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BIRTHDAY WISHES AND TOO MANY TREATS!

First order of business today; I would like to wish Debbie a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Debbie is married to my oldest brother Pat and if it were not for Debbie, I would not be the person I am today. I mean that in a good way. Debbie has always been there for me when I needed her and in after my mother died she was the one I turned to for those issues that come up when you are 16. She is an amazing mother, a fabulous wife and I am proud to call her my friend. This photo was taken on Christmas 2007. She was trying out her granddaughter's new drums.

 

Here she is with my brother in Mexico where they spent a few weeks in January.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEBBIE!!!!!

As many of you know last night was the Super Bowl. I am NOT a big fan of football as I have mentioned many times and yet I do enjoy the Super Bowl. I was really hoping for the Cardinals to win. Since I went to High School in Phoenix and the team has a couple of players from the University of Utah I was cheering for them all night. It was a great game unlike many in the past even though it did not end the way I had wanted it to.

We had our own little party with our only guest being Mitchell's best friend Skyler. I had planned on making Cheese Quesadillas for everyone but after shopping all day with Vinny (post on Wednesday) I was wiped out. So, we dined on the following items...

We had chips, M&M's Oreos, Tortilla Chips, Salsa, Cheese Dip, Funions and Cashews. We topped it all off with Dr. Pepper and Rootbeer. By 9:00 this is how the kids were feeling...

 

Now, Mitchell and Skyler are only pretending to be out cold. This morning when the kids woke up it was for real. Mitchell and Vinny could not eat breakfast and they were both tired from staying up so late. Tonight will be an early to bed for them. Patrick was just fine. He is used to eating junk and not getting enough sleep. Charlie and I both feel fine since we did not eat quite as much as the kids.

If you are a Steelers' fan, congratulations! If you are a Cardinals' fan, I feel your pain.

I hope you all have a groovy week!

SWEET AS SUGAR!!!!!!!!

I hope some of you had the opportunity to watch the Sugar Bowl on Friday! We traveled to Atlanta to watch the game with Kent and Megan and the kids. Kent is a HUGE Ute fan and I had not met our little Catherine yet so we left on Friday morning and came back late Saturday.

As many of you football fans know, the Utes were ranked 6th and Alabama 4th. Funny that the Ute ranking was so low due to the fact that they were the only unbeaten team in the NATION! The polls all had Alabama winning by at least 10pts. Little did they know that Utah came into this game with a record of NEVER LOSING A BOWL GAME. It was a sweet game, I mean so very sweet. If you did not watch, I will let you know that the final score was 31-17 for UTAH!!! I am not a huge football fan but I did graduate from the University of Utah so I did enjoy watching the game.  We noticed that whenever I went outside for a break the Utes would not do quite as well so I spent most of the game sitting outside watching through the window. I thought for sure the neighbors would call the police with all of the screaming I was doing.

Before we left for Atlanta, I painted everyone a "U" t-shirt to wear during the game. I wish I had more photos of the group during the game but I was only allowed during commercial breaks and half time.JKLOL.

VINNY.

 

PATRICK, MITCHELL, AND JAMES. JAMES EVEN ADDED SOME RED SOCKS!

 

CHARLIE

 

THIS IS JOHN WHO I BELIEVE IS 7. I BROUGHT DOWN SOME WOODEN 3-D PUZZLES FOR THE KIDS TO DO WHILE WATCHING THE GAME. JOHN COMPLETED HIS IN 15 MINUTES BY HIMSELF! I GAVE UP ON ONE AFTER 5 MINUTES.

 

KENT, MICHAEL AND MEGAN.

 

MITCHELL AND PATRICK

 

EVEN BEAUTIFUL LITTLE CATHERINE GOT INTO THE SPIRIT.

 

SHE SPENT MOST OF THE GAME LIKE THIS. EVEN WITH ALL THE SCREAMING AND CLAPPING SHE SLEPT.

 

PATRICK IS NOT A HUGE FOOTBALL FAN AS YOU CAN TELL BY HIS LITTLE NAP DURING THE GAME.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY! TOMORROW I WILL POST SOME ADORABLE PHOTOS OF THE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE MISS CATHERINE.

CONGRATS TO THE UTES WHO NOW SHOULD BE RANKED # 1 OR AT LEAST #2 IN MY HUMBLE OPINION.

GO UTES!!!!!!!!

Tomorrow, Friday, January 2nd is the 75th annual Sugar Bowl. This year the two teams are Alabama (booooo) and the University of Utah Utes (YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!). I happen to be a graduate of the University of Utah so you can guess who we will be cheering for. If you are not an Alabama fan, please watch the game and cheer for the Utes!

FOOTBALL!!!!

Let me start by saying, I am not a huge football fan. Baseball is my sport of choice to watch. I do however enjoy a good rivalry. When living in Utah there was nothing better than the rivalry between The University of Utah (my alma mater ), and BYU. That was a huge rivalry and I tried to never miss watching the game on TV.

Well, here in South Carolina, Football is extremely HUGE! I not talking College which yes, is very popular with Clemson so close. I am talking High School Football. I have never been to one of the Dorman High School (where Patrick attends); I don't have to. I can hear most of the game from my back porch. The biggest rivalry for Dorman is against Byrnes High School. Currently Byrnes is rated #1 by USA Today. Saturday night was the big game at Dorman. Dorman has not beaten Byrnes in something like 7 years. Going into the big game last night both teams were undefeated (Dorman 9-0 and Byrnes 8-0).

So who won? DORMAN!!! The score was 35-28. Yes, our high school beat the #1 team in the nation! Patrick and Mitchell were among the 15,000 fans watching the game. I wish I had been there.

Pretty cool don't you think?

 

Dorman entering the stadium.

 

Dorman fans

 

Dorman running for a touchdown.

 

Dorman fans

 

The end!