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

Superbowl Party

We were sad the Steelers lost, but we did have a fun party.  Todd and Haylee and their boys came so I got a little bit of snuggle time with the baby and newest football fan, but I had to fight over him with Sharlynn and Traci.  Grandpa Nielsen also made it up for the festivities.  We had BBQ beef sandwiches because I could get it ready beforehand and have it in the crock pot and ready to go.  Haylee and Traci and Grandpa brought salads.  Sharlynn brought vegetable trays.  We had a few sweets too, but tried to keep it healthy as much as we could.  Trevin and Tyrel were a little worried about having to go to school tomorrow with their team loss, but I'm sure they'll survive.

Steelers Win SUPERBOWL!!!!

I know, it's old news, but I just got the pictures scrapped so you get to hear about it now. Three years ago (It was 3, wasn't it?) when the Steelers were in the Superbowl last, Sean went all out and bought us all Steelers t-shirts and Terrible Towels and ice buckets to put our drinks in and all kinds of stuff. So, we were all prepared this year when they were in the Superbowl again. It was a scary game but our Steelers came through. Travis is not a Steelers fan, so he opted to be the photographer since he didn't dress up for the occasion.

3 TIME SUPERBOWL CHAMPS

We had the most exciting end of seasons ever for flag football. Trevin's team lost over half of their games during the season, most of them just by a couple of points. Last Thursday they began their playoffs and won their game with each team scoring 2 touchdowns each in the last few minutes. We went for 3 extra points on one of ours and that made the difference in the final score. Saturday morning they had their quarter-final playoff game and they were able to beat the other Elk Ridge team, the Chargers. Last night they had their semi final playoff game against the Broncos and won amazingly by a huge score of something like 59 to 63. Then right after that we had to play the final Superbowl agains the 49ers. After a hard fought battle with the other coach playing all 9 of his players at one point and the refs "didn't see it" (each team is supposed to only have 6 players on the field at at time), we came out on top and won 36 to 37. It was pretty cool! So, Travis, Tyrel, and Trevin all won the Superbowl this year with their respective teams.

Halloween is over and I'm already hearing Christmas music on the radio. It's kind of weird because it is still so warm here. Trevin was a Ninja for Halloween. Tyrel went for his last year of trick-or-treating with his friend Tyler. Travis didn't get to go this year. He said we are kind of mean that way. He thought he should still get to go. But, he went with some of his friends and watched a movie and then had air soft gun wars in the dark. He had a lot of fun, but wanted candy so I gave him a full bag we had left over and that seemed to satisfy him.

Trevin has been busy practicing for his talk in the Sacrament meeting program next week. The boys all got their report cards last week also. Trevin is the only one in his class that hasn't missed a spelling word yet this year and got E's (for Excellent) in every category. Tyrel got all A's and A-'s. Travis got mostly A's with a couple of B+'s. They are all doing very well and I'm proud of them.

Travis is getting way too tall. He is 1" shy of 6' now. Trevin has already outgrown his school pants and looks like an orphan. Hopefully Santa will bring him some pants. Tyrel is pretty average for his age, a little on the taller side but seems to grow at a steady pace instead of all at once.

Oh, I did make it to my scrapbooking goal of 365 pages. Actually I am currently at 389. WOO HOO! Now I just need to get the journaling done on them.

I had my first sale at my new online store yesterday. I was so excited. I am still in the process of getting it set up, but drop by and see it if you have time. http://www.kraftykuts.biz/


That's all for now.

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!