Super Bowl Sunday and PINTEREST

So, for those of you that don't know, I have a confession to make, I'm addicted to Pinterest.  For those of you that don't know, it is like a virtual bulletin board.  Instead of bookmarking the sites you like and then wondering why you bookmarked them, you can create boards with different subjects that interest you and "pin" images from the internet to the boards and then if you go back and click on it, it will take you back to the site. 

 For instance, if you find a recipe you like, you "pin" the image to your food board and then when you need to find it again, you simply glance at the pictures on your board, click on it, and it will take you back to the site with the recipe.  

Super cool huh!  It has crafts and decorating and recipes and clothes and photo tips and pretty much everything you would ever want!  Plus, you can follow your friends pins and repin them to your board if you want.  So, speaking of football (above) and Pinterest, I found this recipe for oatmeal cream cookies that were decorated like footballs for superbowl party snacks.  I thought they looked super cute, but my boys demanded homemade oreo's as their football snack.  So, I made my oreos football shaped.  They were more just oblong, but they tasted oh so yummy!  Not the best picture, but you can see it below.

We didn’t really have a team in the running this year.  The Steelers lost so we were then rooting for the Broncos to make it, but they didn’t get there either.  

Sean cheered for the Patriots because it is against his nature to cheer for any New York Teams.  The rest of us cheered for the  Giants becase we don’t like Tom Brady. In the end, it didn’t realy matter who won though.

Our favorite commercial this year was the m&m comercial.

Our game food was

tacos de carnitas

Brazilian Limeade

nachos

crackers and dip

chips and salsa

and

I made these fun football cookies that really didn’t turn out to be fotball shaped, but they tasted oh so yummy!  

We didn’t have anyone over so we just watched it on the big scren ourselves and enjoyed spending time together as a family.

Hopefully next year one of our teams will make it to the Super Bowl so we can have something to cheer for other than good snacks.

SUPERBOWL  XLVI

February 5, 2012

Played in Indianapolis, Indiana

Ward Dairy Assignment

Our ward is assigned to work at the church dairy a couple of times a year. In the past, it has been for the Elders and High Priests to fulfill the assignment, but the Bishop has stressed the last couple of times that it is a whole ward assignment. So, bright and early Saturday morning we got up and went to the church to help set up chairs for Stake Conference, had a breakfast of pancakes, doughnuts, juice, chocolate milk, and bananas and then proceeded out to the church dairy. This dairy produces milk for the church welfare system that goes up to the humanitarian center to be bottled and made into cheese and also supplies the BYU Creamery I believe. My boys warned me all the way out there of all the gross things we might have to do as they have been to the dairy numerous times. Everything from cleaning out troughs and finding teeth to shoveling manure. So, needless to say we were in our grubby clothes and shoes from last year that were too small for everyone.

When we got to the dairy, (about 48 of us showed up) we were given our assignment of pulling weeds. First of all, we pulled weeds around the rock beds that were landscaping the entrance to the dairy and then up around the main building. That wasn't too bad as there was weed barrier and rocks, so they were easy to pull and there weren't very many of them. Then we were told that there was a little calf that was running around that needed to be put up with the weaning calves. So, since our Bishop is a great roper, and since we needed pictures to prove we were really at the dairy, we all headed over there to help herd and rope the calf so it could go back to where it belonged.

Then we all headed over to pull weeds at the lagoon. What a project!! If you look at these big pictures, you can see the crew and then the 2nd picture is what the lagoon's looked like before we weeded them. There was a lot of weeds and they were on a slope so we had to pull them and then get them up to the top of the hill and then put them into big piles so that some of the others could pitchfork them into the loader so they could be dumped over the fence. The third big picture is of the lagoon after we had weeded it.

We weeded four lagoons that were huge (like the size of a football field). We were rewarded with cheese and chocolate milk and I'm sure we earned some extra blessings. We had been there from 8:00 to noon and we were tired from all the hard work. This gave us just enough time to get home, eat lunch and shower before the BYU game started, which they won by the way and it was a great game 28-27. We blocked their field goal at the end or they would have tied and sent the game into overtime. We are all so excited that football has started and that we actually get the Mountain channel this year so we can see all of the games. GO COUGARS!

Update on Tyrel, his lip is back to normal size. It only took 3 days. Trevin and Tyrel have both started soccer also. I'll have to take pictures at their next games to show you. Trevin's team has lost both of their games, but they are having fun. Tyrel's team beat the Santaquin team (which is usually a tough game). They won 5-0 with Tyrel scoring two of the five goals. He and his friend Jansen and Jansen's brother Golden were the forwards and they worked amazingly well together. It was so fun to watch. Jansen scored a goal, Golden scored a goal and then Kelsie, a girl on their team scored the 5th goal. I'm excited for their next game.

SUPERBOWL

Football is over. Yes, I am kind of sad about it. It was fun to watch my boys play and I really did enjoy the games. I am glad the practices are over. It kind of takes a toll on family time when there is practice every night from 5:30 to 7:00. Then we just rush home, eat, take showers and go to bed. But anyway here are the standings for the Superbowl.

Travis - won his final game 39-0 and then WON THE SUPERBOWL 12-6. His favorite position that he played this year was noseguard. Here is his photo!


Tyrel - WON THE SUPERBOWL 13-12. It was a close game, but they managed to pull it off. Here is a picture of him tackling the running back.

Trevin - had his first flag football game and won 39-21 with Trevin scoring one of the touchdowns! I missed it because it was at the same time as Travis' game, but Dad said he did great! He was pretty excited. He had his 2nd game last Saturday and lost. I don't even remember the score, but it was pretty sad. It was Fall Break, so there were lots of kids missing, but the few remaining hung in there despite the rain. Trevin got to play center. Here is his picture!

We went to take our annual family pictures on Conference weekend. They turned out pretty well but you will all have to wait to see when you get your Christmas cards. Sean thought we should all wear Steelers sweatshirts, but I refuse to have bright yellow clothes on for a family photo, so we settled on BYU hoodies and T-shirts.

I had set a goal to do 365 scrapbook pages this year. I've done pretty well. To date I am at 350, so I believe I should be able to get those last 15 pages done before the end of the year. Now I just need to get caught up on the journaling for all of those pages. That will have to be my goal for next year. Actually, I am about 3 years behind on journaling in my scrapbooks. OOPS!

Sports and More Sports

Well, first off I have to apologize for getting behind. It has been a crazy week!

I'll start off with sports. Most new stations end with sports, so I thought I'd be different. Tyrel's game 2 weeks ago Saturday they won 36-0, last Wednesday they won 48-0, and last Saturday they won 12-6. He has another game tonight and then will have his Superbowl on Saturday. It has been a fun season and in a way I'm sad to see it end. We all love the games, but I will be glad to not have to run around to practices every day. Tyrel thinks he is going to go back to soccer next year. He likes it a little better than football to play, but he loves to watch football and is one of the most avid Steelers fans you will find. His room is even decorated wall to wall with Steeler stuff.

Travis' team won their game last night 12-0 against their rivals, the other Payson team. It was a really good game, but it is getting kind of cold for these night games. They won their Saturday game 20-0 and had a bye the previous Tuesday, so only 2 scores for him. I, being the great mother and photographer that I am, left my card in my computer last week when I was dowloading pictures, so I was clicking away at the Saturday games last week and went to look at the pictures I had taken and lo and behold, there were none! UGGH! I have it safely in the camera now, so hopefully I can get some this Saturday. It is too dark at the weeknight games for me to get pictures. The field is lighted, but I can't get a decent photo ever.

Trevin tied at his game last week 0-0. That seems to be a popular score. All of the teams are pretty evenly matched this year. Tonight is his last soccer game and he starts flag football on Saturday. He is pretty excited for his first year of football. They are already asking me when they get to start basketball. I'm glad that there will be a little break before that starts although it isn't as bad because they only practice a couple of times a week instead of every day.

We want to thank everyone for their prayers and thoughts concerning my dad. He had his surgery last Wednesday. It was a long a stressful day for everyone but worth it. It went great! He ended up having a hemangioblastoma which is the fancy word for a mass of blood vessels. The Dr. said it was scary for a bit when he got to them and they started bleeding, but once he got all of them stopped everything looked clear and normal. They had ordered up blood, but for some reason Dad's red blood cell count was really high and once they got everything stopped it was back down to normal, so there was no need for a transfusion. They also said that it wasn't cancer and that it as a very low chance of growing back. He was released on Saturday which was a couple of days earlier than they thought and has been here at our house since Sunday to be closer to physical therapy for this week. It has been great to have him here and hope he enjoys his stay with us as much as we enjoy having him here. Here is a cute picture of him in his cap and gown before surgery. Sorry dad, I couldn't resist.

We are having family pictures this weekend as long as the weather cooperates. We did have snow earlier this week which seems really early for this time of year and more storms are coming later this week, so I hope we can get them done since we all just got our hair cut and are ready to go. Will post pictures next time I update.

Play by Play

We've had some sad news this week. We found out that my dad has a tumor in his brain and will probably be having surgery within the next couple of weeks. So, please remember him in your prayers. It has been kind of a tough week but we are all trying to stay positive. I will try to keep you updated. We love you dad!

All of us at our house have been battling head colds this past week. Trevin had one at the end of last week, Sean went home from church Sunday with one and I came down with one on Tuesday. Hopefully the other two boys won't get it.


I finally got a decent picture of Tyrel at his game this week. He almost had an interception but it was a little too high. He lost a heartbreaker of a game on Saturday. They were winning 6-0, the other team was about to score and we got the ball on the 5 yard line. Coach for some reason had them do a reverse that close to the end zone and the other team sacked our quarterback and got a safety, score is now 6-2 but we are still winning. The boys played great and held them off for most of the game. Then with 52 seconds left in the game the other team threw a long pass and they caught it in the endzone and beat us 6-8. There was some really sad looking football players at the end of that game but hopefully they can play them again for the Superbowl at the end of the season and beat them. Tyrel has been trying to get the kicker position and he was able to kick off at the game on Wednesday night. He did a great job! They won that game 25-0. He's the green #20.

Travis had some great tackles in his games this week. They won their Saturday game 18-0 and their Tuesday game 13-0. His team is doing great and haven't had hardly any points scored against them the whole season. The boys are going to their first Jr. High dance tonight. They are both pretty excited to go. We'll see if they even ask anyone to dance.

Trevin's soccer game ended in a tie this week 0-0. It was a pretty hard fought game and he almost scored twice, but both teams had really good goalies, so it ended with no score. He got to go to Dad's and Donuts at the school this morning with Sean. Our school does this as part of their reading program. The kids get to take their dad's to school and have donuts and milk and then their dad's read to them until time for school to start. It is very successful and the kids love it!

And Now for Sports....

Since that is what it seems like our life is right now, I'm here to give you the update for the past week.

Travis' team won their Saturday game against the rival Payson team 27-0 and also won their Tuesday game against the Spanish Fork 49ers 33-7 which dashes their hope of having a shutout season.

Tyrel's team won their Saturday game against the Spanish Fork Eagles 34-7 and also won their game last night against the Spanish Fork Broncos 18-0. All points scored by rival teams in all of their games were runbacks on the kickoffs. Tyrel got to be a team captain on Thursday and got to go out for the coin toss (we won and elected to receive) and led in getting everyone warmed up before the game.

Travis and Tyrel's teams both have awesome defenses. In Tyrel's Saturday game, the other team never converted to a 1st down. They lost yardage on almost every play. I lost count of how many quarterback sacks there were. Any night that they don't have games, they have practice, so I am definitely a soccer mom (or should that be a football mom? Oh why not throw in a basketball, baseball, swim team, scout, and band mom also!)

Trevin's soccer team has won their last two games 1-0. Some kid on his own team threw a ball in his face while they were sitting out for a rest and he got a bloody nose (some people's children!) So by the time we got that under control and his coach sent him back in, there was like 5 seconds left. He did play really good while he was in though. Here is a picture of Trevin at his game.

Today is Sean's Birthday (as well as our neice Alli, who is two). He is now the same age as me, yes, I'm a couple of months older than he is. We don't get to celebrate though because he is going on a scout campout tonight with Tyrel. Maybe tomorrow night....... He usually wants pumpkin pie for his birthday treat but I haven't asked him yet. I'd better sign off and go do that. Hope everyone reading this has a great day!