Magic Kingdom

Merry Christmas 2010!

May JOY be your gift at Christmas

and may

HOPE, LOVE & LAUGHTER

be your treasures in the

New Year.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

The MacGrandle Family

Happy Birthday Lil' Lefty!

Thank you for the so many smiles you've brought to our family just by being you. We are so proud and grateful of the young lady you are becoming. Today, we celebrate YOU and the way you always put your heart into all you do. Happy 12th Birthday to our wonderful daughter. We love you very much.

This Turkey says, "Welcome to the Jungle"

Andrew's class is having a Disguise A Turkey Contest. Objective is to disguise Tom Turkey so that the farmer will not recognize him.

Once upon a time on Farmers Joe`s Farm, there lived a turkey who loved rock and roll. He dreamed he could play the electric guitar like the Guns N` Roses lead guitarist, SLASH. One fall day, he over heard the farmer telling his wife how their going to have a big, meaty, juicy turkey this Thanksgiving. Tom was scared when he realized they were talking about him because he was the only turkey on the farm.

He needed a plan to escape because he did not want to be eaten. He had to come up with a plan fast. A few days later on the barn radio, he heard the band Guns N` Roses was not going to play their Dallas, Texas stop on their world tour because SLASH was ill. Tom Turkey immediately he had an idea. He got his cell phone and called the band saying,” I will play lead guitar.” Guns N Roses said they would send Turkey a Limo in 1 hour.

TomTurkey ran quickly to the hay loft where he kept his cedar chest. Inside was his halloween costume Slash. Quickly he put on the long, black, curly wig and top hat. He grabbed his shades and electric guitar and ran down the dirt road to meet the waiting limo. The limo went straight to the American Airlines Center.

Slash, the Electric Turkey got out of the limo and ran onto the stage to the microphone to sing the opening song, Welcome To The Jungle. He loved being on stange up front of thousands of fans. By the end of the concert,he was almost out of breath. Turkey took off his shades and screamed ROCK ON!

Turkey was all over the TV so farmer Joe saw Turkey and said to Ma, “ We cannot eat him for Thanksgiving now that he is a super star.” Turkey was so good and the fans loved him so they let him join the band. Now Turkey could play on stage right there next to SLASH. Slash turned to Tom Turkey and said, “Welcome to the Jungle.”

The WAVE

A-mac, Lil'Lefty and MacDaddy doin' the WAVE at a Toronto Blue Jays game in 2006.

BOO! Happy Halloween!

Jack-o-Lanterns

Go Rangers!

MacDaddy is our #1 Yankees Fan! He is now reluctantly rooting for the home team.

Videos taken from iPhone. Lil Lefty pitched for the Texas Force '99 team in league game. She pitched 2 innings and struck out 6. She also walked about 6 which I chalk up to rust. She has amazing pitching talent and I struggle with how much to push her to practice. It is only softball.

A-mac's 1st game as a COON!

My Dallas Star!

MacDaddy played in his first tournament as a Dallas Star over the Labor Day Weekend at Valley Ranch. His team went 2-2 in the tournament. MacDaddy is #4 (wearing a red helmet in video) as his #13 Canada Spitfire number was taken. MacDaddy is #4... for 2 great athletes-- Bobby Orr and Lou Gehrig. Orr is a retired Canadian defenseman who is widely acknowledge as one of the greatest hockey players of all time. Orr spent most of his NHL career playing for the Boston Bruins. "The Iron Horse", Lou Gehrig, played his baseball career at first base for the New York Yankees

Welcome Home Mac Family!

Welcome home....

the development of Chapel Creek in Frisco, TX is home now.

First Day of School

A-mac started her freshman year at Frisco Senior High School--Class of 2014. Go Coons!

Lil' Lefty is in 6th grade at Hunt Middle School. Hooray for the Huskies!

MacDaddy is in Ms. H's 4th grade class at Spears Elementary School.

Happy 10th Birthday MacDaddy!

MacDaddy began his 10th birthday with his favorite breakfast of pigs in the blanket and chocolate milk. He got a Lacoste polo shirt and we will take him to sign up for electric guitar lessons and to get an electric guitar and amp this week. He had a noon hockey game in the Dallas Stars Labor Day Blast Tournament at Valley Ranch. The won their game and celebrated with cupcakes in the locker room. Minga and Don stopped by to wish him a Happy Birthday and give him his Heeleys. He chose On the Border for his birthday celebration dinner of a hamburger and fries. On the Border wait staff sang Happy Birthday and brought MacDaddy a Brownie sundae. He ended the day with an ice cream cake from Baskin Robins.

A-Mac Last Tournament as a Blazer

A-Mac played her last game as a Brampton Blazer in the Provincial Championship. Her team gave her several going-away gifts in the hotel lobby after their last game. She built some good friendships.

What Boxing Day Means to Americans...

August 5-7thPaul Arpin has had 3 guys packing up our STUFF for the past 2 days and are headed back this AM to finish Lil' Lefty's room, the remainder of the kitchen, laundry room and the family room before they takle the shed and garage.

Gold for BLAZERS!

A-mac and the Blazers won gold in the Peel Halton Bantam II Tournament held July 30-August 1 at Tom Chater Park in Mississauga, ON. Congratulations Coach CAVA and the BLAZERS! The girls went undefeated in the tournament.

Tigers WIN Gold at Provincial Qualifiers

The tournament was held on July 30-August 1 in Pickering, Ontario. The girls went undefeated in the tournament. Way to go TIGERS!

Move to Texas Day ONE - Get to Chicago

I woke up at 3:30am and woke Alex up shortly thereafter. Our objective for the day was to get to Chicago, and see a Cubs game at Wrigley Field.