A Preview of the Playoffs with the Peterson's

This has been an amazing season for the Ranger's and I am so glad I got to be a part of it!  I know the Ranger's did not win the World Series, but I am still proud of my team!  Let's start from the beginning:

Opening Day:

Jerry and I got the 20 tickets package with Natalie and Brandon this year.  This averaged about to be one  game every home series.  I had a blast cheering on the Rangers this season.  I really enjoy baseball games.  It's nice just zone out, be quiet, and watch the game. 

Dog Day at the Ballpark:

Playoffs!!!!

All of our friends got tickets to the Game 6 of the ALCS.  We, unfortunately, did not.  But we did not let that stop us from having a good time in the parking lot.  Me, Jerry, and our friend Chris tailgated in the Ranger's parking lot.  We made lots of friends with the parking attendants and had a great time! 

Here are some pictures from various playoff games:

This is a picture from Game 4 of the World Series when Holland pitched an amazing game!

We decided to go in early to watch batting practice.  If you have never done this.... I HIGHLY recommend doing it.  It's really fun to see the players mess around with each other and they will also throw balls to you.  I was standing in the left field bleachers when Gentry pointed to me and threw me a ball!!! I was so excited that I accidentally dropped it...such a klutz!  Fortunately, Natalie caught it!  I guess Josh Hamilton saw that I dropped the ball and so he snuck over, pointed to me, and threw me a ball!  I was so excited!  Josh you are my hero!  I have always admired him and his amazing story.  If you have not read Beyond Belief I definitely recommend it! 

Fast forward to Wednesday, October 26. Jerry is emailing his professor begging him to let him out of his test on Thursday so he can drive to St. Louis. At 10, his professor finally emails him back, "Do what you gotta do. We will work it out." This gave Jerry the green light! He along with Rustin, Kody, and two other friends drove to Tulsa, Oklahoma that night. They spent the night in Tulsa and drove the rest of the way to St. Louis. They bought tickets on stub hub and were off to game 6 of the World Series.

The Arch:

Welcome to Busch Stadium!

Where Jerry stood during the game:

 Oh hey... Jim Sunberg... Jerry and his friends were able to move down to the first deck- a couple few rows behind Nolan Ryan.  I'm sure those Cardinal fans that left early were kicking themselves later! 

 Jerry and his friends decided to stay for Game 7.  How many time do you get to say you were at Game 7 of the World Series?  We all know how it ended... but I'm glad Jerry and his friends went and got to experience the World Series!  I'm going to try to get Jerry to submit a blog about his trip... with more details... hopefully he will!

GO RANGERS!

"New" Furniture!

Lauren and Dave were kind enough to give us a beautiful china cabinet, chairs, and table.   Jerry and I decided to stain it a darker color and recover the chairs.  Here are some pictures of our project:

Step 1: Sand down chairs... This is not as easy as it sounds.  Jerry did a great job!

Step 2: Stain.  This was very messy and greesy.  Jerry also did a great job doing this!

Step 3: Recover chairs.  This was my job! 

Step 4: Move into the house and fill with beautiful china from Jerry's Granny. 

We have been so busy with Rangers and school it took us about a month to complete the project.  I'm glad we did it though!  Thank you Jerry for doing such a beutiful job!

Sew Much Fun!

Lauren (my sister) and I decided to take a sewing class at JoAnn's this past Sunday.  My mom loves to sew and she is really good at it.  When I was little, she liked to make my sister and I dresses.  Recently, she made me curtains for my classroom.  I've kind of always wanted to learn, but didn't really know where to start.  Lauren and I found this class offered at JoAnn's so we figured we would take it. 

I showed up to JoAnn's 30 minutes early... big mistake.  I decided I needed bulletin board border, a funkin (fake pumpkin), buttons to decorate my funkin, and a bunch of other random stuff.  $50 later it was finally time for my class to start.  The teacher was really nice and very patient especially with me.  She told us we would be making a cute little purse.  We also got a free sewing kit that included scissors, thread, a piece of fabric, a pin cushion, and box of pins. 

There were 4 total students in the class including myself.  One girl had been sewing since she was 5, there was another lady that had always wanted to learn to sew, my sister who sewed a big fuzzy dog in home ec. in 8th grade, and then there was me.  I don't know what my deal was... but I was having a really hard time.  Everyone else seemed to really catch on to sewing except me... haha.  When I was making my purse, I got so excited that I was sewing a straight line, I sewed my bag shut all the way.  The teacher said, "Looks like you were having a party" as she was taking out the thread on one side of my bag.  Then as I was sewing the inside part of my bag, I forgot to put the thing down that holds the fabric in place as it's being stitched.  I didn't think anything of it... I just pushed the fabric through.  My teacher looked at my worked and knew exactly what happened.  Again... she pulled out my thread and I redid the stitching. 

Needless to say, I definitely not going to be on Project Runway anytime soon.  In fact, I'm not so sure sewing is for me... I think I'm going to stick to cooking and writing... haha! Here are some pictures:

This is Lauren pinning her fabric to the pattern:

Lauren: The sewing diva!

Class Clown:

This is me with my teacher... she is helping me fix my purse

The finished product!  I am actually going to use my bag at school to carry my phone and stickers! 

Here is a picture of my funkin that I made today.  I got the idea from Megan.  I'm going to put it outside my classroom.  GO TECH!