As many already know, Jerry is a HUGE Texas Ranger's fan. He has also converted me into a baseball fan as well. This year has been a very big year for the Ranger's! They finally made playoffs for the first time in 11 years! This might sound silly, but I feel so a part of the Rangers. We went to Spring Training in March and saw all the minor/ major league players play. From March to now, we watched the Ranger's become this great team. It's exciting to see an underdog rise to the top.
Jerry got amazing tickets to game 4 of the playoff series against Tampa Bay. Since we only live about 2 miles from the stadium, we decided to walk. I've always wanted to do this, but we always went to night games or it was too hot. Today was the perfect day to walk- the game started at 12 and the weather was perfect! It only took us about 30 minutes to get to the stadium.
Our seats were 30 rows behind home plate. These are the best seats I have ever sat in EVER. Good job on the tickets, Jerr Bear.
We had a great time, but it was bittersweet. While we were at the game, the family was having Thanksgiving. I wish we could have done both.
The Rangers ended up losing-- wahhh! I'm still proud of the Rangers. We will have one more opportunity to beat the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday. Keep your fingers crossed. GO RANGERS!
This was a very big weekend! Over the summer, Jerry's mom side of the family decided we should do Thanksgiving this year in October. I can't believe that it is already October. Time really flies!
The fun began Friday night when John and Susan drove 10 hours from Santa Fe. We had a lovely dinner prepared by Granny and Jane. Jane and Granny made Tortilla Soup that was AMAZING! For those of you that do not know.... I'm a tortilla soup expert. This soup was in the Top 5 Best! After dinner we sat outside and talked about what was going on in each others lives.
Saturday we all went to the legendary State Fair. We met at Big Tex and had our first Fletcher's Corn Dog! It was amazing- no surprise there! You can't go to the State Fair and not have a Fletcher's Corn Dog. Next, we were on a mission to consume FRIED FOOD.
Stop #1- Fried Beer---DISGUSTING! That was the most disgustingly sick thing I have ever had! The man told us to bite a corner off, drink the liquid, and dip the rest in the cheese sauce. Let me just say, the only thing that was good was the cheese sauce and that probably came from a can. The liquid that was supposedly beer- was like a thick jelly like sauce that vaguely resembled the taste of beer. It was SICK!
Stop #2- Fried Peaches and Cream- A++++ This was my favorite last year. I was kind of like eating peach cobbler with cream sauce. You can see from the picture, that we really liked the Fried Peaches and Cream. We also went through an area and saw a statue of a OU and Texas player made out of butter!
Stop #3-Enough with the Fried Food- lets go see some precious baby animals. This is my favorite part of the Fair. I love petting all the babies and mommy animals---except the emu and ostriches--they just freak me out. I feel like at any moment they going to stretch their long necks out and peck me. Anyways, back to the animals. There were baby zebras, piglets, steers, goats, camels, and even a giraffe. I think my favorite an animals were the piglets. They were so cute! If Jerry would let me have a pig, I would get one. Seriously, I really would.
Stop #4- Pick up Holly, Drew, Haley, and Bretton. Bretton, Haley, and Holly had games on Friday night and were not able to come to Dallas until Saturday morning. As soon as they arrived we got another corn dog and headed toward the game. While were at the game, Jane, George, and Granny went and explored the Fair. From what I heard, the chocolate strawberry dipped in waffle batter was pretty tasty.
Stop #5- THE GAME!!! Tech vs. Baylor. I'm not going to lie, I was a bit nervous about this game. Tech has not been playing their best and Baylor totally crushed Kansas last week. Fortunately, WE WON!!! It was so nice seeing all the red and black and hearing the fight song. I've gotten over the stage of wanting to be in college... well... for the most part. Now I just think about all the amazing memories! There is no other school like TEXAS TECH!
In the 4th quarter, Jerry and I decided to go say hello to some of our college friends. Turns out they were sitting right by the Masked Rider and Raider Red. This was obviously an excellent photo opportunity.... Jerry pretends like he hates, but he secretly loves it.
After the game, we hung out with our college buddies and tried the Fried Frito Pie, Fried Cookie Dough, and Fried Butter. The Frito Pie was not that bad. I wouldn't wait in line for it, but it was worth trying once. The Fried Cookie Dough was great! I've never had it before and it was very tasty. I didn't try the Fried Butter... but from what I heard and remember from last year, it taste like a biscuit. Jerry and I decided to head back to Glenn and Jane's house. It was VERY crowded and day games really take it out of you!
On our way out, we saw that Wade Bowen was signing autographs. Wade Bowen is, in my opinion, one of the best Texas Country singers. There really isn't a song that I don't like by him.
At Jane and Glenn's we hung out with the family and celebrated George's 80th Birthday! Happy Birthday George! For his birthday he got a Wii. It was so nice spending time with family and catching up. I'm very excited about the Christmas Party!
