So Mom asked me to write for her since what I'm about to tell you happened while she, Scout, and Baby Doll were still in Idaho for the weekend. This is the second time I've been the host for the family Super Bowl party. I invited some people on Slack, and we had a pretty good group. The people that came were Sport and his college roommate, Curly and his girlfriend, as well as Taco, Skittles, Queso, and Carnitas.
A few days before Mom and the girls went to Idaho, Baby Doll was hoping that I would make these homemade oatmeal creme pies like I did before. She thought they tasted better than the Little Debbie's brand. And since the Super Bowl was coming up, I decided to make them the shapes of footballs. I also served tuna casserole, corn, and some appetizers, like chips and salsa, and popcorn.
As for watching the game, Sport and Curly had been rooting for the Seattle Sea Hawks, probably just as a revenge on the New England Patriots for beating the Denver Broncos. It was quite a weird game, considering that in the first half, there weren't any touchdowns, but there were some field goals.
The half-time show was different as well. The songs were mostly in Spanish, so most of us couldn't understand the words.
After the half-time show, Curly and his girlfriend tried to pull off the stunt that the backup dancers did in the show. It was crazy!
Anyway, after the half-time show, we watched the second half, and by the fourth quarter, there finally came some touchdowns. Mostly from the Sea Hawks, which Sport and Curly totally rooted for. Before the first touchdown of the Super Bowl, Sport and Curly tried to wager. They both thought that the Super Bowl would end up with no touchdowns! That's probably not a smart thing to do, but they still had a good time watching the Sea Hawks win.
The party was quite a blast. I heard that Baby Doll was worried that she thought we might end up eating all the oatmeal creme pies before she had a chance, but apparently, these homemade cookies were extremely big, and not one of us could eat more than one. So I'm pretty sure Baby Doll will have her chance by the time they get back from Idaho.
It was quite a party.
Baby Doll had a tournament in Boise this weekend. The drive is about 5 hours and we couldn't leave until Scout got off work at 4. Thanfully, it was weather-friendly.
We stopped in Twin Falls for dinner.
We finally made it to Boise about 11pm or so. By the time we were settled in our room, it was nearly midnight. Baby Doll had to be at the venue at 7:10am. Scout and I had until 7:45. First game of poolplay was at 8:00.
As usual, I got caught up in the games and I didn't take any pics. This one is part Baby Doll's team and GSL's A team.
She played with a bunch of these girls last year. You might recognize them.
Anyway, we came out as 1st place from our pool even though we lost one game.
We had a team dinner at James, a rooftop restaurant (way too expensive if you ask me). Baby Doll definitely had fun with the team.
This is what Scout and I ordered.
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After dinner. The girls went swimming and we just hung out and went to bed early.
More games tomorrow.
A couple of weeks ago, Bossy and fam came over to help tie a couple of quilts. The big one was for her little boys' bed and the small one was for her sweet little girl. As you can see, the small one was made from the leftover blocks.
It took most of yesterday and a good part of today to get them bound. I hope they love them.
Baby Doll finished her season at Bingham, and started right up with Club ball at GSL. She is basically on the same team she was on last year with about half of the same girls. The other half are new.
She had her first tournament of the year starting on Friday. Thank goodness this one was close. Our first pool play games were in Lehi. It was only about 30 minutes. As we were driving, we drove right past Trove where Sport works. So I called him and he came down to watch one of her matches. He was pretty impressed with her level of play.
She is #24 again this year. It was my jersey number from high school basketball. It's awesome that she chooses to wear it.
Pool play consisted of 4 teams and they played matches with 3 of them. We were there from 3:00-10:00 after she had most of a school day! They came in 2nd in their pool which was good news since it meant they would play on their home court at the Jetty in the morning.
More tomorrow...
Happy Birthday to you, Mom! I'm glad to have you as my Mom for as long as I can remember. I know you miss Dad, and I miss him too, but he sure still found you the most beautiful woman to sealed for all time and eternity.
It feels like recently that Mom asked me to write a post for her, but she kept on reminding me that I haven't mentioned about my fifth Samy Kind book that's been published since before Christmas. I shouldn't be dreading it, but this fifth book I wrote is about Samy Kind on the next challenge of showing kindness. This one is about showing kindness during a family crisis. Buy it on Amazon today!
Mom asked me to blog for her, since this month has been her birthday and of course Tadpole's. For this year, Mom has decided to make birthday months very special themes. For example, she wanted everyone to do a potluck on a specific color of food to bring. I was assigned to do blue and I made blueberry tarts for dessert. We had a lot of different other foods, like Mom assigned herself brown, featuring corn dogs and chips. A lot of family came over and shared their assigned colored meals with one another. It was quite a party of visiting and playing games and even trying out the different foods, like an all-you-can-eat buffet. Tadpole only had a few gifts from Mom. Mom's greatest gift was being around family with creative ideas and spending good times together. She chose the game that I received from Grandpa for Christmas, which was Guess in 10, Disney Edition. Here are a few pictures of how the party went. We were a little sad that Curly wasn't here for the party, but we were proud that he had won the football championship down in Las Vegas! I'm sure Mom will tell you all about that some time. He even has some cool souvenirs.
