Ranger's game for Mother's Day

Drew and I were trying to think of something really good to get Mom for Mother's Day. Materialistic things are becoming less and less interesting to her so we thought it would be a great opportunity to take her to a Ranger's game. Mom had been saying for the past year how fun it would be to go and we jumped at the chance to take her.

We decided to make a weekend out of it and drove in late late Thursday night. It was an adventure having Mom and Everett, Drew and I in one suite at the hotel but it was cause for lots of laughter. When Everett cried for his early morning feedings Drew or I would find Mom standing in the hallway looking over him and asking what she could do to help. Needless to say it was not her most peaceful sleep during the weekend but she loved being so close to him and spending all her time with him.

We went early friday to get my shopping out of the way at the mall. It was fun and exhausting to have my Mom with me for this... she doesn't like to shop much for herself but she loved picking things out for me. In the dressing room she would say "well if you like it then that is what matters" which meant she didn't care for it but she was very excited about some outfits and she definitely expressed that. There is just something about shopping with your mom that is special. I tried to get her to pick out a few shirts and she found one she loved but as I was checking out she threw her shirt down and started crying. "What in the world?! Whats wrong mom?" her reply, "People out there can't do this and I can't... we need to help them." Her heart is so full of compassion for others! She didn't want to spend money on herself when others's were less fortunate. Made me feel very guilty about my Mother's Day shopping trip!

We went and met Patrick and his girlfriend, still weird that he has a real girlfriend!, at Top Golf. This was the ONE thing Drew was so excited to do in Dallas. Everett slept the whole time as Drew, Patrick and Taren took turns hitting. I sat back and watched and Mom became increasingly bored.

The next day we went to find Mom some shorts to wear to the Ranger's game and then took her to see the Farmer's Market in Dallas. We had gone last year and loved seeing all the fruits and vegetables but thought Mom would love to see the flowers! We wanted to load our already full car up with all the flowers we could but resisted since they would still be sitting in the sun for two days. We met Patrick and Taren at Pappadeaux in Arlington before the game, an all time favorite stop. 

I loaded Everett up in our snugli and off we went all dressed in Ranger's gear to our first game of the season, and Everett's first ever! He instantly began to cry and cried the whole way from the parking lot to our seats, it was dinner time! Once I got him all settled he slept for the rest of the game. We did get him his Ranger's Certificate for attending his first game. I was so disappointed because we didn't get many good pictures of him in his Ranger's gear but the ones we did were cute!


On Sunday we met Patrick at The Cheesecake Factory for Mothers Day brunch, and then took advantage of their shrubs for some famiky pics! 

On our way out of town we made a quick stop to meet the newest additions to the Blanton family Graham and Gray Burton. They were so precious and SOO tiny. It was crazy to thing that 3 short months ago Everett was almost that small. 

It was a great weekend spent with Family!!