ALDS Game 5

Cameron's boss gave him 2 tickets to game 5 of the American League Divisional Series last night, and we had a great time. Luckily, I was able to find a baby-sitter who was willing to hang out at our house (on a week night) until midnight. And even better, they loved her!

It was nice to have a little time with just the two of us, not to mention we both love baseball. Our seats were fabulous...11 rows behind the Rangers dugout. Tropicana Field was packed!

Thankfully we aren't die hard Rays fans. Don't get me wrong, we would have loved to watch them win since they're now our "home team," but were silently rooting for Cliff Lee-the Arkansas boy. I also think Josh Hamilton has a great story and was glad see him win.

Here are a few pics from the game...

Evan Longoria
Cliff Lee

Josh Hamilton

I thought it was awesome that the Rangers celebrated with Ginger Ale instead of Champagne after their win so that Josh Hamilton could join them without being around alcohol. Hope they can upset the Yankees in this next series!

Kitchen Renovations

I'm kicking myself for not taking more "before" pictures of our kitchen. (I know Lolli, you said to be sure and take pictures before we started making changes). I do have a picture of the kitchen from the house listing before we had anything done. We didn't do a ton...just new appliances, backsplash, and hardware on the cabinets. We really don't like the cabinets at all, but it's such a big expense-they'll work. We love how it turned out and are really enjoying the house and neighborhood.

BEFORE

AFTER

Painting Pumpkins

Who says pumpkins should be orange...

Happy fall y'all!

Florida Gators

I can hear Cameron in the living room watching the Florida Gators get destroyed by Alabama (boo!), and it reminded me that I forgot to add pictures of the alligators at Busch Gardens. They were HUGE!! Scary because they are everywhere down here. I'm sure we'll be seeing more and more of them as the weather cools off. Hopefully the ones we see won't be quite this big. There was a baby gator that lived in the pond by the townhouse we rented when we first moved down. That's more my size! :)

Check these guys (or girls) out. The pictures really don't do them justice.

Yikes!

Busch Gardens

We've been so jealous of all the fabulous weather comments from Arkansas lately. Of course we miss our family and friends back home, but we're also missing Fall. Luckily, it's beginning to cool off a little in Florida. I'm not sure if it's really that much cooler or just less humid...much nicer either way. We decided to take advantage of a gorgeous day with no Razorback football to have a heart attack over and took the kids to Busch Gardens. We had a great time!

I love how close these two are. Don't get me wrong...they can fight with the best of 'em. I remember lots of fights with my brothers and I love them tons (yes Ryan, you included). Sydney is so sweet to him, and Carson wants nothing more than to be just like her. I love it!
Sydney and I loved all the animal shrubs. I think we took her picture in front of all of them. We thought this kangaroo was especially cute with the baby in its pouch.
As you've seen from previous posts, Carson is obsessed with Spider-man. He had his face painted today and loved looking like his favorite superhero. I was amazed that he sat still enough for the lady to paint it. He almost feel asleep!

Carson was "terrified"(if you know him very well I'm sure you can hear him saying, "I was terrified!") of Big Bird. He did want to meet Burt and Ernie, but only with his sissy. She's a trooper because I know she could have cared less about the Sesame Street characters.

Carson and his daddy waiting on the train.

Sydney "monkey-ing" around.

The animals were fabulous! We took a train ride around the park and saw everything from giraffes to flamingos. They were so close, and there were several of each animal. Carson's preschool class has been studying about animals from around the world the last couple of weeks so he loved this. He's been telling us if the animals live in hot or cold places, how they walk, what colors they are, and what they sound like. He's a sponge at school!

I hope you all had a great Saturday, too!