Go Rangers!

We have some serious Rangers love going on in our house.  Neal has been a fan since he was small and he has shared his love with Meredith by allowing her to stay up late to watch games with him.  Now, Jillian is catching on and is just as much of a fan - yelling "Go, go Ranger! You win!" Neal and Meredith went to a game last year and when M was little we all 3 went, but Jillian had never gotten to see a game.  So, Neal found us a family pack of tickets on Cereal Bowl night for the kids and we headed out!  The girls were even more excited because we also got to go check out the new kids area!

First up, we got tattoos - this Ian Kinsler loving girl was really excited she got to get a tattoo of her favorite player!  She also got Rangers Captain on the other cheek.

Jillian just kept saying "I want Texas Rangers on my arm!" 

Fun near the slide and with the huge Rangers Mickey

Meredy was very excited to make a sign to hold up for Ian - it says "Go Go Ian Kinsler - 5. Meredith" And then a picture of her with Ian.  Until the wind starting blowing us all over, she would hold it up whenever she saw him come to bat or out in the field.

A big storm came while we were watching (remember that wind?) and there was lightning, so they advised us to leave the upper deck (and we were the most upper there was!) Neal wanted to wait it out but the girls were pretty nervous.  So, we eventually just left our seats to walk around. While we were out there, I decided to try to take a picture.  A man standing near us offered to take a family pic.  You'll notice that is not on the blog.  Just as he got us to say cheese the loudest most horrifying thunder hit (or whatever thunder does). The girls lost it and Neal basically hit the deck.  We felt a little silly until they started showing replays of how the players reacted, which was just as drastically. 

Before the thunder!

After the thunder, there was an official rain delay (especially since most of the players darted off the field when it happened!) And we decided heading for cover and lower ground might be a good choice. Jillian was plastered in my arms with her little hands covering her ears tightly and whimpering the whole walk.  We got lots of sympathetic looks from people passing that thought she was super cute!  Luckily, we found the $1 ice cream and had a little snack - just enough to get the game started back up again.  We watched a little more and then called it a night early.  They were losing when we left, but the game went to 13 innings and the Rangers finally won because Ian batted in a runner.  What a perfect inning to our first Rangers game with all four of us!