Super Bowl XLV – Here we go Steelers!

Can you believe we went to the SUPER BOWL again???  We had a great super bowl party and enjoyed cheering for our Steelers.  I spent the last 2 weeks worried about this game.  Too bad we had to experience losing… But only 2 teams got to even go so “no shame in our game.”  The kids get so much flack at school for being Steeler fans.  These Seahawk fans in Washington can not get over losing to us in Super Bowl XL. 

  We had fun making treats and decorating.  Our friends the Wards came over. Loved everything but the final score!

  We’ll get them next year!  GO STEELERS!

Showing our True Colors

The girls dressed for church with style on AFC playoff Sunday with black and gold.  GO STEELERS!  Such a great game against the Jets.  Can’t believe we are going to the SuperBowl again. 

Steeler Boys

Football!

Well, we are dressed up for the last game of the season.

Our boys won but now we are waiting for other teams to win or lose
so that we can go to the playoffs....

GO STEELERS!

Thanks for the flag Tammy! The UPS guy was loving it today. He made a comment on how he loves the Steelers!

Great Monday night football game! Love the DVR - Mike and I didn't even start it until 9 pm and stayed up until midnight watching. They looked good! (Minus the first quarter...)

It was hard to watch a professional sports game without seeing my brothers in the stands. When Heinz Ward threw his touchdown football to one of the fans wearing his jersey - I expected it to be David or Kerry!

HOW SWEET IT IS!!!

What a game - what a victory!

It's like we were waving our terrible towels one second and crying into them the next! Congratulations Steelers on your sweet and hard fought victory over the Arizona Cardinals.

We came home from church, changed into our black and gold jerseys and sat down to cheer our boys on to victory. We had some great food and wonderful company. Tammy and Toby and little Rookie of the year came for the weekend to share the Superbowl with us.

How fun it was to share the excitement of the game with friends and family. Our neighbors (avid Seahawks fans...) brought us over a "consolation" prize of Steeler plates and napkins for our party. They were thinking of us but hoping we would lose to the Cardinals. (Are they still bitter over Super Bowl XL?? - Not really. They are great!)
We had a couple of victory cakes. Tammy ordered a Terrible Towel cake and was able to bring it on the plane. That's a fragile carry on!

We had fun making some Superbowl cookies on Saturday. The girls are sooooo creative. I love the jersey cookies. Almost too cute to eat!





It was so fun to call and text my brothers and sisters during the game. I was shocked when David actually answered his phone after halftime. He was lucky enough to be at the game! For that reason alone WE HAD TO WIN! He said it was awesome to be there. He did admit that his boys were crying into their terrible towels during the 2 MINUTES that Arizona had the lead.

Was it really only 2 minutes - it seemed like 2 hours. I was sweating it out and helping Melissa who had some tears of her own. We were discussing how to be brave and gracious losers. "Oh me of little faith!"Stephen had a big Superbowl party at his house and I got to talk to Mom and Linda and Steve. Kerry even texted me - "Sweet!" And Carol and Diane were watching and cheering here in Spokane!

The Steelers - known for their awesome defense - and was not the Harrison touchdown so sweet - but in the end it was the offense that came through. I love you Big BEN.

***Note to the team - Please do not win in the last 37 seconds of the game next time. The crowds may love it but I prefer a safer point spread!

GO STEELERS! Such a sweet victory. How fun to grow up in Pittsburgh and share all this fun with our family! GO STEELERS!

GO STEELERS! NFL DAY AT SCHOOL

The girls were in their black and gold this morning for school. It is NFL day at Summit School.

Exciting because :

1. Logos are not usually allowed with the school dress code but they get to wear them today.

2. And obviously because we are the Steeler family! All year long the girls talk about their Steeler pride and today they get to wear it.

I even allowed black nail polish tastefully mixed with gold - as long as it is in the name of Steeler pride. We love these guys! Bring on the Superbowl!

We are excited for the Superbowl this Sunday. Let's go Steelers!