I’m a little late posting these, but here are some pictures from Nathan’s and my Super Bowl party, held right here in my family room.
Our spread
Nathan took this picture
Whoops! Let's try that again and get Nonna's head this time.
Watching the pre-game
Topping it all off with fresh warm cookies
Be sure to look for Brian and Carrie in the Super Bowl crowd this Sunday. They are on their way to Tampa tomorrow. (Actually, they are flying into and staying in Orlando and driving to Tampa in a rental car.) I get to spend time this weekend with the kids. Diana, one of Lauren’s therapists, will take care of Lauren on Sunday, so Nathan and I will be watching the big game at my house.
Go Cardinals!
On my way home from work last night, I passed this. It’s about a half mile from my house.
And Kate, and Sawyer, and Locke, and Sayid, and Sun, and… Lost season premiere tonight! It’s been way too long.
I was cleaning out a junk drawer this afternoon and came across a little book that Robin made when she was in elementary school. It’s called “My Poetry Book”. The inside inscription reads “This book is dedicated to my beloved brother Brian.” Here’s the first poem:
I wish
that I could fly away to a beach
and live there for a long time
and no one
will take me home again so
I will not have to
listen to my brother.
So much for “beloved”…
After my back finally quit throbbing (turned out to be sciatica), I had a wonderful time in Boise with the Holsingers. I even managed to get out and do some shopping on Christmas Eve, and go to candlelight service that evening.
Christmas morning was a blast, watching the kids open presents while we looked out on fresh, white snow. Steven got a whole room full of Playmobile toys, and he was one happy boy for the rest of the day. I got Megan a junior sewing machine, and she quickly proved she comes from a long line of seamstresses, as she was stitching straight lines right off the bat. I came home with a suitcase full of little trinkets and big gift cards.
It was 19 in Boise on Friday morning when I left. Flights in and out of Salt Lake City were again running behind due to weather and de-icing every plane before takeoff. I got into Phoenix an hour late.
On Saturday, we all gathered at Brian and Carrie’s for a gift exchange and Honeybaked Ham dinner. Don and Betty were in town and joined us, along with the Balches, Daryl’s family and of course, “Great Grandma”. Lauren was tickled with her new “Miss Pattycake” DVDs, and Nathan couldn’t be bothered opening boxes he knew held clothes, because he was driving his Zero Gravity car up and down the walls.
Pictures are posted here on my gallery. I have a couple of pieces of leftover pie to eat up, and then it’s time to start the dieting.
