Melina and Braeden at Disneyland

Braedens Birthday

We are having a birthday party for Braeden Sunday, February 24th. His actual birthday is the 23rd but it works out better to do it the next day. We are having his party at "Pump it Up'' in Tacoma and it will start at 11:30. We will be emailing the invitations out next week so please email us (there is a direct link to email us on our main site) so we can get you the full details. Check back here for more details. See ya there!!!

Heres the link to their website if you want to check it out
http://www.pumpitupparty.com/StoreHome.aspx?StoreID=100009&PageName=StoreHome.aspx

Disneyland

As posted earlier...we decided 2 weeks ago to take a trip to Disneyland for the weekend. We left on Friday...went to Disneyland on Saturday...hit Knotts Berry Farm on Sunday till 4...then caught our flight at 7. Even tho it was only for 2 days it was a great time. I even got to wear shorts as it was over 70 degrees and not a cloud in the sky!


Check out our Events page on our main site for all of the Details and pictures from our weekend in California.

Its Over... :-(

Ok, so I have had about 24 hours to minimize the pain and heartbreak of yesterdays game. Not only the outcome of the game...but the fact that our season is now officially over. After looking forward to Sunday for 4 months straight...its hard to have it come to an end no matter what the outcome. But after the depression subsides... I can look at the whole picture and see just how good of a season it was. Even though we didnt complete our run to Arizona (thats where the Superbowl is this year) we still made the playoffs and went to the second round. That means there were 26 other teams (and cities of fans) that were sitting at home yesterday watching the games. We were one of 8 teams left. Thats an accomplishment in itself. On top of that...we won our 4th divisional title in a row!!! That is awesome. Granted our division isnt in the strongest...but this is the NFL and 4 years in a row we have beat our division and played many other teams out of our division as well. And...the last 3 years...we have won 4 playoff games! Alot of teams havent been to the playoffs at all in a long time.


On top of that...Matt had one of his best years in his career. When our running game suffered...and Holmgren went to the pass first (if not always) attack...he basically put the whole responsibility on Matt...and he responded well. For those of you that dont fully look into the small things in the game...Matt basically calls all the plays. Holmgren sends in the plays...but Matt is given the authority (and responsibility) to change the call to whatever he sees fit by looking at the defense. And Matt only had all 4 of his receivers playing in the same game for 4 total games this year. DJ Hackett was injured in the first game and Deion Branch was out due to injuries for almost half the year. Nate Burellson played every game as well as did Bobby Engram. Bobby had the best season of his long career and actually set a Seahawks record for most receptions in a season. He won the "Steve Largent" award (which is given out for productivity on the field as well as actions off the field). Shaun didnt run well but that wasnt all h is fault. He was basically injured all year and most of the time...our offensive line didnt give him much room. On our Superbowl run in 2005 we had a left guard named Steve Hutchenson. He was offered the biggest contract ever for a left guard by Minnesota and this year Minnesota led the whole NFL in rushing. This is not a coincidence. The loss of Hutch has seriously effected our running game. If you remember...we didnt run the ball all that well last year. And Mack Strong...our Fullback of 14 years has blocked for Shaun for Shauns whole career and early in the season...Mack retired after a severe hit. That was probably the only sad thing about this year....the loss of Mack is huge. He was and is Mr. Seahawk.


So as this season closes...i am excited for next year...and happy with this season we had. Not to long ago the Hawks were the laughing stock of the NFL and now they are a model for what organizations strive to be. Mike Holmgren might not be back next year...but he is instilled a winning culture and we will continue to be a great team.


and yes...i change the blog and no longer have any seahawks logos...but thats not because i dont believe in them...but the season is over and time to focus on basketball :-)

Mini Seahawks fan!

Everybody check out the newest Hawks fan in our family! Coach is really excited for the game this weekend! We got her an awesome jersey from build-a-bear. :)

Check back!

We decided last minute that we are going to Disneyland in two weeks.  Check back for a recap of all the fun and pictures too!

Help Me Out...vote for Brandon

As some or most of you know I am a Portland Trailblazers fan. Ive always liked the Trailblazers but the last 10 years or so it was hard to root for them because of all the "thug" players they had. They were nicknamed the "Jailblazers" because they were always getting in trouble for something. But that changed a few years ago when they finally cleaned house and decided to start all over. And the main piece of that was when they drafted Brandon Roy last year in the first round. Brandon is a great player and grew up in Seattle. He was a star at UW and led them to a top 10 in the nation and a deep run in the NCAA tournament. In his first year he won the rookie of they year and this year he picked up where he left off. The Blazers started slow and were 5-12 but have now won 15 or their last 16 games including a 13 in a row streak! And while its been a team effort for sure...Brandon has definitely been the go to guy and the leader of this young team. (the 4th youngest team ever).

And in this amazing season the Blazers are having...and Brandon having an MVP type season...he is not even in the top 10 in all star voting for this years All Star Game. All of the analysts know this is a joke...that he should be there...but the starters are all voted in by the fans. The lack of votes is no doubt because of the small northwest market he plays in. Who outside of Washington and Oregon can really even tell you where Portland is. So I ask you to help me vote for Brandon. While our votes arent gonna change the whole situation...every vote helps. So log on...vote for him...and tell everyone you know to do the same. He deserves it, his team deserves him to be there...and the city of Portland deserves to have him represent them in the All Star game. (and for those of you are die hard Seattleites and have a hard time rooting for anything in Oregon...just remember...he grew up in Seattle and was a star at UW) :-)

Heres the link...you can vote once per day for the next 16 days.

http://www.nba.com/allstar2008/asb/eng/ballot.html

Check it out

Dont forget to check out our Events page on our main site.  I update that with things that are going on in our lives.  So dont just check in with our blog...check out our main site as well.

You know your Hawks

Congrats to all of those who voted on the early season poll on "how many games the Hawks would win." The majority of votes were for 10-11. There were 7 votes for 10-11 and the Hawks ended up winning 10 games. (they won their division for the 4th straight year) For those of you who were incorrect...better luck next year :)

Amazing skills

So I know that I can't compete with Jordan yet, but last night I decided to make the jump and start playing Guitar Hero on "hard". Somehow, I managed to beat 11 songs and I only failed once! It is still really hard, and way faster than medium, but I like it a lot. I think it is better than medium and I am surprised at how well I did! I was expecting to fail every song after like 3%, but I fumbled my way through! I am only getting 3 stars on most of the songs (I got 4 on one or two) but I am planning to master hard and then move on to the dreaded expert. Once I have mastered expert, Jordan and I can have a "guitar hero-off" and he can prove that he is still better than me! :)

Anyway, I am proud of my accomplishment and I will keep you all posted on my progress. I had to stop after the first 11 songs because my arms felt like they were going to fall off. Depressing, but true. Good forearm and finger workout I guess. :)

Melina