BASEBALL!

 

Ben, and his brother, Marshall, went to the World Series in Houston, to watch the Astros play against the San Francisco Giants. Giants won but it was still a great game and they got to sit 3rd row for most of the game!

 

 

Ben met the "Save the Beers" guy while at the game. He became insta-famous for not dropping his beers when a ball came his way. He let it hit his stomach instead.

 

Afterwards Ben tried to track down our nephew, Dallin at his apartment in Houston, where he is serving as a missionary. He wasn't home, so he snuck in through the window and left them some Astros gear and treats!

We enrolled the boys in little league this year! Finn was on the Cubs and played machine pitch baseball. Fox was on the Angels and played t-ball. They both improved tremendously over the course of the season and Finn's team even made it to the playoffs. They ended up losing the Championship game but it was impressive that they made it that far!

Astros Opening Day

Happy Fathers Day

For Fathers Day Finn left his handprint on a baseball for his daddy.  It's sits above his desk in a shadow box for him to admire daily.  

Ben always says, "I love you more than baseball" which means a lot coming from him! He will definitely teach Finn all he knows about the sport and maybe one day Finn will love it just as much as he does. 

(I couldn't decide which cute face of daddy's to show so I chose them all... LOL)

Our Texas, Our Rangers

Its been yet another exciting year of baseball here in Texas.  Our Rangers kept us on our feet cheering all season with high-powered offense, efficient defense and lights-out pitching.  Like all teams we had our share of losses, but with even more wins than last season, this squad was sure to land us in the postseason.  We had the pleasure of securing a number of games in the corporate Luxury Suite this year and we were able to treat many friends and family to a truly unique baseball experience.

The Rangers won nearly every game we went to, so we decided to extend our luck to an away game as well so Ben attended a game versus the Astros of Houston.  The Rangers won!  We have met many of the players and feel like they have become "our" team.  We still enjoy collecting autographs and souvenirs and actually have quite the collection of memorabilia piling up:)

JOSH HAMILTON and ELVIS ANDRUS

POSTSEASON

As predicted, the Rangers returned to the Postseason! We pulled out all the stops and it was quite the production and experience.  We attended games of both the ALDS and ALCS with the Rangers winning all games we attended!

The Rangers beat the Tampa Rays and Detroit Tigers respectively to advance to the World Series.

Although the team was unable to seal a final victory against the St. Louis Cardinals, we are so very proud to call the Rangers "our" team and we look forward to feeling the electric atmosphere of Rangers Ballpark for years to come.

We're excited to attend another installment of Spring Training in Arizona this coming March and be assured we'll be rooting for our hometown team!

Let's Play Catch Up

Boy, does time fly! We have been in Fort Worth, Texas for ONE whole year now. Ben and I have never lived in one place for this long before and we don't plan on leaving anytime soon! We've really made ourselves at home here. Ben has a good thing going as a sub dealer for ADT and I work as the Practice Manager of the ER at JPS Hospital.  Our work keeps us both busy but we both really enjoy it! 

Church keeps us busy too; we are part of a wonderful ward and are given so many opportunities to serve. Ben serves as the Scout Master (a darn good one).  He loves working with the youth and he just got back from an awesome scout trip that he will blog all about soon.  I serve as Primary President and have so much fun working with the little ones, teaching them values that they will carry with them through their lives.  I am so lucky to be able to spend Sundays with the children, playing games, and hearing them sing! 

Of course, amidst the busyness we make time for our friends, we like to think that they are pretty awesome. There's lots of game nights, pool parties, dinners, double dates, girls nights etc.  Ben and I savor every minute we have together too. We really make the best of the little time we seem to have and take turns each week planning creative dates for each other-- it's a great motivation to get out on the town and see and do more.

Some of the things we've been up to...

Ben coached little league baseball this Spring. 

Ben caught one.

I didn't. 

We will definitely go fishing again soon since I've seriously never caught a fish before!

We painted faces at our Church Carnival! Ben showed me up by painting dragons and unicorns while I painted the easy stuff- stars and flowers. The kids loved it.

Ben took me on a surprise date to the Texas Motor Speedway, to watch Formula 1 Races. We had so much fun, especially once we put the ear plugs in... yeesh! It was loud.

Of course we saw Danika Patrick and cheered her on!

We loved having Abby, Tony & the kids come to visit.

We went to the stockyards to watch the daily cattle drive and we had a fun picnic at the Botanic Gardens.

Sure do miss having these kids around!