SuperBowl

Let me first say, I am not a big football fan. The few games that Sean has taken me to have not impressed me. The fans are so crazy that they border on psychotic. I am usually too worried about whether the crazy drunk next to me is going to jump over the railing on the next touchdown to actually watch the game.

But, I loved the SuperBowl! The fans were even more psychotic, but there was so much energy and adrenaline in the stadium that I could not help but join in (a little too Lord of the Flies, I know). But, I want to share four bits of advice for anyone who will ever go to NBA Finals, World Series, SuperBowl, etc to ensure that you do not feel as out of place as I did.

1- Wear a team jersey for whoever you are cheering for (t-shirts just don't cut it)

2- Paint something on your face. You don't have to paint your entire face, but at least something on one cheek will do.

3- Dye your hair or part of your hair your team's color

4- Accessorize. Hair clips, necklaces, etc. The more the better :-)

SuperBowl in Tampa

Sean throwing a pass at the pre-game party (Isn't he a cutie!)

In front of the blow-up trophy at the pre-game party.

View from our seats

It was a great game. We were lucky that our seats were in an area sourrounded by the Arizona Cardinal season tickets holders. I wish the Cardinals would have won, but either way it is an event that I will never forget.

Golf at the Palms

On Saturday Sean and I went golfing at one of the golf courses of DisneyWorld. I agreed to go and just ride in the golf cart since my golf swing has a bit of a belly obstacle right now :-). At the time of agreement I was thinking, "Oh, its Florida. I will enjoy the beautiful scenery and the warmth and just be able to spend time with Sean." Blah, blah, blah! While the scenery was beautiful, it was windy and COLD! I was very grateful for the snack cart that kept driving around. I bought hot chocolate every time it went by. And while I loved spending time with Sean, I think next time that I can't play I will book a spa appointment or something :-)

Freezing cold (despite what it looks like)

How can something so beautiful be so cold?!?

This was in one of the ponds of the course. Look closely and you can see one baby alligator and three turtles sharing the log.

Universal Studios

We just got back from Orlando and we had such a blast! We missed the girls a ton and can't wait to take them next time, but we had a great time! Our first day we went to Universal Studios. I couldn't go on some of the rides since I am pregnant, but it was still a lot of fun.

We loved "The Simpsons" ride (no, neither of us are Simpson's fans, but the ride was awesome!). They had a studio with special effects from the movie "Twister." It was crazy how life-like it felt. Their was a real tornado and they had flames from various cars catching on fire and it got HOT! Their 4-D rides were crazy (but I always get headaches from those stupid glasses :-). This is going to sound a bit morbid (sorry!), but it was funny when one of the fairies in the Shrek ride got swatted against the screen and splatted because liquid (water, I hope!) was splattered all over us! It was gross, but really funny.

But our favorite place was Camp Jurassic. It was part of the Jurassic Park area. There was a huge treehouse with rope bridges and slides that Sean and I had a blast on.

Part of the tree had cement bunkers that we were able to climb through. They weren't really made for adults (especially pregnant adults) and we were laughing the entire time and making bets on who would get stuck first.

Taylee...

Taylee is growing up so fast! She says and does the funniest things and she is the best big sister to Brynlee. And since I plan on turning our blog into a hardback book as a family journal I wanted to record something she did last night since I was so proud of her.

When Sean came home last night he brought a old friend from Poky with him who wanted to see our house. Well, they went through the house (doing all their manly talk :-) and when they went downstairs to the theater room Sean couldn't get the "brain" of the system to connect (its been a problem lately so the company is sending us a new one). Taylee was standing with us as Sean was trying to figure out what to do and she said, "I know daddy," and the little cutie starting saying a prayer for the 'show' to work! And when she was done she said, "There daddy. Now it will work." And lo and behold it did :-). It was so cute and I cannot even try to put into words how proud I was of her. She is so sweet and full of faith. I love being her mom and I am so grateful to have her as an example for her younger siblings!

It's A Baby...

BOY! Yes, that is right. I had my ultrasound today and the tech was 100% certain that I am having a baby boy. We are both very excited. Sean has always wanted a little boy (what guy doesn't:-) and I didn't want to make my little Brynlee the middle child...yes, she will still be the middle child, but at least she can still be my baby girl! (Not to mention that I grew up in a family of only girls and those teenage years were interesting.)
We are so happy but I do have to admit that I keep thinking, "A boy? I don't know what to do with a boy." But I am sure I can figure it out (with a lot of phone calls to my wonderful sisters!)
Everything with the baby was perfect. Sean was even happy to find out that the baby had very long legs. Apparently the leg measurements were about a week ahead of the rest of the body. So, not only did Sean get his boy, but he got his basketball player. Yep, my husband is one happy daddy today :-)

Lucky, Lucky Boy...

I seriously think that my husband is one of the most lucky guys alive. Everything he touches is golden. He wins everything. It is absolutley crazy sometimes and I would probably hate him for being so stink'n lucky if I wasn't married to him.

In short, he is going to the Superbowl. A few days ago he got onto one of his favorite websites, First Dibz. It allows team's 'super-fans'to buy tickets to Final games(SuperBowl, NBA Championship, etc) at face value. But they pay a certain amount of money during the season to do it (Weird, huh? They pay money to buy the 'right' to buy face value tickets at the final game).

But Sean has found that it can pay off. He did it for the first time last year with the Kansas JayHawks (this is a college basketball who won the NCAA championship last year). He got to go watch the Final Four games and the Championship Game in San Antonio without paying ridiculous prices for tickets.

Well, a couple days ago he got onto the site and saw that to buy First Dibz of either the Cardinals or the Eagles was still cheap, so he took a gamble and did it. Lo and behold, they both won their games and are now playing for one of the championships games (I can never remember if it is NFC or AFC:-). In short, one of the two teams is going to the SuperBowl. So, Sean is going to the Superbowl. He is one lucky kid and is so excited. He has been jumping and literally dancing around the house all day.

New Years 2009

Sorry its fuzzy...phone camera:-)

We had a pretty boring (aka. very nice) New Years Eve. Taylee and Brynlee helped me to make hats during the day and we celebrated New Years at 9. They were so cute and we had a blast with them (though Taylee kept asking if it was Christmas again)

Sadly, I did not make it to midnight. Sean and I played "Ticket to Ride" (which is the best game ever!) til about 11:15 and Bryns woke up coughing. I ended up falling asleep in the rocking chair with her.