Eli Manning

Sometimes to me it seems like everyone that plays in the NFl or NBA are spoiled athletes with no morals.( not to mention overpayed...) But I was so impressed with Eli Manning last night; they won the superbowl this last year so obviously all eyes are on him and some have even said that he has now proven himself to be better then his brother, Peyton. Well they played they Browns last night, and Eli threw more interceptions combined than he has in the last 11 games, which they have all won. Anyway, because I was forced to listen to the after game analysis(thankyou, Joel), I heard Steve Young say that the last interception thrown was obviously not his fault, because his team mate had run the wrong route. But Eli, being the good guy that he is, when asked by the media what happened on that last play, he immediately said, I just threw a bad pass...and in defense of Eli, I said, Joel, I thought they said that it wasn't his fault? And Joel replied, well that's what a good team leader does, sometimes he takes the fall for his teammates. So obviously I will never be a team leader because I wanted to call ESPN and say IT WASN'T HIS FAULT!!!! Needless to say, I have a newfound respect for the Manning family for teaching good morals and leadership skills; and for all the funny commercials they do together. My fav. is the one where it shows Eli and Peyton at home still sleeping in bunkbeds together...too funny!!!!!!

My sister Erin put some pictures on my blog of Joel. (to the right;she also wrote the caption underneath which made me laugh!) I haven't written anything on here about him because he get's so embarressed. But he seems to be doing well in his new job; he was hired as the Compliance Director in the ISU athletic department. This has been such a nice change because he no longer has to work nights and weekends and he really loves college athletics. He has started school again and seems to enjoy it. Anway, there are a lot of things I love about Joel and I'm grateful he picked me to be his wifey!

Elmo and MMC

I have a sec. to write something because Bo is watching her fav. cartoon, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and Cam is watching Elmo downstairs, which is his very favorite. His first distinct word was actually Elmo, not mom or dad. Pretty funny. Bodelle has been learning all sorts of words; it is amazing to see her remember words in books I read her; lately, she has been saying "honey pot-ez" and "yellow daffodil".(she loves her winnie the pooh books.) They have sort of switched places as far as where they sleep; Bo wants to sleep in Cam's crib, and Cam wants to sleep in her little bed. I think because she had to grow up so fast, she enjoys being baby-d once in awhile. Cam stays in the bed pretty well, but every night around 3 am, I hear little footsteps as he comes running in my room and jumps on the bed and gives me a concussion when he lays back with full force not quite clearing my poor head. ( why does this ring my bell, but not even seem to hurt him in the slightest bit?) Anyway, they are so beautiful to me and I feel so very grateful to have them. Sometimes I complain about the busy-ness, but what a beautiful gift from a loving Heavenly Father it is to be able to have a family!!!!!