Oh-Bla-Di

We were delighted to host a little get together for Super Bowl XLIV last week.  And, by we were delighted, I mostly mean that I was thrilled to have an opportunity to cook way too much food for the number of people we were having over.

Let’s be honest, I show my love for others through piles and piles of unhealthy food and chocolate sheet cake.  (Thanks, PW for the recipe!)

Matt got in on some of the cooking action, too, and whipped up some super-yummy pico de gallo and guacamole to go along with the massive amounts of chips I had brought home from the grocery store.  I’m pretty sure that, just after this photo was taken, he began sobbing at the freshness of all the onion he was chopping that day.

The adults at the party really did sit and watch the whole game.  Can’t say as much for the little girls running around here.  They preferred to pull every toy from the playroom to the TV room and then snuggle up in a butterfly chair to read a book.  Super sweet.  But, next year, we’re going to have to do some football watching prep work before the big day.

Last summer, we signed up for Netflix and one of the first movies we got was Mamma Mia. Matt and I realized that we didn’t have nearly enough ABBA in our music collection. Fast forward to Christmas and now we have more ABBA in our music collection that one family probably should.

Just in case the photo doesn’t come out so great on your end, we’re just pleased as punch to announce that Ava’s going to be a big sister! We’re expecting our new little guy or girl at the beginning of September. Ava’s claiming she’s getting a baby sister, but we’ll all be surprised when the little one gets here. We’re excited that soon we’ll be a family of four!

Mobility was a bit of an issue since she was bundled to within an inch of her life and the snow was so powdery that you would just sink into it. Since she couldn’t walk much, she got around pretty good on Daddy’s shoulders.

We tried to make some snowmen, but this desert snow doesn’t actually have much moisture in it and it wouldn’t stick.

Instead, we taught Ava to make snow angels.

And then we fed her some snow. She didn’t like getting her face in the snow at first, but she was thirsty enough from all her exertions that she got used to the idea pretty quickly.

Midway through our visit, Ava got pretty fussy. That meant it was snack time. We got unbundled and had a PBJ picnic in the back of the van. That was almost as popular of an activity as the snow play.

And here’s proof we were all there together and we liked it.

Videos of the trip:

Ava getting out into the snow for the first time:

As avid readers ourselves, Matt and I are so excited that Ava’s taken such a liking to the activity. I’ve got Little Women all ready to go when she’s finally ready. Can’t wait to share one of our great loves with our little girl!