Cheering for the home team!

The kiddos are getting ready to cheer on the Heels in tomorrow's game against Oklahoma. To say Lee is nervous is an UNDERSTATEMENT... but, he's trying his hardest to hide it.

It must be like looking into a mirror for Lee... that Noah is a spitting image of his dad.

Have you ever seen cuter Carolina fans?!

Dad and Amelia Win! Heels victory, merely a sidenote.

I'm so proud of Amelia for enjoying the ENTIRE North Carolina / Georgia Tech football game. She cheered, she yelled, she colored, she she sang the alma mater! She even booed the Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech - nah, just kidding, she didn't boo anybody.

She did think the Tech "bumblebee" Buzz was very silly. When told that Georgia Tech's team were the Yellow Jackets, Amelia had a tough time figuring out why they were wearing white shirts instead of yellow jackets.

Julianna's guess on Saturday's activities was pretty close. We took the bus to campus and hit Tar Heel Town. Amelia was fascinated by the UNC band and watched them until they marched off to the game. After visiting Tar Heel town, we stopped off at Lenoir Dining Hall and grabbed some Chick-fil-A sandwiches. We then headed off to beautiful Kenan Stadium and enjoyed a thorough beating of the Yellow Jackets. Amelia did a great job at the game - helped by snacking on pretzels and leftover Halloween candy.

What a great Saturday!

Go Heels!

A quick pic of Amelia and Lee before they headed to the UNC Football game this afternoon.

Here's my guess of their game plan...

1.) Hit the ATM (Dad needs cash to treat his little sweetie)
2.) Head to the Park & Ride lot to catch the fan bus up to campus (Amelia LOVES riding the bus!)
3.) Check out Tar Heel Town (Amelia needs to get her jump on at the bouncy house... a Tar Heel tattoo is also a necessity! Look for Shelby.)
4.) Head to the stadium ("Dad, carry me!")
5.) Lee calls JKB to remember to record game (CHECK!)
6.) Kick-off... start watching game - GO HEELS! ("Dad, what are they doing?)
7.) 1st QTR - get snack
8.) 2nd QTR - open backpack, get out coloring book and markers... look for mascot Ramsey.
9.) Lee calls JKB to report on how he's surviving with a three-year-old at a 3-hour-plus football game (Great!)
10.) Half-time - get another snack, walk around, continue looking for Shelby (Dad, can we go on the field now?!)
11.) 3rd QTR - open backpack, get out Leapster... and a little Halloween candy treat (Dad, Dad, Dad... can I have a lollypop?! Please!)
11.) 4th QTR - another snack?!
12.) Game over... sing UNC Alma Mater to celebrate win (I'm thinking positively!), call JKB to say they're heading home
13.) Hop back on fan bus
15.) Arrive home... Amelia tells Mom and Noah stories about all the fun she had with Dad at the game. (Dad, can we go again?!)
16.) Lee takes everyone out to a yummy dinner!

Cheer she might, but play she WILL!

The other day, Amelia came running out of her room with her cheer leading pom-poms - or as she calls them "cheer-leads"...

"Dad! Dad! You be the basketball player and I'll cheer for you!"

It was at that exact moment I said, this girl needs to be introduced to the wonderful world of women's athletics! Cheer she might, but play she WILL.















So, the fire was hopefully lit at last weekend's UNC women's soccer game against Kentucky. Amelia met her good friends Sarah and Shelby at Fetzer Stadium to witness one of the country's most dominate college sports teams. Aside from the fact that it was beastly hot and everyone was a sweaty mess, fun was had by all.

When the game was over, Amelia couldn't understand why she couldn't get on the field to play soccer. "But, Mom... it's my turn now!"

Success!

Salisbury Final Four Fun

While Lee was rootin' on the Heels in San Antonio (aka "working"), the kids and I were doing the same in Salisbury... but, we were having way more fun!

Burt and Gayle took fabulous care of us while Lee was away. As much as we were looking forward to having him come home, it was hard to leave their beautiful new home.

Amelia loved sneaking up to Grandad's loft area to hang-out with him, eating bag after bag of Cheerios. Her other favorite place was GG's sunroom.

We ate delicious meals, explored Salisbury, played around the house, and visited with friends. One afternoon, Anne Phillips came to play and share dinner. She's the granddaughter of Burt and Gayle's good friends, the Crawfords. The girls had a grand time playing princess, dancing, and enjoying yummy ice cream cake for dessert.

Somehow we survived the Tar Heel loss. Probably because we had GG and Grandad to distract us. Amelia is hoping that Dad goes on a trip again real soon, so she can head back to Salisbury for an extended stay. We all can't wait to go back!

Championship Night

Congrats to the Kansas Jayhawks. Tens of thousands of Jayhawk faithful descended on San Antonio like Santa Ana's forces in 1836. And like Sam Houston, I'm ready to retreat to higher ground.

The championship game was a lot of fun and what a classic battle. Julianna would find this hard to believe, but I did feel sorry for the Memphis team and fans. (Julianna - it's only in Tar Heel games that I feel the losing team deserves no quarter.) They had the game in their hands and just couldn't finish.

A highlight of the evening for me was meeting one of my favorite Tar Heels of all time, Hubert Davis. He was an All-American shooting guard for UNC in the early '90s. Hubert's a super nice guy; we discussed kids and Tar Heel basketball prior to the tip off.

Well, time to sign off from San Antonio and board a plane home. I'm looking forward to seeing my wife and little ones.