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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Football Sunday!!!

Sunday was our annual Football Draft. This is I think the 5th year we've done this. We get everyone who plays together for a BBQ and more importantly the draft. The draft consists of everyone making a small "donation" to play. Then we randomly draw names. When you're name is drawn you get to pick the team you want for the season. Then, whatever team wins the Super B.owl their "owner" wins the donation jar. It's fun because every one gets a different team each year and you never know what N.FL team is going to go all the way. I ended up with Pittsburgh!!!! My boys!!! Yeah!!! Shelly got the Bears and Riley got Cincinnati.
Of course Riley had to dress up for this event. The problem was I couldn't find a jersey for her anywhere that wasn't Denver. Just because we live in Utah, and Denver is the closest NFL team to us, does not mean the whole state loves Denver!!! The only team I DID NOT want her wearing was Denver. I finally had to just break down and buy the dang Denver jersey for her. Here's pictures of the big event. Enjoy!
"Mom, I'm so ashamed, how could you put me in a Denver jersey? You know Pittsburgh is my team."
Maybe if I just sleep I won't have to deal with this Denver thing.
"God Mommy Amy, please help me, can you see what my Mom's have me wearing?"

Baby Talor cheering for Pittsburgh! Tate was too busy running around with the boys for me to catch any pictures of her with her baby sister.


Shelly with Syd giving baby Riley kisses. Syd loves baby Riley!


K, Syd and Cameron from Role Playing with Kids


After the rain the kids found digging in the mud too much fun! Glad Riley's still too little to play in the mud because there were some dirty kids after this! From left to right, Beau, Aiden, Brady, Tate, and Sydney.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very cute pictures..
We had a lot of fun.. Thanks for doing this every year! Now we should just have a Sunday football party every now and then.. Let the kids play while we watch.. :)

K J and the kids said...

You failed to mention that my wife got first pick :) WOOO HOOOO !!!!
That kind of shit never happens for us. We had a great time. Thanks for always working so hard so that we can enjoy the football season.

Kori...you are so funny. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hah ahhah aha hahahahahhhhhhaaaaa
Just LET the kids play while we WATCH football. HAAA HAAA HHHHAAAAAAHAA AH AHA uh uh (cough cough)

I think we should have Trish watch the kids while we play football. She can bring Sage. It will be fun :)

Kim aka Mommy said...

I missed ANOTHER Utah Lesbian get together?! Dang!

Sounds like fun.

Merr said...

Hey that sounds like a lot of fun! What a great idea. Riley looks way cute in her jersey even if it is a sucky team!

ajs4ever said...

So cute! I am so jealous you gals live so close and get to hang out! I bet you all are a fun group:)

Jen said...

You are SO going to win that donation jar because Pittsburgh is going all the way!
(Burtle and I are about 30 mins from Heinz Field but tickets are usually ridiculous. I keep begging for some though :-D )
Okay, you have until September 9 to get poor little Riley a GOOD jersey. You can't have her seen it that when the S*teelers play Cleveland!

Holly said...

Cute pictures! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU PUT POOR RILEY IN A BRONCOS JERSEY! LOL!!!!

Andrew already has 2 Patriots onesies and a size 2T Tom Brady jersey! BTW - Who picked the Pats! My money is on them!

You guys are so fun! I'm totally moving to Utah! LOL!

my--four--sons said...

Okay I swear Riley gets cuter and cuter every time I see her. I agree that the broncos is not my first choice but the colors look great on her!!

Anonymous said...

Pittsburg = baaaad. Cincinnati = gooood. :) Go Riley!

I'll get a Bengals jersey for sweet Riley. They are sold in every grocery store in town. They're everywhere! Miss Riley will be decked-out on game day! Who Dey!!

Karen CB. (from Cincinnati!)

Stacey said...

awww great pictures.

I am clueless about football. Besides, Canadian football is slightly different. Bigger field or something, I think. :P

Anonymous said...

Thank you again for always working so hard for us every year. I just want to tell you how much fun this football thing is. Dee, go to www.nfl.com and you can find some cute clothes for Riley.

Our Conception Story

After eight years together we were pretty sure we'd spend our life with our four legged kids, doing lots of camping, and traveling the world. On August 12, 2004 that all changed with the birth of our God Daughter Tate. We immediately fell completely in love with her and soon began to re-think our decision of not having kids.

In October 2005 we began the process of trying to conceive. As soon as we started trying Shelly began having very erratic cycles which made the process that more complicated. After four tries over six months we decided to schedule a consultation with the a Reproductive Specialist. We were desperate to conceive and on a limited time frame since Shelly had just turned 41. Dee was 35 at the time but not able to conceive due to a medical procedure.

Our first appointment with the Repro Man was May 2006. He suggested we try IVF using Dee's eggs and Shelly as the gestational mother. He felt this scenario would give us the highest chance for success of a healthy pregnancy. We spent a short amount of time weighing our options and decided this was the best choice. We began our first IVF cycle in August. They did the Egg Retrieval and Fertilization on 8/31. Three days later, 9/3, they transferred three embryos into Shelly. Then the wait began.

Shelly promised not to begin the home pregnancy test too soon. Dee had to travel out of state for business a week after the transfer and asked Shelly to please wait to test. BUT, the wait was too much for her and she started testing after a week. At first there was no line. But after a couple of days testing a faint line started to appear. When Dee came home from her trip Shelly told her, "I know I'm pregnant." Dee didn't believe her and insisted the line wasn't dark enough so she tested herself to compare. There was absolutely no line. She began to believe Shelly was pregnant but still had doubt. Dee went to the store and bought another brand of testing strips. After five home tests, we were convinced we we're pregnant due to all positive results. A blood test at two weeks confirmed it; we were going to have a baby!