Beginning Kendall's happy birthday weekend early, Uncle Mike & Aunt Rachel, Mason and Tucker came in today to join us for the Texas Rangers baseball game! Let's Go Rangers!
Aunt Rachel surprised Kendall with a special Rangers treat ... Rangers sparkly flip flops (aka flop flops, per Kendall). She found these at Target in her quest for Rangers gear for her & the boys and thought Kendall might like some sparkly flip flops, too. Kendall looooves them and was so excited to wear them to the game!
Kendall & Mommy rode with them, meeting Daddy at the game ... we stopped along the way for dinner at one of Uncle Mike's favorites Buffalo Wild Wings ... the cousins were soooo excited about the big game & getting to be together!
my happy little family at the ballpark ... Go Rangers!
We got to the ballpark in time to see lots of warm-ups ... our awesome catcher (& 1st baseman) Mike Napoli warmed up with pitcher Matt Harrison directly in front of us!
Getting all settled in our seats and watching warm-ups ... everyone was so excited to be there watching the Rangers!
the game ... Michael Young 1st baseman & Ian Kinsler 2nd baseman ... 2 of our favorite players!
David Murphy left fielder and Josh Hamilton center fielder ... our favorite players!
Daddy shared one of his baseball traditions with Kendall ... she learned to eat sunflower seeds for the 1st time.
We cheered, chanted, clapped & hollered for the Rangers throughout the entire game ... especially in the last few innings for a come back rally! In the 5th inning, we witnessed a huge 2-run Josh Hamilton home run that looked as though it was coming straight to us, but ended up landing in the section next to us! Then in the 6th inning, David Murphy hit a home run into our right field, so it came really close to us, too! In the 8th, Elvis Andrus hit 11 foul balls, including one that came within inches just out of the foul pole very near where we were sitting ... but in the end, we lost the game to the Tampa Bay Rays 8 - 4. We were all a bit sad about it, since the Rangers usually win ... being back to back American League Champions!
After the game, the Rangers put on a fantastic fireworks show ... it's something they do each Friday night ... and although it was really late, Kendall was sooo excited to see the fireworks. (She's been waiting all year for the 4th of July fireworks to come again!)
Fun game with family (and besides losing), it was a great way to start celebrating Kendall's big 3rd happy birthday weekend! We can't wait to go to our next Rangers game!
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