Little Ranger of the Day

This past Saturday, Sheldon was the honorary little Texas Ranger of the day at the ballpark in Arlington! It was an amazing day in our lives. We want to say a very special thank you to Jeff & Jill for making this possible. You have touched Sheldon's life with this once in a life opportunity! Thank you so much!

Mom, Dad, Grandma, PaPa and the little Texas Ranger, Sheldon, started off the evening with arriving at the stadium early. We used our season parking pass that we were given and I am not kidding when I say, we parked as close as you could. All we had to do was walk across the street and we were at the first base entrance! We then meet a young man named Justin. He was Sheldon's tour guide. He first gave Sheldon a bag full of goodies: he received a ball autographed by the entire team, a Rangers t-shirt, a Rangers button that plays music, Rangers Yearbook, baseball cards, Rangers wall pennant and a new Rangers cap! Then, Justin & Sheldon took off for their tour of the clubhouse. No one was allowed to go except Sheldon! They went under the stands and toured the following areas: Rangers Bullpen, Manager's office, Press Room, Weight Room, Training Room, Uniform room, Equipment room that houses all the bats and batting helmets, they went into the kitchen. Sheldon said they have all kinds of food ready, some healthy and some not so healthy. Then, they went into the locker room. The entire team was in there getting ready and waiting for batting practice. Sheldon said one player was spinning in the nice black leather chair that they each had by their locker. Then, Sheldon went through the dugout and out onto the field. He got to watch the batting practice from the dugout area. His favorite Rangers player is Sammy Sosa. Sammy warmed up by Sheldon the entire time. Sheldon loved watching him bat and was amazed at how hard he hit the ball. Many of the players stopped and briefly talked to Sheldon and a few shared their autographs. He did get to meet Sammy Sosa down in the dugout and Sosa signed a ball for Sheldon and shook his hand. This truly made Sheldon's night!!!!! He also got to meet Jerrod Saltalamacchia. He plays catcher and first. He stopped and talked to Sheldon for a few minutes. He also shook Sheldon's hand and patted him on the shoulder. He autographed Sheldon's new cap. Now, Sheldon has two baseball caps signed by MLB players, Saltalamacchia and Jeff Kunkel. He also got to meet another player, but we are not sure who he was. He did not have his jersey on and we did not recognize him. He briefly met Cruz. He is extremely buff !!!!! The Rangers gave us five tickets that were on row seven. They were great seats!!!!! During the game they put Sheldon's name up on the screen! And to top off an awesome evening, Mercy Me was in concert before the game. The night turned off to be nice and cool. God made everything so nice!!! This truly is a night that we will never forget. What a great opportunity for Sheldon. Please enjoy the pictures that are below and when you see Sheldon, ask him about this. He would love to talk to you about it. Those of you that are out of town, give him a call!!!! Once again, a very special thanks to Jeff & Jill -- we had a blast!!!!!!!!!