The Day Pigs Flew (A.K.A The Day the Saints Won the Super Bowl!)

Super Bowl Sunday all three members of the Wilson family donned their Saints gear and got ready for church. Our church had announced the week before that it would be casual Sunday and for everyone to wear black and gold to support the Saints. Eli wore his Saints shirt and grabbed his favorite monkey, Mo, and waited for Josh and I to finish getting ready.


He was in such a good mood and I was able to snap a couple of pictures of the Saints' cutest fan! Check out the mohawk, too! Remember he has my wavy hair, so his mohawks usually curl. :)


After church we went over to Mamaw Chandler's house for some lunch. Eli practiced his climbing skills. As if he needed any more practice with this particular skill! He's a climbing fool!


After we ate lunch, I unleashed my inner bakerella and made these adorable Oreo truffle footballs that were featured on the REAL Bakerella's website here. These turned out so cute and they were SO EASY to make! Everyone loved them!


Soon it was time for us to leave for our Super Bowl party over at the Welch's. They host the best football parties so we couldn't wait to go see them and visit with everyone else.

Eli with Mamaw and Papaw

Lovin' on Mommy :)

Proud Saints family!

We got to the Welch's a little early so we walked next door to see Beppa and Cliff and their dog, Sassy. Eli was quite taken with Sassy and luckily for us Sassy is so gentle. She let Eli play with her tail, rub her, and pet her all he wanted. I think he would have taken Sassy home with him if we would have let him.




The boys, I mean, men, started a game of catch and Greg Randall showed Eli how the professionals snap the football.


Eli caught on pretty quickly, but decided he would rather coach instead. Here he is calling a few plays from the sidelines.


The boys didn't run the play the way he wanted him to, so he grabbed the football and had to show them himself. I guess if you want something done right you've got to do it yourself!


While the game was going on, MeMaw Tim and Cliff were manning the grill. MeMaw Tim was in charge of the burgers and sausage. Cliff was in charge of his infamous cream cheese and jalapeno stuffed deer tenderloin. Oh yeah! It's even better than it sounds!

Memaw Tim and Cliff

It was pretty cold outside, so Eli and I went inside to check on "B" and everyone else. Eli is in love with the deer that is in their office. As soon as he gets inside their house, it's the first place he wants to go to every time.


Look at the great tablescape that "B" made for our Super Bowl party. She always does a great job making everything look fun and festive!


And the food...There was so much yummy food at our party. Hamburgers, deer sausage, deer tenderloin, chicken dip, cream cheese with hot pepper jelly, spinach dip, humus dip, guacamole, sausage and cheese, and so much more. I was in pig out heaven!

Eli with Mammy and Uncle Clare

Eli and B greeting Zue-Zue at the door

Ethan, Taylor, and Kassi

The two serious game watchers...Greg and Josh

After the game got started, Eli became pretty fascinated with the french doors in B's living room. He loved playing peek a boo with us!





When he got tired of that game, he found B's toys and played with those for a little bit...


Then he decided the french doors would be fun again :) He's never still!


Pretty soon, it was time for him to go home. He called for his taxi (Mom) and we left the Welch's after the halftime show.


We got home and watched the rest of the game while Eli drank his milk before going to bed. We were ecstatic when the Saints won their very first Super Bowl! Way to go, Saints! It was a great night and the big win made it even better!