. . . The BEST ever to view the fireworks from the stadium. This is NOT a zoomed in picture either! Ahhhhh-mazing!

7/3/2011

3 generations!

Of course we arrived early and the fireworks weren't scheduled to go off until at least 9pm, so we played a little baseball (OF COURSE!!). . .

And hung out with great friends!

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Nonna & Poppa take us to the Ballpark

My parents couldn't wait to take Austin on a tour to the Ballpark in Arlington since the pint sized Ranger fan is OBSESSED with all things baseball! We were lucky that we - as well as my brother's family- were able to tag along! We'd like to go again. . . or shall I say, just Austin, Scott and my dad for 1:1 male bonding! It was a great day and of course, Austin L-O-V-E-D every moment of it. There were tons of "Way cool!" and "get a look at that"'s going around!

The family before the tour started.

We're catchers!!

Daddy is Such a goober!

Austin adores his Nonna! (although Poppa's his main man!)

We've got our tour tickets! Just waiting for 11 o'clock to get here so we can check things out

"JerryWorld" is just next door (share a parking lot) so this is a great photo op

On the tour we were able to view the press box, which was pretty cool. Most of all - their view was amazing!

Austin showing his Poppa where we sit

FYI: it's exactly above where Austin's finger is!

Poppa showing Austin the sights around the stadium

Isn't this view amazing!?

After touring the press box, we walked around on the level where the suites are located. Austin saw this painting (yes, it's a painting - NOT wallpaper) and I asked if he would mimic it. Here's the outcome:

HaHaHa!!

We were able to walk inside a "basic level" suite and we all wanted it SO bad! It was big but perfect for a group of 10 or so. Here is the picture of the suite's 'porch':

Austin and Dad wondering what they need to do besides sell their left Kidney to have one. Joking. . . well, kind of! ;)

After that we headed downstairs to the Rangers batting cages, Press area, and other locations. We weren't able to tour the locker room since it was game day but we were able to sneak a peak inside when someone (?) opened the door to go in. It was cool to see everything set up - their shoes, uniform, ect - all set out in front of their locker!