Football Champ!

My nephew, Cameron, had a great football season! His team, the Saints, went undefeated and won the Championship game! I know I am biased, but believe me when I say that he is a really great, diverse player! He gives it his all and even fought through a few injuries this year. He's known as "Camaro" to his team because he's so fast!Every year Cameron is # 20 because his birthday is on the 20th. Here's him with my sister:

Liberty Bowl Party

Several weeks ago, we had some friends over to watch the Razorbacks play East Carolina in the Liberty Bowl. It turned out to be a houseful! We enjoyed getting to visit with our friends, eat lots of snacks & pizza and watch the kids play...as well as watch the Hogs WIN THE GAME!
There were four little kids (including Mason) and they had a ball! Mason was thrilled to have friends over to play with and they all got along really great. I'm kicking myself for not taking pictures of our guests and especially of the kids playing in Mason's room. It was a tornado! (Thanks Kim & Melissa for helping to pick up!)
I used my stadium cakepan for the first time (My mom has used it before, but not me.) My decorating skills leave much to be desired, but it tasted good!

Cameron's Championship Football Game

Last week I met some of my family at my old high school alma mater football field to watch my nephew, Cameron's team, the Saints, in their Championship game. The Saints had only lost one game all season and it was to the Cowboys, the undefeated team they were playing in the Championship~so the heat was on! Actually it was pretty stinkin cold outside but I thought a small jacket and scarf was a good choice when I left my house. Thank goodness my sister had brought a blanket for us to sit on or else my booty would've been frozen to the metal bleachers! (TMI, I know) So anyway, back to the game...

Cameron plays Defense~he is #20 (standing up in the back)

The huddle
My sister, Angela, and her bf, Forrest
My parents
Me & Mom...freezing and tired!

Look at that final score! 20-0! What a victory!

Ang & The Stud

Football & Family

Mason and his Grandpa (I love this pic!)

Last weekend, my family celebrated my Grandmother's 80th birthday! My Uncle Jerrold(my Mom's brother) and Aunt Marla (my Mom's sister) both flew in from California for the occasion. While they were here, we ate way too much good food, laughed our heads off and had fun celebrating. (more to come in the next post)

We all went to see (my nephew) Cameron's football game. Unfortunately, he wasn't feeling very good that day, but still managed to make a huge tackle! His team won big that day!

On our way to the stands
Mason cheering
The game (Cameron is #20)
Good job, Cameron!
And since we were at the new Rogers Mountie stadium, I had to get Mason's picture with this Mountie...

Footblob Cookies

Due to popular demand, here are the "footblob' cookies I made on Sunday in honor of (me not watching) the Super Bowl. For some reason I thought I could take sugar cookie slice & bake dough, roll it out, cut it with a cookie cutter & it would stay in that lovely shape. It didn't occur to me that they would spill out all over the place until I was sliding them into the oven. (I never claimed to be a baker.)
I let Mason help at first, but he was so tired (& so was I) that I went ahead & finished them.

These are the 3 that turned out OK. Mind you, I was slapping the frosting on pretty quick so we could eat them (Wayne's brother, Billy was over) & I could get out of the hot kitchen & get Mason to bed after a day with no nap (which is becoming the norm lately).

And here they are. The Footblobs. As you can see, I finally gave up and just put our initials on the last few.

Razorback Game

Yesterday afternoon, we dropped Mason off at my parents...




And headed to campus to tailgate with some friends before the Razorback/Ole Miss game


We had great seats on the 50 yard line on the 25th row







Too bad the game didn't go too great. Oh well, we had fun. After the game we headed to a Halloween party...(post to follow)

Cameron's Football Game

Let me start by saying that I know I'm biased and that I usually don't like to blatantly brag, however my nephew has got some natural football talent! We went to his game last weekend and it was very exciting! We were jumping up & cheering & clapping (Mason too) and I just couldn't believe how hard Cameron was working for his team. He's 11 years old & plays for the Falcons in Rogers. He plays Offense & Defense and will come from way behind to tackle. He catches the ball & protects it while stiff arming the opponent! Ok~It's out of my system. Bragging is done! I can't wait to go to another game!

Cameron's 11th Birthday

My nephew, Cameron, celebrated his 11th birthday last Wednesday! He is such a great kid and of course Mason loves playing with him. His party was last weekend and I'm just getting caught up...
It was a football themed party since he is getting ready to start playing football. He's very athletic and has played soccer & basketball and just finished a great season of baseball where he was chosen for the All-Star team. So on to football!

CAM (His nickname AND his initials!)

The Birthday Boy

Mason & Wayne (Mason's a little blurry--he wouldn't stay still--imagine that)

Mason sporting his football shirt

Mom embroidered his name on a beach towel--too cute!