The Hawks did it again - they went to the Superbowl the 2nd year in a row...not a common occurrence for many teams! I won't lie and say I wasn't nervous heading into the game - I was even a little superstitious which is something I am not normally. I was worried about not watching the game in the same place we did last year and I was worried that I was wearing a different jersey this time around. And as we know from the outcome - I had every right to be worried and superstitious. I promise next year guys I'll go back to my Wilson jersey and we'll be watching it in our own home again and host our friends like last year! I won't let you down!
But like I've seen all over Facebook - win or lose, I'm a Hawk fan until I die! I have loved the Seahawks since I was a little kid when my grandparents had 3rd role goal seats in the Kingdome...I spent many Sunday's at the game yelling my little 5, 6, 7 year old heart out. I had a favorite t-shirt (that I so wish I had for my boys now) that said Easley Does It (regarding Kenny Easley), haha! One un-smart call isn't going to change my love for these guys and that team! Until next year!
blue and green hair
old lady hands, but awesome hawk bling
Shilo the Hawk Dog
For some reason, I didn't log into MyFitnessPal on Sunday, hmmmm, wonder why!
I grew up going to church - heck, I grew up going to a Lutheran school K-12 even (with a short break in 8th grade). Going to church was just something that was done every Sunday. Then I grew up and out of my childhood home and church went to the wayside a little. I never stopped believing and never stopped praying, but the practicing went away. I grew up going to smaller Lutheran churches as did Josh. It's all I really knew as far as church went. It was mundane much of the time, not a lot of youth programs as a kid and full of a lot older people it seemed like (everyone is old when you're 10)! Even though I felt a lot of those things about our small Lutheran churches - I never felt comfortable anywhere else. The big(er) churches (like where SALT was for my 'Eburg friends) just were kind of scary to me. They were too over the top. I know that sounds terrible, but I'm not into raising my hand in the air like I just don't care while singing songs in church, I was not raised where you were baptized in a tank; that was weird to me, I wasn't/am not used to going up to the front of a church and having the preacher lay their hands on me in prayer.
Once we had kids - we knew we wanted to raise them in church as well, but the question came as to where? Both boys were baptized as babies in the Lutheran church Josh grew up going to. When we were in ghetto-way (Federal Way) we were even looking into private schools for the kids (more for the lack of ghetto and less for the God part). I tried out a Lutheran church in Auburn when we lived in FW that was ok - there were a decent amount of kids for a good Sunday School program - but even though there were a lot of kids, there didn't seem to be many adults around my age that I could find. No one was overly friendly, introduced themselves or tried to get to know me. Now, I have to admit, I didn't do any of those things either, so I am just as guilty...but believe it or not, I am a very introverted person if I don't know anyone. I can talk your ear off - heck, both of your ears and be loud and obnoxious as all get out if I know you - but if I don't know you - I clam up and probably come off as a total B. The boys and I continued to go there every few Sundays (Josh wasn't totally on board with getting back into church yet) because I liked the kids' program.
Fast forward...we (all 4 of us) have been attending Church on the Ridge a non-denominational Christian church for over a year now and are really liking it. It's more over the top than the churches we grew up going too, but not so over the top that I feel like I need to turn and walk out! It took awhile for me to feel comfortable because again, I'm not overly out-going to newbies and it's a "big" church. Not Mars Hill big, but definitely bigger than the little Lutheran churches we grew up going too! Our neighbors attend and have for years, so they know a lot of people - they have graciously been introducing us to people there and we are slowly developing our own friendships. The children's program is great - who wouldn't want a McDonald's playland in their Sunday School, haha!
Superbowl Sunday was pretty spectacular at church! They really outdid themselves and it was awesome! If all of my old Lutheran church friends would've seen this they probably would've thought the antichrist had taken over! Who says you can't have fun and learn about the Word at the same time?!
Since I seem to have adopted the title of Social Coordinator at work these days - I decided to plan a Seahawks Tailgate Potluck on Superbowl Friday (1/30/15). Group Health really got into the Hawk spirit as did most companies in the Seattle area I know. They "officially" changed their name internally to Group Hawk (ha) and actually encouraged employees to disregard the dress code that is usually pretty strict for those of us who work in the medical centers and wear their Hawk gear on Superbowl Friday as well! It was awesome! I absolutely loved seeing all of the blue/green and jerseys floating around the clinic. It was hard to find even a patient who didn't have their blue/green or Hawk gear on - see even if you're sick, you can still show your Hawk pride!
The guy in the middle is our Friday pediatrician (he also happens to be the vice chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force - whatever that is, but it sounds important) he came in dressed in his usual button down shirt and sweater. He showed me the sweatshirt he brought, but was too nervous to wear - thought it wasn't professional. I asked him to dig deep inside and decide just how much he loved the Hawks and did he love them enough to put a smile on all of the kids' faces and change into his Hawk sweatshirt - as you can see, he really loves the Hawks! And I was right - the kids loved it!
I took an hour of vacation Friday and after the Tailgate headed home to grab the boys and join into the Tailgate party that the city of Snoqualmie was putting on up here on the Ridge! It did not disappoint. I absolutely love this community that we live in and adore all of the fun things they decide to spend our tax dollars on to help us all get together, have a beautiful place to live and enjoy ourselves! Everything was FREE - who can beat that! My only complaint is I feel the city thinks every household has a stay at home parent because the times they put some of things on is just not conducive to those of us who work. I didn't mind taking an hour of vacation, but it would've been nice not to have too! As per the usual - the kids and adults alike had a great time!
The sun was bright as you can see!
GO HAWKS! (we'll pretend I wrote this before the actual outcome of the game happened)!
