Sunday, May 31, 2009

What more could one ask for?

We just got back from our wonderful, relaxing, fun-filled weekend in DFW (one of two coming up).
The weekend she dubbed "My Birthday Weekend" started with a trip to the Texas Rangers' doubleheader with the Oakland A's. Here's a few pictures we took:

Rangers Ballpark from across the pond looking at the home plate entrance:

From our seats in the All-You-Can-Eat section in the home run porch:

We went with Bill and Donna Cranfill, Karen and Chris Cox (and their two daughters, Sadye and Josie) and Karla and Jeff Swanson (and their two kids, Tyler and Savannah). We had a great time at the all-you-can eat seats for $25 each. Lesye and I figured out that we each had four drinks and that is almost the price of admission, not to count the popcorn, peanuts, hot dog and nachos we ate (no, not all at one time, but when you are there from 5 p.m. or so until 10:30 p.m., you do get thirsty and hungry!)

Then we stayed and watched a great fireworks show to Motown Music. We had to move out of the homerun porch, so we left and moved behind home plate:
I'm perfect at the Rangers' games this year, 3-0:

One of the fireworks' picture followed by a pretty shot I took (if I do say so myself) of the park from the previous shot across the pond:


Someday, I want to go here. In case you don't know, that is Jerry Jones' tribute to himself, now known as Cowboy Stadium. It's huge. It makes the ballpark look like a toy! As you may have read in an earlier post, Leslye got us the Clubhouse Combo for my birthday which included tickets to a Ranger game in June and a one day pass to the Colonial. I had never been to a professional tournament before, but we went Saturday and had a very good time. This is us taking our picture at the hotel because you can't take your camera (or phone) on the course.

We got up early and got to the TCU parking lot around 8 a.m. or so. We boarded the bus to the course and they dropped us between the second tee and third green. Right when we got in, we had the opportunity to take a picture in front of a green screen where they then put in the 18th green behind us when they printed the picture. That was a nice momento to have.

We then walked to the Fan Fest tent and looked for a minute before heading to the stands on the ninth green. We sat there for about an hour or more before we got up and walked around. We saw every hole on the front nine before heading back towards the 1/9/10 intersection. We then got something to eat before we headed back out onto the course. There we went to the No. 13 green, and let me tell you, that was the happening place to be! Kodak was doing a "live" shot of the 13th green. We walked to the tee box and they took our picture. As you can see behind us, there were some major crowds down around the 13th green. And they were rowdy, too. After we got our picture from behind the stands on No. 13, we went walking again and saw every hole on the back nine. We followed a few of the players here and there, but we saw pretty much every player on Saturday at least once, and several of them twice. We watched for a bit from a shady area where the 15th green and the 16th par-three could be seen before making our way over to No. 18. We decided to walk back over to the No. 10 tee, and from there, we could sit in the shade and look across the pond to the green. We did that for the rest of the afternoon. I got to take a couple of pics with some trophies... too bad my golf game couldn't take me anywhere close enough to a real one though!



The FedEx Cup

The Geico Cup (don't think it really exists, but hey, it was cool anyways!)

As soon as we saw the last group hit their putts, we booked it back to the buses. Other than a line they formed at the bus door, we probably didn't wait in line for more than three-five minutes to get on and head back to the car at the TCU football stadium.

We went to eat at Abuelo's and then went swimming back at the hotel pool.

Sunday morning, we got up and left the hotel and headed to South Arlington Church of Christ. My good friend from college, Russel Heil, has been preaching there for over a year on a part-time basis, but within the last few months, he decided to go back to the full-time ministry. He didn't know we were coming, but the worship was very good, and I was excited to see him. It was good to catchup for just a bit after the service before we headed to our final entertainment for the weekend.

As many of you know, I have had Dallas Summer Musical tickets for six years, and our first show this summer was today: Happy Days.


It was good, and after it was over, we headed back home. We made a couple of stops on the way to pick me up another of my birthday presents (mesh rocking chairs for the back porch from Garden Ridge) and a lounge chair for Les to layout in.

Finally, we got home. Tired, but relaxed from a wonderful weekend. What more could one ask for? Sports, swimming, a musical and worship God - all experience with my awesome wife!

These happy days were hers and mine! Thanks Les for a great weekend that will have me "rockin' and rollin' all week long!"

Les, I love you more and more every day!

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Happy Anniversary Tami and Jeff!

Just a quick note to say Happy Anniversary to my big sister, Tami, and her husband, Jeff!


Man, I can't believe it has been 15 years since they were married. And then they even spent their first anniversary at my high school graduation!

Some things I am thankful for because they decided to get hitched:

• It gave me a good story to tell about one of the unity candles going out and Scotte having to try to relight it during the prayer.

• It gave me three of my five favorite nephews, Justin, Steven and Cody!

• It gave me one of my three favorite brothers-in-law, Jeff! (Even if he did tear my tent while chasing her with a bucket of water after they met!)

• It made my favorite oldest sister happy! (Even though she would make me drive by his house to see if she could get a glimpse of him, and yes, you could say that was sort of stalking, but as soon as we got within a couple of houses, she'd scrunch down in the floor board. I always wondered what the point of a drive-by was if she wasn't even going to look!?!)

• It gave me another wonderful example of a strong marriage based on God, and for that I am thankful!

Thanks Jeff for putting up with our family, and most importantly, for treating my big sis so well! I truly am glad you are a part of our family!


"We ought always to thank God for you...and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing." - 2 Thess. 1:3

Monday, May 25, 2009

Happy Birthday Joey!



Tomorrow is Joey's 32 birthday! Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband! Since we had the day off from work today, we celebrated today! Joey's parents and grandmother and my parents both came for the day. We had a yummy lunch of brisket, potato casserole, black-eyed peas, crunchy strawberry romaine salad, rolls and birthday cheesecake! After lunch, Joey opened his presents from both parents, his grandmother and from me. I was so excited for him to open it because he didn't have any idea and because I knew he would like it, so I couldn't wait until tomorrow to give it to him. To make it really fun, I wrapped boxes with in boxes for him to unwrap. Each box had a little something that gave a hint to the gift.














I gave him the Clubhouse Combo - tickets to the Colonial golf tournament on Saturday the 31st and then to the Rangers vs Astro game on June 16th. We will have fun next weekend enjoying the first part of the combo together!!

Happy Birthday to you! I love you!

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Getting my rock from the Rabbi


Three years ago today, May 12, my world changed. It may not have been until a couple of months later until I truly realised it and it changed completely, but three years ago today was when it all started.

I was invited on an "outing" with my sister and brother-in-law, Jami and Jason. They had two extra tickets for the musical "The Rock and The Rabbi" in Lubbock and wanted to know if I wanted to go since I like musicals. Of course, I said "sure" because I was going to their house for a long weekend anyways. "Oh," Jami said, "I might happen to have someone to go with us."

Assured it wasn't a "date" but knowing better, I went anyways. And there, I met this girl from Snyder who lived in Lubbock. The first thing I remember thinking when I saw the blonde headed young lady was, "she has a great smile and pretty eyes." I learned through the evening that she was very nice and seemed pretty smart - a month or so later, when I found out she like me, I knew the last part about the smarts was true! ;)

So here we set, three years later and about to celebrate our two-year wedding anniversary, and I couldn't ask for anything more. The song I wrote for her and surprised her with at the rehearsal dinner during the slide show was:

It started out with a musical and the rest they say is history,
It was a big conspiracy with no complaint from her or me.
Everyone had a hand in it, including our God above,
And now I'm in so deep that I don't want out 'cause I'm caught up in her love,
Yeah, well I'm caught up in her love.

I know what God was thinking when he made her and me:
"One day they'll get together, a perfect couple they will be."
No matter what life brings us up to the very end,
I know I'm gonna be happy 'cause I'm marrying my best friend,
Yeah, well I'm marrying my best friend.

A year ago from Sunday, we went out for our first time,
I'm wrapped around her finger now just as she is with mine.
I praise my Heavenly Father, again and again and again,
He gave me a wife and a partner, my life, my love, my friend,
Yeah, my life, my love, my friend.

I know what God was thinking when he made her and me:
"One day they'll get together, a perfect couple they will be."
No matter what life brings us up to the very end,
I know I'm gonna be happy 'cause I'm marrying my best friend,
Yeah, well I'm marrying my best friend.
(repeat)
You know I'm marrying my best friend, tomorrow, I'm marrying my best friend.
Copyright Joey Roberts 2007

And then I did. And thanks be to God because he put us together and guides our relationship. She's the most important thing in my life. Right behind God the Father, Christ the true Rock and the holy spirit.

She is my rock on earth given to me by my Rabbi. And I can't thank him, and everyone else who had a hand in it, enough!

I love you Leslye!

Friday, May 8, 2009

Rolls of Ribbon

I am finding that I am accumulating rolls of ribbons. Which is interesting since I do not sew and do not have a little girl to make bows for. The main reason for my ribbon collection is for my Southern Living Dress Me Up Plate. I love to change it out and to write new messages on it! Here is my latest new ribbon that I love in the plate!


I love it because it is reversible! Which is great for me because I am not the best at bow tying, and it always bothers me when the bow turns out where part of it shows the back of the ribbon. With this ribbon it doesn't matter because both sides are cute!


Ribbon is also great because it can so easily add some color to decor! Today, we had our monthly birthday luncheon at school and it was my turn to decorate. I decided to make a "Picnic" theme and used my picnic basket as the center piece on top of a red checkered tablecloth. I thought I needed some more color, so I went to my box of ribbons and found some green with white polka dot ribbon that I had coming out of the picnic basket down the table. For the counter, I found the most adorable watermelon felt baskets at Hobby Lobby to hold the napkins, silverware, and plates. I also found some cute wired watermelon ribbon and already made bows at Walmart for a dollar each. I ran it down the counter where the food was and tied one of the bows on the picnic basket. (Sorry, for all the words and no pictures. This morning when I was going early for to school to decorate, the camera was not on my mind.)

I really just wanted to show off the cool reversible ribbon that may not be a new thing, but is new to me! By the way, it also came from Hobby Lobby. Such a fun store, especially the huge one in Abilene! I might be finding myself there again tomorrow! :) Have a great weekend!

Sunday, May 3, 2009

There Is No Place Like Home

Yesterday, we had our Ladies' Day at church and then theme was "There Is No Place Like Home". We also had tablescapes on each table done by different ladies. When I heard the theme for the day, I picture Dorothy clicking her heels saying "there is no place like home", so I choose the Wizard of Oz for the theme of my table. Here are a few pictures:The ruby red slippers are my favorite part! Thanks to Mom's good find of $1 red jelly slippers at the Snyder Walmart (see Mom and Jami, sometimes your Walmart is good for something!!). I sprayed them with spray adhesive and poured red glitter on! If you ever need red slippers let me know. I now have 2 pair! My foot is not that small! :)