My Weekend: A Review in Pictures

Hope all of you mothers out there had a great Mother's Day! I actually surprised my mom by going home on Thursday (she wasn't expecting me until Friday night). As always, I had a great weekend with my family. I left right after lunch yesterday to speed hurry back to the Metroplex for the Rangers game. Yes, my family is aware of my baseball obsession- where do you think I get it from? :) I thought I would share some pictures from my weekend adventures!

Part of my mom's Mother's Day present. Oh yes, she loved it!

Always love seeing my great-nephews. E is all smiles! :) He likes to look at himself on my camera phone.

C has become a fan of sticking out his tongue instead of smiling for pictures. I think his father has something to do with this! :)

Kisses for Aunt Rachel (it was a little slobbery, but sweet).

C was helping his Meme with her flowers.

Aunt Rachel showing E that she can stick out her tongue too in pictures.

On Friday I spent most of the afternoon on my parents front porch reading a book. I was so wrapped up in the book I didn't notice it had started raining at one point!

My mom with four of her six children on Mother's Day.

Jesse and Aunt Rachel

My birthday is next Wednesday. This memory box was a gift from my sister Martha! :)

This sports can was a gift from my sister Mary.

Inside the can was everything I need for watching baseball- Cracker Jacks, sunflower seeds, candy, and gum. She even included a pack of baseball cards. Oh yes, my sisters know me so well! :)

Last night at the game, the first 25,000 got a pink shirt with the Rangers logo from the 70s on it. I actually like this logo. Can't say I'm a huge fan of pink, but hey, it was for Mother's Day and it was free. :)

On Saturday at the game the giveaway was a replica 1970s cap. Shout out thank you to my good friend Laura for getting an extra one for me since I was at my folks!

My Rangers homegirls- Monica, Laura, Lyn and Julie! Love these ladies!

Some of the Rangers players had their moms there- they were honored before the game. Click here for the video of that.

So the guy in the light blue shirt must have season tickets next to us. We have seen him at a least three games. Each game he has had a different girl with him. From the conversation we heard while eavesdropping minding our own business, he made it seem like he had never brought another girl to a game before. He seems nice though, despite his "player" lifestyle. He would give high fives after every Rangers run. The girl he was with last night at least knew baseball, she and I talked for a little bit about how Nolan Ryan could probably still throw a baseball 90 miles per hour.

Lovely Rangers fans!

We realized halfway through the game that the T on the field was pink in honor of Mother's Day.

So the kid in front of us was wearing an Angels shirt (that is the team we were playing. For those of you who don't know baseball, the Angels are the enemy, don't let their heavenly name fool you). Every time my friends and I would cheer for the Rangers he would turn around and roll his eyes at us. At one point I had to keep a friend of mine (who shall remain nameless) from flicking his ear. He definitely had an attitude on him!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!
XOXO!

What I'm Loving Wednesday

I'm loving...

That things around my office might be going back to normal (so hopefully no more stressful weeks!) :)

I'm loving...

Josh Hamilton. He hit FOUR home runs in the Rangers 10-3 win over the Orioles last night in Baltimore. Yes, you read that right. Four home runs. And they were all 2-run shots. And Elvis Andrus was on base all four times. It's only the 16th time in major league baseball history that a player has hit four home runs in a game. It was the first time in Rangers history that a player accomplished that. I gotta give credit to the Baltimore fans. After his fourth home run, they gave him a standing ovation. You don't see a home crowd cheering for an opposing team player too often. Thanks Baltimore for being classy! :)

Josh (32) being greeted by teammates after his fourth homer of the night. Picture stolen from courtesy of Fox Sports.

I'm loving...

Hanging out with my friends at baseball games. The Rangers have been on the road the past week, so some of these pictures are a few weeks old. Rangers come home this weekend, I'll be at the game on Sunday night (I can't go Friday or Saturday because I'll be at my folks for Mother's Day). There are very few things I put above going to a Rangers game, but family is one of them (my mom will be so proud!) :) Okay, unless it's the World Series, then the Rangers win out! ;)

I'm loving...

Meeting up with my awesome Twitter peeps!

I'm loving...

My little beach bums (AKA nephews), E and C. I get to see them this weekend! I'm so excited!

Aunt Rachel's sweet boys!

I'm loving...

This photo app called Picture Magic that I downloaded (it's free). It has really cool effects, like this one.

I'm obviously easily amused! :)

Hope everyone is having a great week!! I'm so ready for the weekend, how about you?

XOXO!

I'm Alive!

I'm alive...barely. I can't even begin to describe how busy I was last week (all work related). I promise to catch up on all of your blog posts at some point this week (although it's looking like this week is going to be just as busy). :/ I just wanted to post something real quick so you knew I was alive!

Here is a recap in pictures on what I've been up to when I'm not screaming obscenities crying into a pint of Blue Bell pulling my hair out at my office.

Bought some new Rangers sweat pants (well, they are sweat capris actually).

After a Twitter post on Monday that I was on the verge of crying, my friend Monica sent me a text with this picture of my "god-bird" Kappy. She's a sweet bird, except when she jumps on Aunt Rachel's head. This picture did make me smile though!

Even though work was awful, I still managed to workout when I got home. I couldn't find a pair of socks one day, so I pulled out my gym socks from junior high. Yes, I still have them, and yes, I can still wear them. Sad I know. But I was looking pretty cute sporting the high socks!

My friend Laura and I went to a Dallas Baptist University baseball game last week. It was fun! The best part was when the sprinklers came on during the middle of the game.

Went to Chick Fil-A on Friday with my friend Aimee. The sunset was so pretty that I had to take a pic!

Some friends and I went to the Kimbell Art Museum and the Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth on Saturday. This statue is outside the Kimbell and Aaron and I were trying to figure out what it was. We all loved the Impressionism exhibit that was inside! It's here through June- I recommend going to see it! No cameras are allowed in the Kimbell so sadly I didn't get any pictures. But I was excited to see some Monet and Renoir pieces live and in person!

I can't say that we appreciated the Fort Worth Modern Art Museum as much as the Kimbell (but the Modern was a museum in DFW I had never been to, so I can update my 101 in 1001 list with that!) This was one of the pieces of art in the modern museum. It looks like something my 2 year old nephew E could do.

Here Aaron and I are trying to figure out what we are looking at (it was a ladder that went from the ground to the ceiling.) I think we missed what the meaning of the piece was. I personally think the artist wasn't hugged enough as a child, but that is just my opinion.

Every time a bell rings, an angel gets her wings...

Now Andy Warhol I can appreciate. At least I know I'm looking at a painting of Marilyn Monroe.

There was a sign that said not to take a picture of this piece, so of course, I found that as a challenge (I know, I know, I'm a rebel). I was sneaky in how I was holding my phone so I could snap a picture. There were museum employees everywhere watching our every move (I'm honestly surprised we didn't get kicked out!)

No, a light fixture didn't fall. this is art. I'm serious. A light plugged into a wall socket is art. I don't get. I just don't get it.

We ate a late lunch at the Love Shack, they have awesome burgers. And it was a restaurant I had never been to before so that is another thing I can update my 101 in 1001 list with!

We ended our fun-filled day by seeing The Avengers. AWESOME movie. I highly recommend it! I may go see it again!

For you ladies who don't like action/comic book movies, maybe this will help persuade you to see the movie: Captain America and Thor. But I honestly would have liked it even if these guys weren't in it! :)

Me and my buddies! Mel was so busy taking pictures I think this is one of the few that she's actually in. We had reserved tickets for the movie (at the Studio Movie Grill), so we didn't have to stand in the long line. We just waited until they called us up. I must say, that is the way to go on Opening Weekend of a popular movie!

I hope everyone is doing well and again, I will be reading your blog posts soon! I promise!

XOXO!