Happy Superbowl!

We love the Packers at our house! It was so much fun to watch a team of ours win last night. We were a little nervous on that last drive by the Steelers, but luckily Clay Matthews and the boys on Defense got it done. I use to know nothing about football. Then, once Casey and I were married, I would sit with him and his Dad watching the BYU games and ask endless questions. Now I love football. We had a good Superbowl party complete with lots of tasty junk food for dinner. I made soft pretzels from scratch, so yummy, and we also had a spread of burritos, sloppy joes, sausage dip, cake, candy, nachos, and popcorn. So fun! No, sadly football is over until August. We will turn on our Jazz team spirit now and hope for another good run in basketball. Hopefully Jimmer will keep the BYU basketball team on top as well. Oh, one more comment about the Superbowl--How do you mess up the National Anthem? The commercials were also a bit of a let-down, but the Packers one so nothing else, including Fergie's flat man-voice, really matters! Go Packers! We just love Rogers, Jennings, Matthews, and Driver!

A Whirlwind

Well, since Halloween we've been experiencing nothing more than craziness here at the Duke house. I'm really only blogging now because it's Friday and I'm too lazy to clean. We had a great Halloween, a fun Thanksgiving, and the greatest Christmas yet. Plus, I turned 25 on January 15th and could not have had more fun or been more spoiled. We are so blessed by Shelby. She was so much fun at Christmas. She is definitely a toddler now. She learns a new word practically every day. Some of her current favorites are: gone, baby, ball, popcorn, and candy. She is a fireball who now throws dramatic tantrums that sometimes cause mom to feel like throwing one too, but life would be way too boring without her. Here are some highlights from our tornado-like holidays:

It's a good thing this girl needs to gain weight because she will eat any type of junk food that's around.

She sat on Santa's lap just long enough to get her present, then she was out of there.

This is her "I'm so worn out I don't care it's Christmas" face. She has the greatest scowl.

We took Shelby to her first Jazz game and she had so much fun and was so good. She cheered and at her favorite food, popcorn, and threw things at the guys sitting in front of us. Luckily, they didn't mind all that much. She's just lucky she's cute.

And this is my birthday dinner at Olive Garden. She loves my dad to pieces and eating out with my parents is nice because my dad is happy to just take care of Shelby and do whatever she wants.