Merry Christmas!

A little late...but wishing you and yours a very blessed Christmas and a blessed New Year!

Thankful

We have so much to be thankful for this year.

I am thankful first and foremost for my salvation. For my husband, who has been my rock this year, for friends and family- old and new, near and far and for the Lord's provision in many ways.

As I was thinking of what I was "thankful" for, I had to pause. 8 sweet faces snuck into my head. I think back to where they were last year,and how their lives have changed in 12 months. I wonder what they were "thankful" for this Thanksgiving. You may not know them, or know their story, but they changed my life forever. They taught me what true joy is. The small peek I had into their life taught me to be grateful for all that the Lord has blessed me with, through the good and bad times.

This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for those 8 faces. And for all of the other faces they represent. And for what they have taught me about "Thanksgiving".

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This year, they are offering bloggers the opportunity to sign up for 50 free Christmas cards.

When looking at the website, I came across a few cards that I LOVED! They were super inexpensive too!

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That's The Way Baseball Go

When the Ranger's beat the Yankees (YEAH!) to clinch the ALCS, we debated about buying World Series tickets.

But, it's the World Series, and a once in a life time, never happened before kind of opportunity. So with Christmas right around the corner, we gave ourselves a trip to the World Series for Christmas! (Noticing a theme here...lol?)

Since we had 4 tickets, we gave the other 2 to our dads (the biggest baseball fans we know). Before the game, we enjoyed some time hanging out and tailgating.

We headed into the stadium in time for the "pre-game activities". George Bush Jr. and Sr. threw out the first pitch together, and it was an incredible moment.

The crowd was amazing and the team gave it their all.

It was a great game, even though we didn't win. But as Ron would say- 

That's the way baseball go.

And hopefully we'll be right back there next year!

ALDS

I mentioned a few weeks ago that we had some exciting things planned for Mark's birthday! He is probably the hardest person to shop for when it comes to birthdays, Christmas, etc...so most of the time I just give him a) something really obvious or b) let him pick it out himself! This year I finally got something he was not expecting! I got him (well, us really!) tickets to the ALDS Game 1!

We started the day out the day (with claw and antlers ready!) tailgating with my brother at Cowboys Stadium before the A&M/Arkansas game!

Then we headed out to the stadium early to watch a little batting practice! We got to meet up with both of Mark's brothers who were at the game, and even went home with a BP home run ball!

Once the game started, we headed up to our seats to enjoy the game.

We had a great time, even though the Ranger's didn't pull out a win that night!