Skol Favre and the Vikes!

Not much I can say except Brett Favre played his heart out.  My heart is broken... I need some time to lick my wounds and accept that the better team did not win the NFC Championship game...

Brett thanks for an awesome season.  I am so greatful for these last few months...  I think Favre's return to football singlehandly lifted my postpartum depression.... I can still remember the second I heard he was returning (and to the Vikings no less )... it was like I won the lottery.  What an absolutely awesome year!  I am truly thankful for all the fun our family and friends had watching him play... SKOL Brett Favre!

Vikings play your heart out!

It's the moment of truth.... and as I write this.... I am physically nauseated... I am so nervous my stomach is turning over itself.  The Vikings play the New Orleans Saints on Sunday at 6:30 pm for the NFC Championship. I worry because the Vikes have not played well in any Sunday evening game this season.... If I'm not mistaken, I believe 3 of their 4 losses were Sunday evening games. Harvin, Edwards, and Williams have all missed practices this week.

The Vikings will be playing the Saints at home in their Superdome... It will be loud, really really loud. The Saints have everything to play for... America's heart is with them and the franchise definitely is hoping for their first Superbowl win.

Keep in mind that the Superdome has always been kind to Favre and the Vikings.  Favre won his Superbowl with the Packers there.  Vikings played there last year and won.  This is the 40th NFC Championship... and guess who turned 40 this year?  For a few of those reasons... maybe the Vikings will actually be just fine...

I like the Saints... I want them to win a Superbowl... just not this year.  I hope that's how it goes. Now Vikings go play your heart out!

Let the Tap Dancing Begin....

Here are a couple very brief videos of Lovie Girl showing off her new moves.  For whatever reason pictures are not allowed during class (gimme a break)... but I was able to catch a short peek on video to satisfy my parental indulgence to see my little girl enjoy her first Tap/Ballet Class.  She had a fantastic time and came home and talked nonstop about doing a pirouette just like "Cinderella".  By the way, Lovie has the rockin' green/blue pettiskirt on.... there is no mistaking her.

Vikings slaughter the Cowboys... Scandinavian Brett does it again!

Complete domination... The Vikings crushed the Dallas Cowboys 34-3 in their Metrodome... 9-0 this Season at home.  Brett Favre threw 4 touchdowns (3 to Sidney Rice) and proves once again that he's playing the best football of his life.  On to the NFC Divisional Championship against New Orleans next week. 

"I'm kind of worn out right now," Favre said in an interview with Fox. "It was emotional before the game, just to be in this position after all the stuff that took place. It's a wonderful moment."

Haiti Crisis: Please consider helping....

Since I feel absolutely helpless during the wake of this most recent tragedy... I find myself posting a plea for help/donations for the urgent aid/needs in Haiti. Please consider donating monetarily to Haiti during this humanitarian crisis. Estimates of death tolls range anywhere from 100,000-500,000 people.  Avoid scammers by sticking to legit agencies like the Red Cross, World Vision, and our personal favorite charity The IRC: International Rescue Committee http://www.theirc.org/ (a top ten gold star charity).

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Baby G playing "Peek a Boo"...

Little Baby Genevieve started crawling at a little over 5 months old. She is fully cruising now but here is a glimpse of her playing her favorite game of "Peek a Boo" a few weeks ago... what a sweetheart!

A Visit from Peter Christmas 2009

Here are a few pictures from Peter's visit home this Winter Break.  We were excited finally have Peter home again this Christmas 2009.  He brought along his very sweet girlfriend, Alex, from Arizona.  We had a wonderful two week visit and spent all kinds of family time together.  The kids and Dad spent hours playing Starcraft- 4 players- each on their own computer.  The fam also had all kinds of laughs with Mom playing Super Mario Bros on the Wii... It was so nice to reconnect, relax, enjoy family dinners, movies, poker games & snowball fights.  Lots of fun!  It was so sad saying Goodbye....