RANDOM TEXAS PICS

Is it obvious that I was forced to pose before we set out to the lake?

Brooke loves Grandma's little dog, Ginger.

Cousin cuteness...Apparently, this is the only place they're allowed to sit :)

Caleb, Carley & Cole

Dayley & Brooke

Carley & Emiley

Brent & Tim...My big bros

Cole & Caleb

Dayley & Grandpa

Awwww....

Yep, we're so proud.

Nathan, his Grandpa & nephew Christopher

Swimming at Nana and Pa's house.

Brooke needed her privacy on the long drive back to Tennessee.

I think my postings from our Texas trip in June are finally complete. I'm inching closer to July posting now y'all...Watch out! Slowly but surely I'm catching up on this blasted blog.

TEXAS RANGERS GAME

You gotta go see the Rangers play at least once a year...No matter where you live. The whole atmosphere at that stadium is so just cool. My parents were sweet enough to treat us to see the Texas Rangers while we were in town. Awesome! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa! Check out Nathan's (and my older brother's) old high school basketball coach still working on the yard crew. I think Coach Hernandez has been a hoser in his spare time for close to 30 years.We love Ian Kinsler...That cat is just so cool. Cole likes to wear his baseball pants like that just because he does.Win or lose, you always hope to see the Rangers hit at least one home run so you can see the fireworks go off and hear that super cool home run song...Dun nuh de duh duh Dun nuh de duh duh Dun nuh de nuhnuhnuh...You know how it goes. :)
Love some Michael Young, too. Josh Hamilton didn't play this game but, we can't go without at least mentioning his name.
Quick cheese in the walkway of the Rangers stadium with the new Dallas Cowboys stadium in the background.
Yea that's probably the closest I'll ever get to seeing that mega million dollar machine. The Rangers were playing so well and, we were all so caught up in the excitement of hit after hit that we didn't even notice Brooke messing with her extremely loose tooth. All of a sudden she yelled, "My tooth came out!" Say what?! She was pumped...That is after she verified that the Tennessee tooth fairy would still come visit her at Grandma's house in Texas.
When it was time to go to bed we couldn't find that stinking tooth anywhere. Luckily, my dad still had some baby teeth from when I was a kid and just picked one that looked closest to Brooke's. Wow. Awesome that he saved the day but yet kinda disgusting at the same time.
Poor girl can't get that other front tooth to grow in for nuthin'.
I couldn't resist taking a picture of my pretty toes stretched out across the seats for all to see...Courtesy of Nathan's softball boys. Like!

TEXAS-NEW FRIENDS

We got to hang out with some awesome new friends while we were in Texas. Well, at least they were new to me. Nathan has had a handful of softball buddies that he's been pretty close with for a few years now. However, somehow I never met any of them until this summer. That's a pointless conversation but whatever. Turns out that one of the guys has this amazing wife that I absolutely love and have so much in common with. How cool is that? Pretty stinking cool except that I've missed out on spending time with such a cool friend these past few years because we were never given the opportunity to meet...Grrrr!

Oh well, the time we did get spend together was great fun! They had a big shindig at their house with lots of Nathan's favorite softball bros, and also took us out on their boat for the day. Awesome!

BrettNatalie

Natalie and I actually got out on the tube, too. I couldn't believe how much fun it was and how hard we laughed. We were giggling like little school girls the whole time. Loved it!

Cole, Carley, Brooke & Whitney

Did I mention that Brett and another softball dude, Bill, also treated me and a friend to a day at the spa while we were in Texas??? Lunch, massage, facial, pedicure...Oh my gosh! It was amazing. I'm not a fancy girl but, I could so get used to that kind of treatment.

These guys care about Nathan so much that it's just unbelievable. All during Nathan's surgeries and recoveries they wanted to do something for him, and then they just called one day and said they wanted to do that for me because they felt I deserved a day to relax. Wow...And they'd never even met me before. Good people I tell you. Thanks guys!

Thank you so much Brett and Natalie for a great afternoon and a great evening at dinner. Y'all mean so much to us!

I now have a new goal in life...To get an awesome boat where I can enjoy in the luxury of the lake life. Can you get right on that, Nathan???? Thanks! :)