Behind the dugout.

Matt came to visit us for 24 hours and it was by far the best visit I ever had with him! We had a blast! It was short, but a lot of fun! He had a lot of fun too!! He leaves today for a 7 week practice before his deployment in the fall. God bless ALL of our troops, and keep them safe especially our family members! 

I have exciting news that I got approved to do an event for Kenna's Kids at the field, and especially for sweet little Grayson. I had some disappointing news a few weeks ago which makes total sense, that you can't just promote one family without causing issues.. I got an email back from the PR team saying you won't believe who we are about to team up with (Kenna's kids) and guess who is one of the 3 kids for this year?!

this sweet little face

I wrote her back and said if you don't think this is a God thing, I'm not sure what is! It has been a very very hectic week trying to get approved, and different things about the specifics. I have met almost everyday trying to get media (newspapers, playballs, website, social media) to get the word out by this weekend. I can't get too much into detail of what I would really like to say, but lets just say I've hit a few bumps..Since everything has to come from our pockets for this event, I had a very sweet couple donate money to help me make this happen for these families, especially the Hughes.. You are making this happen, so thank you for believing in me! This event will take place next weekend (only 2 days available at the ballpark) I have decided to do a mystery ball raffle (trying to get at least 200 balls) signed by individual players, then TBD on how many signed by the entire team. This is what we are hoping will bring in most of the money. We also are doing baskets for the players with gear donated by them (Bat,cleats,gloves,etc) and then there "favorite items." I made a sheet for the guys to fill out, Jake had put in there lockers yesterday..I was thinking maybe 5 guys would do this, and in a day I already had almost the entire team give back the paper! Talk about an emotional night reading through that! That was so awesome, everyone is all in donating gear (gloves-bats could cost around $250). Jake and I went today and bought everyones favorite items like candy, snacks, drinks etc and over the next few days the girl's and I will be putting together these baskets to have in a silent auction! 

We have been very fortunate to have some friends from the Rangers who have donated some items, and hope those will go for a lot! We got balls signed from Greg Maddux (yes the Greg Maddux!!) Roy Oswalt, the list goes on! We have a great group of wives/girlfriends of the players who will be working the event those two nights, and the night "behind the dugout" We are mainly behind the scenes everyday, and most people think who are these ridiculous group of cleat chasers in the stands every night overdressed for a ball game, not realizing we are just as much in it as the guy. We sitting together minimum 3.5 hours every night..we play E.V.E.R.Y.D.A.Y....When our boys have a bad day, we have a bad day, we deal with yelling screaming fans saying terrible things if they have ONE bad outing, we aren't JUST the girls-this is our life too, and I hope that people will see that next weekend.

I will be posting pictures and updating everyone next week with some pictures, and am very excited! This will be a tough week ahead, but I am excited for the challenge and have an awesome group of girls who are going to make a difference in these families lives! 

As for now...Jake made the SOUTH DIVISION ALL STAR TEAM!! 

Alex Beeman

"Jake Brigham: Brigham's first Texas League All-Star Game comes in his second year with the RoughRiders. In 13 starts, he is 3-3 with a 4.02 ERA this season. The 'Riders' workhorse, Brigham has logged the second-most innings (80.2) of any pitcher in the TL and has thrown at least six innings in 10 of his 13 starts. Brigham also ranks second in the league strikeouts with 75. The right-hander was drafted by Texas in the sixth round in 2006 and he is a member of the Rangers' 40-man roster." roughriders


This next week, I ask for prayers. I have barely slept this week (I am my mom's daughter) when I have an idea I put everything into it! I believe in what I'm doing and want to be taken serious in this industry. I am hoping we get approved for everything today (meeting with the VP of Riders) and that everyone will come on board with us. I am so excited, just as this moment I cant think straight from lack of sleep. I just have to look at this picture, and all the hard work and tears are going to be so worth it!!