Maria's first volleyball game...

Charlotte and I went to watch Maria in her first volleyball game. It was a lot of fun getting to root the girls on. Maria and all the girls did great! You could tell they were a bit nervous, but they were having FUN (which is what it's all about).

Thanks Maria for inviting us, we'll be coming again during the season...Go Falcons, GO!

Cathy (Maria's GMa), Maria and Bonnie after the game.

Take me out to the ball game...

Victor won tickets at our Relay's Silent Auction for a Beavers game. My folks are watching Charlotte for us tonight, since we didn't get home until 11:15pm. The Beavers lost, but we had FUN. We didn't realize the Club Seats came with some additional perks (like free food & beverages) and we ate a full meal before we got to the ball park (to avoid the spendy prices)...oh well...we enjoyed the game, the nice weather and the amusement of the fans and Lucky the Beaver!

Thanks Team Skip For My Lou for your generous donation to Relay...Victor & I had a great time!

Why I smiled today...Fun times tonight with my hubby at the ball park!

WOW -- What a Super Bowl!!!

Boy, the 2nd half of the game was great! We really thought the Cardinals were gonna win the big upset, but it wasn't meant to be (even with all of us cheering them on). Congrats to Big Ben and the Steelers! They have now won 6 Super Bowls, the most in NFL history!

Victor, Charlie & I had a fun time this afternoon/evening at Papa & Nana's house. Charlie had fun watching everything but the football game. The rest of us hung out, ate too much food and enjoyed yelling at the TV at the top of our lungs, especially during the last 3+ minutes of the game!

Why I smiled today...Great time with Papa, Nana and the puppies! Also, check it out, my dear hubby remembered (without me asking) to take a photo with ME in it! Thanks Victor!

Super Bowl predictions...

I'm going with the Oregon Zoo's orangutans pick! GO CARDINALS!!!

Read the full story here: http://www.katu.com/home/video/38731057.html

Great TRUE story...

Why I smiled today...received this story from a co-worker....I'm now a true Kurt Warner FAN!!! GO CARDINALS!!!

KURTIS THE STOCK BOY AND BRENDA THE CHECKOUT GIRL

In a supermarket, Kurtis the stock boy, was busily working when a new voice came over the loud speaker asking for a carry out at register 4. Kurtis was almost finished, and wanted to get some fresh air, and decided to answer the call. As he approached the check-out stand a distant smile caught his eye, the new check-out girl was beautiful. She was an older woman (maybe 26, and he was only 22) and he fell in love.

Later that day, after his shift was over, he waited by the punch clock to find out her name. She came into the break room, smiled softly at him, took her card and punched out, then left. He looked at her card, BRENDA. He walked out only to see her start walking up the road. Next day, he waited outside as she left the supermarket, and offered her a ride home. He looked harmless enough, and she accepted. When he dropped her off, he asked if maybe he could see her again,outside of work. She simply said it wasn't possible.

He pressed and she explained she had two children and she couldn't afford a baby-sitter, so he offered to pay for the baby-sitter. Reluctantly she accepted his offer for a date for the following Saturday. That Saturday night he arrived at her door only to have her tell him that she was unable to go with him. The baby-sitter had called and canceled. To which Kurtis simply said, "Well, let's take the kids with us."

She tried to explain that taking the children was not an option, but again not taking no for an answer, he pressed. Finally Brenda, brought him inside to meet her children. She had an older daughter who was just as cute as a bug, Kurtis thought, then Brenda brought out her son, in a wheelchair. He was born a paraplegic with Down Syndrome.

Kurtis asked Brenda, "I still don't understand why the kids can't come with us?" Brenda was amazed. Most men would run away from a woman with two kids, especially if one had disabilities - just like her first husband and father of her children had done. Kurtis was not ordinary - - - he had a different mindset.

That evening Kurtis and Brenda loaded up the kids, went to dinner and the movies. When her son needed anything Kurtis would take care of him. When he needed to use the restroom, he picked him up out of his wheelchair, took him and brought him back. The kids loved Kurtis. At the end of the evening, Brenda knew this was the man she was going to marry and spend the rest of her life with.

A year later, they were married and Kurtis adopted both of her children. Since then they have added two more kids.

So what happened to Kurtis the stock boy and Brenda the check-out girl? Well,Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Warner now live in Arizona , where he is currently employed as the quarterback of the National Football League Arizona Cardinals and has his Cardinals in the hunt for a possible appearance in the Super Bowl. Is this a surprise ending or could you have guessed that he was not an ordinary person.

It should be noted that he also quarterbacked the Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI. He has also been the NLF's Most Valuable Player twice and the Super Bowl's Most Valuable Player. For those of you who don't know this: Kurtis is a Christian and proclaims it every chance he gets!

The better team won...

It was good, during the first half...not so much the second. We just watched the Giants turn over the ball with 58 seconds left....The Eagles were the better team today and deserve to be playing the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship next weekend!

Better luck next year Giants!

Something in the air...

It's called STATIC!! Check out Charlie's hair when she got too close to the TV. We are all in the craft room watching the NY Giants play the Eagles.

Yeah Beavs & Ducks!!!

Both the Oregon State Beavers (today) & the University of Oregon Ducks (yesterday) WON their bowl games!

Congrats to all you Beav & Duck fans out there!