Steelers v Browns

For those of you who aren't big into football I'm sorry. We breathe football at my house (okay not quite but close) in the fall and winter months! I am a big Steelers fan and my hubby is a Browns fan, his only fault! Our teams met in Pittsburgh on December 8 and were gifted some amazing seats for the game along with the company of my brother, Doug, and his wife, Renee. My team won 14-3 but it was a closer game until late in the fourth quarter for which I'm glad for my husband's sake! Plus I do like Colt McCoy because he's a Christian (I read his book) so sort of cheer for the him to do well!
Again for those of you who have no idea who I'm talking about, google it! Here's a few highlights of our evening!

Christmas Cookies!

I got brave and decided not to worry about the flour mess and let Simon help me do cutout cookies! I'm not sure how much he actually helped but he sure had fun! He was in charge of the star cookie cutter and the scooper that was in the flour which is why he had so much fun! Totally worth the mess to see his smiles :)

Sometimes We Dress Alike

This first picture I have to point out the boots! I got Simon winter boots and he LOVES them! He wore them all day when I brought them home - it was hilarious hearing say 'boots' over and over and over!


And here's me and my cutie pie cheesing it up for the camera before a game! Simon loves to say football, TOUCHDOWN and Go Buckeyes!

Operation Christmas Blessing

This is a horrible picture of me but wanted to document what our family did to bless some people this Christmas. We went to the grocery store (Chris, Simon and I) and bought all the food/supplies so a family in need could have a Christmas meal this year. We did this through our church which encouraged everyone in the congregation to choose a project to do as a family. We had fun shopping together as a family and glad we can give back during this special time of the year.

N'Awlins

Did you know Chris and I went to New Orleans over Thanksgiving?! Just the two of us! We left Simon with my parents for four days and we jetted south for the holiday weekend for a wedding. I had never been to New Orleans before so we tried to pack in as much as possible. I was 14 weeks pregnant during this trip so I was pretty exhausted but it was so nice to get away sans kiddo and the fact that the weather was in the 70s made it so worth it!

The wedding was for G and Hilary (aka Gilary) who are from Louisiana but we knew G when we lived in Seattle. A lot of Seattlites made the trek down south and it was so much fun to see a lot of our friends who I hadn't seen in almost two years.

We did some touristy stuff like the World War II Museum and eating beignet at Cafe du Monde. We walked down Bourbon Street, went to a piano bar and experienced Zydeco music/dancing which I want to learn in a later life!

Pretty Jackson Square decorated for Christmas

Artise and Amy - love these girls and miss them so much!

My hot date for the wedding :)

The happy couple