Saturday, November 6, 2010

I’m Sorry, Sooo Sorry!

September 8th, Seriously??!! Ashamed, I truly am. How did I skip through the entire month of October?? Quite a lot to catch up on, so here’s the highlights..

**Hit the hyperlinks throughout, for years past!**

  • Way back on Sept. 15th, Cody & Mel, celebrated their 9th year wedding anniversary!!!

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  • On the 17th, Matt & I met up with Cody & Mel & the kids, PawPaw & BeBe, and Demi & Talan, at the good ole’ Gregg County Fair! (2008 & 2009)

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I decided to be a little more active this year, and Brennan and I rode almost everything! Even this, from last year..

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  • That same weekend, I attended not one, but two baby showers.. The first, Matt’s childhood pal, Josh’s wife Ashley..

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IPHONE 074 Matt’s other childhood pal, Buddy’s, baby boy Jacob!

Second, I met up with Ginger and sweet baby Reese, to attend a friend from high school, Kassidy’s..IPHONE 114

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  • We sold Matt’s car, and bought this…

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  • Mel’s 35th bday, was October 9th, and Matt and I went over for dinner to celebrate. That next week, Addi was VIP at school, so I helped her, let her help me, make her poster! ;)

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  • October also brought us Texas Ranger playoff games, and football..

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oh, and if you haven’t heard.. Cowboys are 1 & 6!!!!!!!!!!!

  • We started getting ready for Fall..

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  • Matt picked up a ball and bat, for the first time in YEARS..  I think he actually STRUCK out here, hehe.. so much for that “draft” ;)

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  • Matt and I celebrated our 2 year Anniversary! On the 25th, we headed East to Shreveport, and made a b-line to the Horseshoe! We had a couples massage scheduled @ 2!! Matt had never gotten one before, and I had never done a “couples”.. it was wonderful, but so darn expensive! Afterwards, we checked into our room for the night, got ready, and headed to dinner at Superior Steakhouse, making it our annual anniversary dining destination!! so. good. Oh, the mac & cheese!! (2008 & 2009)

IMG_1700 our room

IMG_1702 our view

IMG_1706 our gifts

If you’ll remember, Matt and I decided to stick to “traditional gifts” every year, and this year was cotton.. I got Mattie..

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IMG_1708 the new iphone cover, I’d been dying to have.. surely it has some cotton in it, right??..

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After dinner, we retired back to our hotel, for the first half of the Cowboys game, that was until our QB BROKE HIS COLLAR BONE!!!  Seriously Cowboys, what has happened! Every week somehow gets worse! It was gambling time after that, so we went downstairs.. where I won $200 bucks! :)

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It seems crazy that Matt and I have already and only been married for 2 years!! Seeing as we’ve been together for 16!! Here’s to many more though, Mattie! It was a great anniversary day!

  • That following week, I heard Mattie on the phone one night. Usually when his phone rings at night, it’s either his brother in law, Clay, or his parents. I heard him say, “Heck Yeah, I’ll go.” ..and with only those words, I just had a feeling it was his parents, and screamed.. “Do I get to go too?” To the WORLD SERIES, that was!! To Game 3 of the World Series, Texas Ranger’s very first time! WoooHoooo! That Friday after work, Matt and I headed over to his parents for the night. We had dinner in town, followed by ice cream, some good ole’ visiting, and called it a night. The next morning, we were up and at em’, heading to the Big D! By lunch, we arrived at The Chessecake Factory (quite possibly my favorite place on earth!), checked into our hotel room, met up with Clay & Cullen, and headed to The Ballpark in Arlington!!

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IPHONE 137 “cheating on my first love!” ;)

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IMG_1714 warming up

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IMG_1722 Tim Linsicome

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IMG_1734 hometown boy, Chris Davis!

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IMG_1740 Josh Hamilton!

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IMG_1745 Kelly Clarkson sang The National Anthem!

IMG_1747 The Fly-Over, nothing quite like it!

IMG_1750 Pudge Rodriguez, catching the first pitch, from..

IMG_1752 The MAN, Nolan Ryan!

IMG_1756 GAME ON!! Colby Lewis!

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IMG_1765 Josh Hamilton!

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IMG_1782 Michael Young!

IMG_1790 Ian Kinsler!

IMG_1791 Bengie Molina!

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IMG_1806 Nolan, Laura, & George!! Love me some Bush’s!! :)

IMG_1810 Darren O’Day!!        O’Day, O’ Day, O’Day, O’Day!

IMG_1812 Largest crowd in Ranger’s Ballpark HISTORY!

IMG_1815 Neftali Feliz!!

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IMG_1820 RANGERS WIN!!

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IMG_1819 all the pitchers walking over after the win!

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It was by far, one of the GREATEST experiences EVER!! Not only can we say we went to the FIRST ever Ranger’s World Series game, but we've witnessed the ONLY ever Rangers WIN in the World Series!! The crowd was fantastic, the music was intoxicating, memories that will last a lifetime!!

One last pic, I stole off my photographer MJ’s facebook page..

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  • The following day was Halloween, and after we all awoke in our hotel room, we got ready to head home, but decided to stop and take a stroll down memory lane first, for realzz!! As we made our way through Dallas, PawPaw asked, if we’d like to drive by his and MeeMaw’s old houses..umm, yes please! Matt’s parents actually went to the same elementary school, and lived just blocks from each other, until PawPaw and his family moved to Henderson!!! MeeMaw had a crush on PawPaw, but never said anything.. after all, they were in FIRST grade!! Yeeears passed, and one day, MeeMaw saw PawPaw on TV! It was a televised game, when he was the quarterback for SMU! She ended up stalking him down, and CALLING him! The rest they say, is history!! :)

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MeeMaw’s childhood home, where all SIX of her brother & sisters lived!!IMG_1823  The house was actually vacant, so we got to get out and look inside the windows!! The NEATEST! MeeMaw was like a kid again, the memories came flooding back..

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We decided to stop at Saltgrass, for a quick bite to eat, before heading back. Matt and I headed on home after getting our stuff at his parents, we rested a bit, then I was off again to meet up with the kids for a little Trick or Treating!! (2008 & 2009)

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IMG_1832 I just had to take a picture of the insane amount of golf carts lining the streets, trick or treating! Granted, we were in Fairway Oaks, a neighborhood located on a golf course, but STILL.. trick or treating has sure changed from back in the day!!!

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IMG_1836 after quite a little trek, we all decided to hop on for a little ride, all NINE of us!! :)

one of the houses we stopped at, had a full fledge carnival going on..IMG_1840

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IMG_1842 look at that tiny little booty..all he needed was a sling on his “non-throwing” arm!!!!!!

IMG_1845 Showing all their loot!!

Halloween, was just as enjoyable as ever. Love me some Halloween!!

  • In November happenings, Mikki sent me this picture yesterday, that I just had to share..

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  • Today, we attended Brennan’s last Flag Football game of the season. They made it to the playoff’s, but their run ended today.. better luck next year Eagles, yall played a great season!

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In other football news, I’ll close with this.. a little tacky, alot hilarious, but sadly true!

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  • Next week, marks my ONE year anniversary with my new job. This past week, I’ve been interviewing leasing agents, as our second phase is almost complete. The next several weeks are going to get VERY busy for moi!! Wish me luck! Pray for patience!! :)

Until Next Time!!

Happy November!! I think I’m ready for the Holiday’s!! :)