Stuff We Do – Page 3 – Smells Like Popsicles

Yup, I went there.

The opportunity presented itself so I just did it. If it had been more socially acceptable, I would have thrown my arms around Denard and gotten a picture of me with him too.
Rick was mildly embarrassed taking the pictures. Mallory didn’t want to be in the picture (she’s looking at me who snuck out of the frame just as Rick took the picture), and Carson was just mad it wasn’t Biggie he was getting his picture taken with.

This young man is special. Every single person that has interacted with him talks about how cute and polite and real he is.
Last …

Carson, cousins, Mallory, travel

More Punta Cana pictures

I dragged the kids out to the beach before breakfast the other day. I got nothing good of the two of them together. ARGH.

Mallory cleaning her feet off…

Then that night we tried to get one of all the grandkids on the beach in jeans and white shirts. I haven’t finished going through all of them yet, but here are some of my favorites.
This picture of Mallory CRACKS.ME.UP.

Carson doing his “sleepy face” for me. CRACKS.ME.UP.

And these are all from my little camera from earlier in the week. I have videos to share too but they will have to wait until I …

Carson, cousins, Mallory, travel

Punta Cana, the beginning

Here’s the diary of our trip (so far).
We had to wake up at the a$$ crack of dawn on Saturday to make our 8.30a flight out of Detroit. The kids did fairly well, and Carson napped on the first leg, and Mallory should have napped on the second leg but the excitement of having a Gigi and a Grandpa and an Aunt Emily & Uncle Mike, and four cousins at her fingertips was too much to allow her to close her eyes.
We arrived in Punta Cana around 4p local time (3p ET) on Saturday. After loading all twelve of us …

Carson, rb, stb, travel

Magical

Our last day in Florida found us at Disney World. I was excited that my Underground Tourist iPhone app predicted that Friday was a good day to hit the Magic Kingdom, crowd-wise.
I was more excited when we got there and found that there was a meet & greet with Ariel at the Magic Kingdom. I mean, Ariel is Mallory and Rick’s FAVORITE PRINCESS, so it could not have been more perfect!
After a quick picture with Pluto right when we walked in the park, and then a minor attitude adjustment for both kids (I was about to turn us around …

Carson, Football, Mallory, stb

2011 Gator Bowl, also known as I HATE COWBELLS

Blah.
Let me start by saying that the cowbells were obnoxious before we even got to the tailgate. The Mississippi State fans were ringing them all around downtown Jacksonville for days leading up to the game.
We had the nicest weather of the week for gameday – I made sure to sunscreen up the kids and we headed off to the stadium with the standard police escort. And nope, still doesn’t get old.
Some friends from home were down for the game and had a tailgate that the kids & I stopped by. The beer (for me) and hotdogs (for the kids) were …

Carson, Mallory, rb, stb, travel

Christmas Vacation, 2010, part deux

Our trip to Florida has been rather uneventful. The weather was SUPER yucky the beginning of the week so we hunkered down in the hotel and didn’t do much (like 30s and super windy, which I realize isn’t very cold, but it was cold since I didn’t bring our winter coats…)
Wednesday I was invited to go on the official wives’ trip to St Augustine. We got to have lunch and do a trolley tour of the city, and then we had some time to shop. That night I met a friend for dinner (Hi Amy!); it was awesome to eat …

Carson, Football, Mallory

Two weeks’ worth

Here are two weeks’ worth of tailgating pictures.
First is the Michigan State tailgate. Notice it is the first time all season we didn’t have fleeces and raincoats and hats on (well, except for Rick because he was “working”). Notice also that it was the first time all season that I didn’t have kids at the tailgate. Instead I had a lot of jello shots and beer.

These next pictures are from the next week.
Carson is fired up on Football Friday.

Now – before you go call protective services, be aware that Mallory is doing FAKE jello shots – just …

Carson, cousins, Football, Mallory

Bowling Green is a bad team

Another nasty rainy cold windy day of tailgating…must be Michigan in September.
It only looks like I’m drinking a bloody mary in this picture, but I promise I’m just holding my mom’s drink while she took our picture.

The funniest thing about this day – Mallory was about to head back into the van – it was freezing, by the way – when she spotted her cousin Lauren about five tailgates away with Gigi. Mallory was in the middle of telling me “I’m going in the van, I’m cold…WAIT – WHAT IS LAUREN EATING???” and Mallory took off …

Carson, Football, Mallory

Undefeated!

I am so glad today is over. I was so nervous going into it – I just wanted the game to be over. I wanted to know how the team looked, I wanted to know who was going to start, etc. You’d think since Rick is at practice every day he’d give me some scoop but he doesn’t tell me anything. Blah.
We had a new tailgate spot today and we also had very unseasonably freezing cold weather. Well, it wasn’t really freezing, but there were like million-mile-per-hour winds. Well, they weren’t really a million miles per hour but the temps …

Mallory, travel

Well, hellllooooooo

Hey there.
It’s been awhile.
I think the longest blogging absence since I started this blog. Maybe it ties the longest absence. But anyway. It’s been a long time, and I feel TERRIBLE about it.
So – I’m going to give you a couple of Mallory gems to get us started, and then I’ll get you caught up on our doings.

At dinner one night, Rick asked Mallory to do something (probably along the lines of “sit on your bottom” or “use your fork” or “stop bothering your brother during dinner”), and Mallory followed direction immediately, which is always a bonus. …

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