Happy Spirit Soaring Saturday! :) popcorn movies party, football party! :) Wildcard weekend! :)

Happy Spirit Soaring Saturday, and Happy Super Wildcard Weekend!!! :) woot yeah!!! :) Popcorn movies party! :) Football party!!! :) We're ready for some football! :) We're enjoying a great day! :) We're so happy, excited, and thrilled! :) The NFL playoffs have began! :) We're super pumped up and excited! :) We love the playoffs, and all of the spirit soaring excitement of the games :) 14 teams and dreams of superbowl glory! :) Wildcard weekend is one of the most exciting weekends :) We're having a gameday party! :) The Bengals vs Raiders game just began a little while ago, and tonight Patriots vs Bills :) We're enjoying some foods, snacks, and drinks :) We have our table set up with a football theme, and have my mini football helmets displayed with the super wildcard matchups :) Holly and i are using our new tray, we made pizza bites, we also have some popcorn, almonds, chips, and candy :) We also made some sour cream and dip, with some of our dip mixes :) We're enjoying some iced coffees :) Cheers!!! to the awesome times of the season :) we love celebrating the football playoffs with everyone :) Earlier today, Holly and i enjoyed a fun popcorn movies party :) We watched 4 movies, leading up to the NFL game beginning :) We love this very special tradition :) There's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) During the evening yesterday, we had a nice time celebrating Mike's birthday at Jenn's and family's house :) We gave Mike gifts, we had dinner, and cake :) Tomorrow's my mom's and dad's anniversary, and the 3rd anniversary of Holly living here with us in Connecticut :) we look forward to celebrating with everyone :) i got some BBQ chips and powerade :) That's what i brought with us on January 16th, 2019 when we went to pick up Holly :) it's a special tradition each January 16th, to have some BBQ chips, and powerade :) We're gonna give my mom and dad a card with money, and also gonna have some foods, snacks, drinks, and having another football party tomorrow :) You all are always right here with us in spirit during these very special times :) Thank you angel friends, so very much for celebrating with us :) Enjoying a super sweet, spirit soaring day, with family, friends, movies, football, and the awesome spirit of the season! :) Tonight, the football party is on!! :) woot!! :)



Super Wildcard Weekend is here!! :) FOOTBALL!!! :) Popcorn movies party and Gameday party!! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, keeping warm, and enjoying a great day :) We love the weekend's, and are so very happy and excited about lots of great things :) The NFL playoffs begin today :) We've got the first game on, and enjoying some foods, snacks, drinks, and all of the gameday cheer :) the playoffs are very exciting :) We're all keeping warm, it was -13 degrees windchill here this morning. it's a good indoors day :) a great day for some movies, and football :) Holly and i enjoyed a movies marathon before the football game began :) We're loving the day :) it's a really special time in the new year :) We're getting ready to celebrate anniversary's tomorrow, more football, and all of the continued joys of the month of January : )We think of you and your family's often, and are so very happy and excited to share in, and celebrate these very special times of the season with you :) Thank you all, for the wonderful joy you all bring us :) Cheers!!! to many more times to share in :) We love you all bunches and bunches! :) We're gonna watch the next football tonight :) Holly and i are enjoying some popcorn bowls :) It's football time!!! :) woot yeah!!! :)


Thank you angel friends, so very much, for your beautifully heart warming comments :) awww! :) You all are very nice, sweet, and bring our hearts a lot of special joy :) We're so very happy, delighted, and thrilled that everyone enjoyed our football themed baking friday adventure, and our pictures :)aww! :) That warms our hearts, and brings us smiles :) Holly and i had lots of fun baking the football cookies, and cupcakes :) We love to bake, and are so excited for the kids to return to baking with us next friday :) We have many more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too :) it warms our hearts, that everyone likes the picture of Holly and i :) we love sharing special moments like that with everyone :) The Mini football helmets in the pictures, are called "Gumball machine helmets" :) i love to collect them :) The helmets use too be in those quarters (25 cents) machines at the stores :) they got the nickname, "gumball helmets" :) i had some from when i was a kid, i would get the helmets when we went shopping, and last year, i filled in my collection more, with buying some on ebay :) the helmets are cool and fun to collect :) i have almost all of the NFL teams, and even some different variations of the team helmets :) it was fun displaying the helmets in the kitchen yesterday, for our football themed baking friday adventure :) Thank you everyone, so very much for sharing in this very special tradition with us each week :) in February, the friday before superbowl sunday, we'll be having our annual Kitchen Bowl,Superbowl themed baking friday adventure,baking a superbowl themed cake :) we look forward to it each year :) Happy baking friday smiles :)



During the evening yesterday, we enjoyed a nice time celebrating my brother inlaw Mike's birthday :) we went to Jenn's and family's home to celebrate Mike's birthday :) they welcomed us, we wished Mike a happy birthday :) he and Jenn were cooking, they made corn chowder, hotdogs, bacon, garlic bread, and macaroni and cheese :) We were all hangng out, Mike opened his gifts, Holly and i gave him a happy birthday card, and money :) my mom and dad gave Mike a card, money, and also a cool garret pro metal detector :) Mike loves to look for treasures :) Jenn and the kids got Mike some cool gifts, including a new jacket for walking in the woods, and also a backpack :) Mike loves to walk, and exploring the woods :) We all enjoyed a nice dinner, the foods were delicious :) Mike pulled some cool videos up on youtube, on their tv :) We were talking about cool cars, and treasure hunting for relics :) Mike's into bottle collecting :) the kids were having lots of fun playing :) Holly and i brought some cupcakes, and cookies from baking friday :) the kids were so excited :) we thanked Jenn and family for having us over, and a great dinner :) we came home shortly after 7pm last night :) the moon and stars were visible in the sky :) a really nice evening and night :) We're so happy Mike had a great birthday :)



This morning, we had an awesome new day, rising and shining :) the arrival of Super Wildcard Weekend! :) We've been very excited for the big games this weekend :) i was up early this morning, enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, and getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) i had the coins collecting with Mike show on :) i love tuning in to see the weekly featured coins :) it was a very wintery cold morning, -13 degrees windchill here. brrrrrrr!!! i bundled up for my nature walk, gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside briefly, for a nature walk :) it's very extremely cold, and very windy out there, which makes the windchill go lower. i put the goodies in our backyard for our nature friends, and then came back indoors :) i made a nice hot tea with peppermint :) i'm so glad i went out to give some goodies to our nature friends :) The goodies help them a lot, especially during these very cold wintery days. Our thoughts, and prayers are with everyone, in the path of the wintery weather. wishing everyone warmth, and safety. there's lots of snow/ice forecasted for south, and storm moving up north. we could recieve some snow, and rain here sunday night into monday, with very gusty winds. Wishing everyone lots of warmth, and safety through these wintery times. You all are always in our hearts, our dear angel friends :)



It was a sweet spirited early morning :) we enjoyed a nice breakfast, having some hot teas, water, iced coffee :) it's been a really nice stretch of days :) We're so happy and excited to celebrate with everyone tomorrow, my mom's and dad's anniversary, and the 3rd anniversary of Holly living here with us in CT :) we're gonna have foods, snacks, and drinks :) it's amazing, how it's 3 years since our wonderful adventure and journey to Maryland to pick up Holly, and our awesome car ride home :) i brought BBQ chips, and powerades that day, and i remember us snacking on the way home :) It's become a very special tradition to have BBQ chips and powerade, on January 16th :) my mom and dad picked up some for us at the grocery store :) it's gonna be an awesome joy celebrating tomorrow :) Holly and i are giving my mom and dad a card, and money :) my mom and dad went to stop n shop today ,they used the gift card my dad recieved for Christmas, to buy some nice foods, snacks, and drinks :) i look forward to sharing all about the anniversary's celebrations day tomorrow :)



Popcorn Movies Marathon Party!!! :) Holly and i love this very special weekly tradition :) Today, we got an awesome popcorn movies marathon going, during the early morning :) We watched a football movie, and also put 3 comedy movies on :) We love watching movies :) We made some snack bowls, and having some drinks :) Holly and i are gonna watch our new halloween movie dvd i bought on amazon :) it's got lots of special bonus features on the dvd :) with the football playoffs season here, we're having our popcorn movie night's, on tuesday until after the divisional round of the NFL playoffs :) We love movies ,and picking out new movies to watch :) Cheers!!! to popcorn movies day! :)



FOOTBALL PARTY!! :) SUPER WILDCARD WEEKEND!!! :) It's a very exciting time in the NFL season :) The playoffs are here! :) We love football, and all of the great spirited cheer and excitement of the big games :) We're very happy and excited to celebrate the playoffs with everyone :) Holly and i got our football tray platter ready, with pizza bites, chips, almonds, popcorn, and candy :)We love snacking, especially during game time :) We've been enjoying the foods, snacks, and drinks :) The Bengals vs Raiders game has just began :) We got the game on :) Tonight's Patriots vs Bills :) We're gonna watch that game too :) We have lots of friends who watch football :) we hope everyone who's watching football, is enjoying the games, and we hope everyone's teams who made the playoffs, do great :) Tomorrow's Bucs vs Eagles, 49ers vs Cowboys, and Steelers vs Chiefs :) Monday night, is Rams vs Cardinals :) 6 big games, with the 6 teams advancing to the divisional round next weekend, the Packers and Titans have byes this week. :) Good luck to all 14 teams in the playoffs :) it's football time!!! :) woot yeah!!! :) we're very happy and excited to see which teams advance, and eventually make it to superbowl 56 :) We're having an awesome time having a football party :) Holly and i have our football table all set up and decorated :) Holly created a cool football playoffs bracket paper, so we can fill in the teams as they advance in the playoffs :) Happy Playoffs Season!!! :)



We're enjoying a great and super sweet spirited fun day! :) Popcorn movies! :) Football playoffs! :) we love it!!! :) my family, Holly,and i are doing well, healthy, and in great spirits :) Holly and i enjoyed our popcorn movies marathon, and are so excited to be watching the Bengals vs Raiders playoffs game this early evening :) Tonight, we're going to watch the Pats vs Bills playoffs game :) We're gonna have some more snacks :) There's lots of great things going on :) Tomorrow's my mom's and dad's anniversary, and the 3rd anniversary of Holly living here with us in CT :) We're gonna have some foods, snacks, drinks, and also going to watch the football games :) You all are with us in spirit, our dear angel friends :) Thank you for sharing in, and celebrating these very special times with us :) We love the month of January :) Holly and i are gonna have some BBQ potato chips and powerades tomorrow :) it's a special tradition each year :) i brought BBQ chips and powerades with us when we went to pick up Holly in Maryland, on January 16th, 2019 :) We look forward to sharing about the anniversary party day, and football party day with everyone in my journal :) There's lots more great times, and seasonal festivities, and traditions to look forward too :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, for your wonderful love, care, support, warm well wishes, and for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our very happy hearts :) Big group happy sunny warm caring friendship hug :) We wish everyone, a nice peaceful evening and night :) Wishing everyone continued joys of the season :)



-never lose hope :)



To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying a great and spirited fun day :) Holly and i had a popcorn movies marathon, and we're beginning our weekend football party's :) we love the playoffs, and are so excited to watch the games, and seeing which teams advance :) We're having foods, snacks, drinks, and gonna have another football playoffs party tomorrow with very special anniversary party for mom, dad, and celebrating 3rd anniversary of Holly living here with us :) We love the month of January, and all of the spirited fun times being shared :) You're always right here with us in spirit :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)



my mom, Holly, and family says hi :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy,and enjoying a great day :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We're so happy and excited, for all of the great things going on, and many special memories being made :) We love spirited excitement of the season :) There's so much more to look forward too :) We look forward to sharing in many more special times with everyone :) You all are wonderful friends, and always in our thoughts, prayers, and in our hearts :)



FOOTBALL PARTY!!! : )Gameday Cheer! : )Happy Super Wildcard weekend! :) We're loving the excitement of the NFL playoffs beginning :) Bengals vs Raiders game is on, and Patriots vs Bills tonight, plus 3 more games tomorrow, and 1 game on monday :) it's football time!!! :) We're having foods, snacks, drinks, and got the game on :) It's very exciting, all of the games, and seeing which teams advance, and make it to the superbowl on February 13th :) We love celebrating the playoffs with everyone :) i took some pictures of our gameday party table :) Lets go teams!!! :)
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i love my NFL gumball machine helmets :) 


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AFC Wildcard matchups :) 


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NFC Wildcard matchups :) 


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Happy nature smiles! :) Hi angel friends :) We're all keeping warm :) i put some nice goodies outside for our nature friends :) i'd love to re-share some nature pictures :) spirit soaring nature moments :)
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CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family are doing well. Enjoying football and the weekend, Very cold where I am too. It only reached 11 or 12 degrees for the high today. Its great Mike had a nice birthday and all of you enjoyed the party yesterday. Hope your mom and dad Holly and you enjoy your celebration day tomorrow.Your nature photos are always the best new or reshare Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good evening Hugs to everyone-Stephanie
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

Great pictures. Love the mini helmets & how you"ve matched them up! Glad you got to use your dips from Christmas. Lot of memories going into tomorrow. I bet your mom & dad have a ton! Glad you had a nice time celebrating Mike"s birthday. He is also a Hunter I think?
Enjoy the games. Your game time snacks sounds delicious. I am going to whip up something tomorrow. Maybe some chicken wings, pizza & some veggie sticks.
Hugs! Brooke & Henri
sunsetyellow2
sunsetyellow2

Hi Chris and Holly. Love the nature pics. We are seeing a lot of birds at our feeders. We made sure they were all full today with the snowstorm coming tomorrow. We could get up to 12 inches of snow tomorrow night into Monday morning. They are warning everyone that we could be without power because the snow will be a heavy snow. So we charged our phones and our battery lights in case we need them.

Stromboli was delicious. I haven't made it in a while. I am to full to eat any crackers and cheeseball later. We had orange jello and pears for dessert. I am stuffed!!

Tomorrow is John's birthday. I am baking a cake for him when we get home from church. He wants round steak for his birthday dinner. So that will be an easy meal. I put it in the roaster and add a can of vegetable soup and bake it for two hours. It always turns out really tender. Then I have mashed potatoes with it and a vegetable. I will probably have buttered corn.

Your snacks sound really good. I like your dip mixes. I don't think I ever saw mixes like those. I generally use sour cream and onion soup mix for chip dip.

You and Holly have a fun evening. Enjoy the games. Can't wait for tomorrow's games.

Hugs
John and Debbie
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

I'm glad you had a great time watching football. I am glad the Bengals won and the Bills won too (woot) When did you get the dip mix, did Santa give you that? I am glad you got to go to Mike's birthday and had a nice time there. I hope you have a wonderful Sun.

hugs
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

Happy Anniversary to your mom and dad! I hope you all have a wonderful day celebrating!
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

Happy Anniversary to mom n dad and happy anniversary to Holly:-)
I’m glad that you and Holly enjoyed watching a few movies and having some great snacks before you turn to football. I know there’s a few games on today so you’re probably in your glory :-)
Enjoy the games and your snacks and have fun celebrating with everyone
Love your nature pics as always, they always put a smile on my face :-)
Have a great day
Hugs Jeannie