Are you ready for some football?

GO SAINTS!

So excited for some Super Bowl football today. I'm not really a big fan of NFL football - I'm more of a college football gal myself but I always enjoy watching the Super Bowl every year - even if I don't know or like the teams =). I especially love the commercials! I mean that's the whole reason for the Super Bowl right?

This year I'm actually kind of excited for the game because both teams are teams that I like and cheer for when they are playing. Of course, now they are playing each other which poses a dilemma. Don't worry though, I finally came to a decision and I'm rooting for the Saints! I made a list as to why I am rooting for the Saints to justify it (you know just in case somebody asks)

1. Jason's family is from Louisiana

2.I like to root for the underdog

3.I like Kim Kardashian and she is dating Reggie Bush

4. My high school colors were black and gold and I loved my high school.

5. The Manning brothers lived in Louisiana so in a way I'm still rooting for them

Here's hoping they win!

Food, Friends, and Family

Today was a busy day filled with great company and great food. Jason and I visited our great friends Tommy and Crystal and their precious baby, Zane. We met at Freebirds for lunch(which made Jason happy) and hung out at Borders for a bit. We then headed over to their house and the boys played Halo 3 and Crystal and I talked and played with Zane. We are so very blessed to have them as friends and love them dearly.

Smiling Baby! Can we say precious?

Why do you keep putting that camera in my face?

Lauren stopped by while we were there to see us as well. So glad I got to see her too!

After we hung out with them, we headed over to my aunt's house for dinner with the family and to see my dad who was in town for the weekend. The food was wonderful and the company was great. I was glad I got to see my dad since I hadn't seen him since Christmas. He looked much better - he had a defibrillator surgery the week before Christmas - and didn't look as fatigued. He did seem to be getting a frozen shoulder though. Jason worked on it a bit while we were there but he still has limited range of motion. So just say a little prayer for him when you think of it.

All in all - a GREAT day.

A Must Read

I encourage you to read this article. It is amazing. I'm so proud to be a part of this church. May God be glorified and may it be for our greater joy!

Happy Birthday sweet girl!

My little niece turns one today! I can't believe a year ago she was making her grand entrance into the world! Karis is so precious and I can't wait to watch her grow up and see her personality shine. I'm so sad that we don't get to see her as often as we like but I know that we are going to be buds - I can tell. She has grown and changed so much over the last year and I know that she is going to grow and change so much over this next year with more talking and walking. It's crazy! So- Happy Birthday Karis! Uncle Jason and Aunt Elizabeth love you!

What I've been reading

My parents gave me lots of books for Christmas that were on my long wish list of books. I had the week off after Christmas and although I had my niece here, I was able to read at night and stay up late to read. I have finished 3 books and I'm on book four already. I may or may not be staying up late to read even when I have to work in the morning. So here is a review of the books that I have finished:

This was about a little girl with osteogenia imperfecta (brittle bone disease) who breaks bones by just running into things. Her mother decides to sue her Ob-gyn for a wrongful birth suit to get money for her daughter. Jodi Piccoult always seems to find controversial issues to write about it and the ones that I have read all seem to have a court case. Overall, I liked this book and it gave a greater picture of what these people have to go through, but like all the Piccoult books I've read - it's not a happily ever after ending.

This author has written many historical fiction novels. She wrote the Other Boleyn girl that was turned into a movie. I loved this book! It's the story of the War of the Roses before King Henry VIII and the war for the throne. It's also the story of the two princes that were kept in the tower and no one to this day is for sure what happened to them. I am big fan of historical fiction because although I know not everything in the book is true, I always end up researching the characters after I finish reading the book.

This was book was weird. Good but weird. There were some things I didn't care for - graphic details of things I don't want to read and the way it would jump from character to character third person without warning. I'm now reading The Time Traveler's Wife which is written by the same author and have come to realize I think it's this lady's style of writing overall. The verdict is still out.

The Bachelor

So you may have read this post where I talked about Wes and the ridicoulousness of ABC to make up crap for ratings. Well...they are at it again. This time by ruining a girl's reputation and saying she had an inappropriate relationship with a staffer. I feel so bad for Rozlyn. Why does ABC think its necessary to get ratings by throwing somebody under the bus and making her look like a hoe? I am totally appalled at the producers and at Chris Harrison who are so willing to lie for the sake of the show! I can't believe they call this reality t.v! I am now more than a believer that this is all staged and how silly it is.

However, I still am going to watch this season because of the blogs that I read about it and to make fun of it. I swear I don't know where they get some of these girls but Michelle (crazy cuckoo Michelle) I think might just be the closest one I've seen that needs to be placed in a mental hospital. I mean, wow......

And the cheesiest award last night goes to the "On the wings of Love" clip while Ali and Jake are in the plane - was that really necessary? I think not.

Anyways, if anyone is looking for a good laugh please read www.ihategreenbeans.com. Lincee, the girl who writes the blog, does a recap of the bachelor every Tuesday and gives a comical side to it. I have almost spewed whatever I was drinking because of one of her comments.

P.S. If anyone is into finding out spoilers like me, then head on over to Reality Steve. He's got some good ones. He knows who Jake chooses and knows the real story behind the "scandal" that came out in last night's episode. You won't believe who he chooses in the end. And I know that you could say, well he may be wrong, but he also said who was going to get roses on the dates and what the group dates were for several of the episodes and right now -he's 100% accurate.

I'm so embarrassed that I used to think that this show was real. It's as real as the "two girls" that every girl seems to want to flaunt this season - which means - fake as the oakleys that you buy in Mexico.

Guess what?...

..I had waiting for me in the mail this evening when I came home from work? My Nikon D40 that I bid and won on Ebay. I was so happy - I did my own little dance. I'm so excited to learn how to use this camera and I'm hoping it won't just magically break like my old camera did 3 weeks ago. Maybe I'll even take a photography class...but I'm getting ahead of myself. For now, I will leave you with this:

It's ok to drool....I won't tell anyone =).