Superbowl Weekend

Four years ago, Superbowl Sunday would have consisted of going to a friend's house, eating yummy food, then sleeping through the ENTIRE game, boys yelling and all. I wouldn't have been able to tell you what a first down was, any positions besides the quarterback, or even how many points a touchdown equals. Boy how things have changed...

THIS Superbowl Weekend was filled with family, friends, football, food, and snowboarding. Friday night Robert, Marty, Brian, Jackson, and I left for Fresno and stayed in a hotel, compliments of the Welty's. Saturday morning Robert, Brian, and I packed up our stuff, said goodbye to Mima and Jackson, and headed up the mountain. We were a little worried when we didn't see a speck of snow almost the whole way up the mountain and the temperature was getting into the 40's, but the day ending up being so perfect for a weekend snowboarding trip. It was warm enough that we weren't freezing our butts off and the snow softened up very nicely, but it cooled down later so it didn't turn into slush. Brian and I hadn't gone snowboarding in 2 years (what with the pregnancy and all) and even then I had only gone 5 times that winter 2 years ago. But all was well and we picked up right where we left off, Brian of course shredding it up and just being awesome as always, and me tailing behind and carving both ways occasionally.

Sunday I made my mom's yummy recipe for pasta salad consisting of bacon, tomato, and Santa Maria style seasoning; and homemade cookies. We then headed to the Espinal's home where we ate delicious tacos. It was so fun for Brian to finally watch a game with a bunch of men instead of with me (but I will say I am learning the game quite nicely and even enjoy it!) The boys yelled, jumped up and down, wrestled, ate meat, you know, all the manly stuff. The girls sat at the table and pretty much talked about babies and birth stories, two of my favorite subjects ; )

We just absolutely LOVE our ward! At some of our old wards like in Idaho we never really felt like we connected with anybody but here we have so many fun friends with kids Jackson's age that we can relate to. We have Girls Nights, Play Groups, and FHE once a month with all the young families in the ward. We seriously want to stay in this ward forever and watch Jackson and our other children grow up with these kids!