Razorback Basketball

Although there is not a lot to support this season, the three of us took in a Razorback basketball game this past Saturday.  Flint took Cilla back in December and she loved it.  Of course, this momma wanted to share in the fun, too.

Show'in her sassy side.

Taking the court.

It took Cilla a little while to warm up to everything.  It is a lot to take in for a twenty-one month old.  All in all, the day was a success.

The Hogs are 2 for 2 when Cilla is in attendance.  She sure makes a cute little good luck charm.

Sweet Like Sugar

What a week it has been!

Tuesday was a BIG day at our house.  I was born a Razorback fan, and I am pretty sure that aside from the basketball team winning the Nation Championship in 1994, our 2010 football season is about the next biggest thing in my lifetime!  My husband might argue with me on that.  He might say playing in the SEC Championship Game is just as big of a deal, but I beg to differ.  Nevertheless, Tuesday our beloved Hogs tried to take on the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Sugar Bowl and we couldn't have been more thrilled.

Cilla all ready for gameday!

A bunch of our daddy friends were in New Orleans to help cheer on the Hogs, so us Mommas and kiddos had our own little watch party...as much as you can watch with toddlers running in circles around you!  The Yazwinski's and the Trumbo's came over and we had a blast!

Stella and Cilla enjoying their cupcakes and watching the pregame!

Gotta have some Hog decor....

and cupcakes?!?!

The outcome was not as we had hoped.  In fact, it was heart breaking.  But, we still love our Hogs!

Thursday, still heart broken, we headed out to have lunch with our friends Sarah and Manny.
  He is such a handsome little guy and oh so sweet!  I could have loved on him all day!

Manny was fascinated by Cilla's crazy hair and surprisingly, she was a pretty good sport.

Lastly, we celebrated a birthday at our house.  Our little Katie Bug turned 12!  Yes 12!  She acts about 5, but I love that about her!  Such a sweet little four-legged love.  We are so thankful that Katie is part of our family!  

Once daddy got home from his trip to New Orleans, we had a small little celebration.

In honor of our football season ending I just had to include this ESPN commercial.  It is not about the Hogs, in fact, it is about the "Tide".  But it is hilarious and sums up football in the south.  If I remember correctly, I am pretty sure the Hogs were called at our wedding reception.  EMBARRASSING!!!!  Only in the south!

What Happened In Vegas

Just before Christmas, Flint and I were blessed to get some time away with our friends!  Vegas seemed like the perfect child-less getaway!  I LOVE Las Vegas!!!!  There are so many wonderful places to eat, the shopping is fantastic and, oh yes, the people watching is the best in the world!

We stayed at this little shanty!  I could sit and watch the fountains all day long, but don't worry, I didn't!  There were too many other fun things to do.

Our first night in town was spent walking the strip, enjoying the warmer weather and laughing A LOT.  

I am thankful for the Cramers.  Seriously, I can't remember laughing as hard as I did with them!  Such fun friends!

We went to see Frank Caliendo one night.  He is a comedian and completely clean.  I highly recommend him!  He is known for his "dead on" impressions of several famous people and they are HILARIOUS!  His cast of characters includes George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, John Madden, Charles Barkley, Jay Leno, Dr. Phil and many more!  

This was the Christmas display in the Botanical Garden in our hotel.  Simply beautiful! 

How cute is this little guy!

And this.....

A little piece of heaven.

This is the largest chocolate fountain in the world.  

Right next to the sweet shop.  

Yes, the Santa is a cake and I would bet money that he tasted as good as he was handsome because everything I had there was delish!

Our last night out

The view from our room!  

Until next time, Vegas!

We sure did have a wonderful trip with our friends, but nothing made my heart happier than to get back home to this little love!  Oh how I missed her smile, her laugh and her hugs!

Thanks Mom and Dad for the greatest gift.....time away with Flint.  It was much needed and very appreciated!  We love you and are so thankful for your willingness to keep Cilla.  I know she makes lots of memories that she will always have when she is with you!  Thanks for loving on her!

1.1.11

Happy New Year!!! 

 I am turning a new leaf and making the resolution to do a better job at keeping up with this silly blog so I have some sort of documentation of our crazy lives!

We spent the day with some of our dearest friends- The Allens!  Here are our three girls jumping in Cilla's bed!  Oh yes, mine is the crazy one squealing at the top of her lungs!

  Nothing screams Happy New Year like a fall on the head.  Cilla has a nice bruise right smack dab in the middle of her forehead after falling off of one her toys!  NO worries.  She has had Tylenol, ice packs and lots of T.L.C!  

Happy 2011!

It's Cookie Time!

We have been trying to find a time to decorate cookies with our friends Stella and Sydney all month!  Everyone was finally healthy and schedules finally permitted so we squeezed it in before ringing in the new year!

Stella, Cilla and Amelia had a fun time together.  All three girls are within 6 months of age, so they were a silly little group!

Stella. 

Cilla, apparently spitting something out of her mouth.  Real nice!  She loved putting sprinkles on the cookies....a little too much!

Amelia and Sarah.

Our smorgasbord of cookies!!!

I have to share this recipe because it is literally the best sugar cookie recipe I have ever tasted!

 Sugar Cookies
1 cup Shortening
2 cup Sugar
3 Eggs
Cream these ingredients together.

1/4 cup Milk
1/2 tsp white Vinegar
2 Tbsp Vanilla
2 Tbsp maple syrup
Mix these ingredients together and add this to mixture.

4 cup Flour
1 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Combine these ingredients and add to wet ingredient mixture above.

Chill dough. I usually make the dough at night and chill it over night. Roll out and flatten dough on a floured surface.  Bake at 375 degrees until brown.  About 8-10 minutes.

Thanks for having us Syd!  We enjoyed cookies for several days!  It was kind of you to open up your home to icing covered little fingers and to sprinkle shake'in crazies!  It was a blast! 

Donuts with Dad

Many friends and HolyTurf followers have already heard the fun "news".

But, for those of you who haven't....

Flint is planning to run in the Krispy Kreme Challenge in North Carolina at the beginning of February.

Basically, my friends, you run two miles, eat a dozen donuts and run back two miles all while trying not freeze and, oh yes, while you try not to throw up!!!

Sound grown up?!?!

So, today Cilla and I took one for the team and went to "training" with daddy at Krispy Kreme!  A daddy needs support, right?

I would say training was a success. 

Flint didn't eat all dozen donuts today.  But he put a real nice dent in them.  Real.  Nice.

First Razorback Basketball Game

While mom is away, Dada and Cilla like to play!!!  

Flint took Cilla to her first Razorback basketball game last night.  I had some girl time to tend to, so daddy treated his girlie to a fun night out.  Cilla loved it.  LOVED IT.  Can you believe that this was actually Cilla's first Razorback sporting event in a Razorback facility.  Hard to believe she has been so deprived, huh?!?  Her first Razorback sporting event was in Norman when she was three months old.  The Diamond Hogs were playing in their Regional and we went to see them.  So, it was a little treat for her daddy to take her Bud Walton.  

Cilla is turning into quite a little sports fan.  Surprise, surprise!  She loves to watch PTI (Pardon the Interruption) with her dada, she loves football and we have recently discovered her love for basketball too!  Sweet girl!

Daddy said Cilla was a champ.  They braved the cold Fayetteville elements and had a fun night together!  Oh, and Cilla helped cheer the Hogs on to a victory over Boomer Sooner!  Go Hogs!

TV and Modeling: Fail

My college friend and Tri Delt sister, Randi has recently launched a website called Passionately Rivalicious.  Her stuff is all things college gameday and beyond!  They carry some really really cute stuff for the littles and for the grown fans!  

Passionaltely Rivalicious was invited to do a feature on UATV and they were wanting kids to model their outfits in order to get pictures for their site.

I was beyond honored that Randi approached me about Cilla and I being a part of this.  However, we are at a stage right now that groups and uncertainty overwhelm our little munchkin.  So, I hesitantly agreed but not without warning Randi!

Well, she may have been sorry she asked us to take part because Cilla was in rare form and did little to participate.  I knew when she didn't have an afternoon nap, it was going to be BAD!  But, I couldn't back out, I didn't want to let my friend (if she will still be my friend) down!!!

At first they asked Cilla to wear a tutu outfit and that was a no go.  She refused.  Threw a fit.  Made a scene.  Embarrassed me.  You get the idea.  So we found something a little more accommodating  but still cute!  After she was finally dressed, all she wanted for me to do was hold her.  Perfect for getting pictures and being on TV, right?!?!

She finally settled in and became a little more comfortable and decided to cooperate...just a tiny bit.  By the time it was time to be on TV she did pretty good.

By the end of the night she was really good!!!  Randi brought iced cookies from Rick's to reward all the little ones and Cilla was in hog heaven!  Here is a little video of her eating her cookie!

 So, Randi called and asked if Cilla would be up for a mini photo shoot before heading off to school the next morning.  I, once again, hesitantly agreed.  We got a few pictures this time around.  Not the best, but we got some.  You can't have too high of expectations when dealing with a nineteen month old.

Be sure and check out Passionately Rivalicious!  You will not be disappointed.

Giveaway

I have an exciting giveaway to blog about!!!

Holy Turf is giving away a set of tickets to the Arkansas/ UTEP game and a set of tickets to the Baylor/ A&M game.  Since lots of the Harris Family followers fall into one of those fan bases, I thought you would all want to know!

Click HERE to find out how you can win!!!!

Now is the chance to go support your team!  Good Luck!

Pumpkin Patch

Friday evening we went to the pumpkin patch.  We met our friends from playgroup, including the dads!  It was fun to be around everyone with their family.  There was a petting zoo, a corn maze, a corn cannon, a cow train and of course, Pumpkins!!!  It was a wonderful crisp fall night! 

However, Cilla was in rare form.  She loved petting the goats, but other than that all she wanted me to do was hold her. Flint has been traveling a lot this fall with work and I think it is taking a toll on her.  She has been so clingy!

I got her on the cow train with her friends for about 45 seconds.  Just long enough for a picture!  

And that was it!  She was off before the ride ever left the station!

You never know what you are going to get with an nineteen month old!  At least I tried, right?!?!

Football

We are well into football season and quite a season it has been!!!  We have been to some fun football games and have had several fun visitors this fall!  

Have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE the spirit of football season!?!?  And now that it is starting to feel a lot more like fall here in Arkansas, it makes it that much more wonderful!!!

First of all, I wanted to give a HOLY TURF update!  It is in full swing and keeping Flint on his toes.  There are some really good articles that I thought some of you football lov'in gals might like.  Check out the "FOR WOMEN" section.  There are several articles about all the cute football fashions around the south.  The latest one is Texas-style.  But, if that is not YOUR style there are also articles from several other SEC schools!  

While you are visiting Holy Turf, check out the ad for Ketch the Spirit!!!  They have some really cute game day attire that I think any girl would LOVE!

I don't know how you make a decision!!!

   There are also lots of YUM-O tailgating recipes on HOLY TURF.  If you are like me, you get in a rut and make the same finger foods week after week.  This is a good opportunity to get a few fresh ideas!  And Flint thought that girls might also be interested in the new Bowl Projections article!  He said this might determine your New Year's plans!  This is only a projection, but might help you start some planning!   

Check it all out, then tell then football lov'in men in your life about it!

I also wanted to include some pictures of what we have been up to this fall!  

Our friends came into town for the heartbreaking Arkansas/Alabama game.

Here are Harper and Cilla jumping in the bounce house at sweet Stella's birthday party!  These are two cute little Razorback fans if I have ever seen any!!!  Stella's party was so so cute!  It was Mickey Mouse themed and absolutely precious and fun!  They even served "Hot Diggity Dog" hot dogs!  Now that is creative, isn't it?!?!  The daddy's went to the game and the girls stayed at home to help Stella celebrate her birthday and to cheer on the Hogs.  As always we had a fun time with the Pardue family!

Then, we headed to Texas (for a week) to watch the Hogs take on the Aggies at Cowboy Stadium.  Daddy was the only one that actually went to the game.  Again, us girls stayed behind.  But, since we got to spend time in Dallas with my bestie, Laura, it was worth it.

Cilla loved playing with Braysen's baby toys.  Funny how that works!

 Me, Cilla, Braysen, and Laura

We have two kiddos and both have their hands in their mouths!

Here are Flint and Corby outside of the stadium...

Corby and Lauren

 The Hogs vs. The Aggies

I have lots more cute pictures of our trip to Texas.  I will post them soon.  For now, I have to go chase my toddler around.  She is about to raid the pantry!