Farve Fun is over

Today is a sad day for the Snyder's (ok for me and Andy, Steve could care less) and all of football. Brett Farve of the Green Bay Packers announced his retirement. He played for 17 years. He is one of the all time greats. I just loved to watch him play. He was so much like a kid. You could just tell he loved the game. He had great stats, won a Super Bowl and was known as a guy who liked to kid with his team mates. It was always fun to watch him, because we never really knew what was going to happen. I remember a few years back when his dad died on a Sunday I believe, and the Packers were up to play the Raiders. Many thought that he wouldn't be at the game, he would be home with his family. But not Brett. He played the best game of his life. Just as his dad would have wanted. They were playing in LA, and the Raider crowd not known for their love of other teams, actually welcomed Brett. Many had signs of well wished for him and his family.

I recently read his wife's book, and it was great. I learned so much about her and Brett. It was very refreshing to see a good guy in sports, when so much of what we see and hear about is they won't play because they don't get enough money, they need more sponsors, or just plain being ugly on the field. Brett was a true good sportsman, and he will be missed.

Andy was very lucky for Christmas he got some football cards and it just happen to have #4 in the pack. I was very jealous. I don't even have that.

I grew up watching football with my dad. The great Dallas Cowboys. Before the era of Jerry Jones (yuck). That was a time of great football. Maybe that is why I enjoyed watching the Packers for many years, they seemed like a team of good guys. I started watching them when Reggie White got traded to them. I loved Reggie, he was an ordained minister, a huge lineman, and a good guy. After watching Reggie there I grew to enjoy #4. Even after Reggie was traded, I was still a CheeseHead.

It is fun to see a guy really enjoy the game.

Brett trying to hold back emotions.

Brett's wife Deanna, always by his side.

Cricut Fun

For Christmas this year the Snyder girls got the fun Cricut Cutting machine. For those of you, like me, who don't know what a Cricut is, it is a fun scrapbooking, crafting and all around cutting machine.
It was coming on Valentine's day and I thought what a great way to break in the Cricut, than to have the kids make Valentine's cards. They, and me, had a blast. There is so much that the little machine can do, it will keep us busy many a rainy day.

Thank you Kathy!

Snow Fun

I was looking at our pictures on our memory stick and came across these fun photos. It is hard to believe it was just less than a month ago that we had this crazy storm. We must have had 6 inches of snow.

Ellyn wanted to go sledding, but I guess she didn't want to wait for me to drive to a good hill. This is on the side of our drive way. She worked so hard climbing the hill with the tube, and then the tube fell, but she was not going to give up, so down on her bum she goes.

Monster Truck Fun

For Christmas Steve got Andy tickets to see the monster trucks. Andy was so excited! The two of them had a great time. It was a great father/son outing. The next day I asked Andy what he thought of the monster trucks, "It was awesome!" he said.

family fun

About a month ago we took a short family vacation. We went all the way to Salt Lake. Steve found us a great little hotel, that had a 24 hour swimming pool and free breakfast. We left Saturday after Andy's basketball game and came home Monday night. Saturday night the kids got to go swimming. On Sunday we went to the zoo. It was a little cold when we first got there, but it warmed up nicely. We normally go in the middle of the summer, so it was nice not to be melting. After the zoo we did more swimming. On Monday the kids went swimming again and then we headed up to Odgen to go to the Dinosaur Park. It was fun, but little did we know, that most of the park is outside. We will have to go back in the summer. It would be so much more fun for the kids in the summer. Lots of room to run around, giant dinosaurs with loud noises, smaller ones to climb on, swings, slide that would have been more fun had there not been 2 feet of snow. The kids did try to play on the playground, but when the end of the slide is buried in snow and the swings are sitting on the snow instead of swinging, it wasn't too much fun. We then headed home, with most of the day left to play we decided to go to see the Bee Movie. That was fun! It is so nice to see a movie that is clean and you don't have to worry about the conversations that will have happen later. We don't get to see Steve that much because of his work schedule so it was nice to have him around for a few days.

Tag You're It!!
Rules:The rules of the game are posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themself. At the end of the post, the player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

10 years ago:
I was working for Discover Card in Salt Lake and hating the drive from Provo. Expecting our first child, and not really sure where life was going at this point. But I know that God causes all things to work together for good for those who love Him, (Romans 8:28) and He has.

5 things on my to-do list today:
-School, make Valentine's crafts
-Put together bookshelves for school books I just bought
-Work on blog
-Not have a headache (wish that had happened)
-Work on taxes

Snacks I enjoy:
-Chips and Salsa! I remember getting out a big bag of chips and a bowl of salsa and sitting on the couch with my dad and eating and eating and eating. I now do that with our kids.
-Coke! I don't know if that counts as a snack, but i use it as one.
-Fiber One bars.
-Cheetios!
-Cereal with milk (my before bed snack)

What I would do if I were suddenly made a billionaire:
Build our dream home, pay off my parents home, buy my mom a new car, buy more bookshelves to hold all the books I will be buying, help our church pay off the building they are trying to buy; save, invest, and then give a little to Steve to play with.

5 places I have lived:
these are from the begining of me:
1-Jackson, Mississippi
2-Montgomery, Alabama
3-Birmingham, Alabama (several places in B'ham)
4- Salt Lake City, Utah
5-Payson, Utah
(still too many to list, that is another blog entry)

5 jobs I have had:
1-(first job) working with my dad at Cornerstone Video (a Christian Video Distributier)
2-Casalino Creative Arts (ballet teacher for pre-ballet students)
3-Arby's
4-Discover Card
5-Weight Watchers (still working part-time/part-time and loving it)

5 things people don't know about me:
-I was born in the same hospital that my mom was.
-I love fried okra and molasses!
-I have given my husband my two week notice, several times. It just gets too much for me sometimes, the laundry, dishes the monotony of it all. I mean really didn't I just wash this dish? How can these pants be dirty, I just put them away. I don't mind doing the house work, it is the maintance that I hate.
-I sometimes wish I had gone to Bible college. I have some good friends that did and I am so jealous of their knowledge of the Word. We are studing in our ladies Bible study the book of Luke. I am learning so much!
-I have a basket of books to read, and books I am reading. Right now I am reading 5 different books. (I get that from my mom) I know I would get through books so much faster if I were to read one at a time, but what fun is that?

Snowboarding Fun

Andy had his first snowboarding lesson. He had a great teacher and was the only one in the class. He said he fell alot, but still had fun. He even got to go on the lift. The best part was he didn't fall off when it was time to get off. After he had come down a run he was covered in snow. He can't wait to go again.