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I didn't do the right thing with You Tube earlier. So, now you should be able to see MJ playing football and Joey on the slide.

MJ tackles

Here's a video of MJ tackling at the College Football Hall of Fame

Weekend at ND

Our family was fortunate to be able to travel last weekend to ND again. We can't go too long without making a trip, and we had a good reason to go. Our friends Kate and Austin were getting married at the Basilica (where Mario and I were married almost 5 years ago). The boys and I drove 6 hours to Cleveland to get Mario from the airport and then we all drove to South Bend together (another 4 hours). We did the same thing on the way back, but stayed overnight Sunday night in Cleveland. I got to try out Joey's new car seat (the one he was using - MJs old seat- broke). And this was Joey's first long car trip forward facing. The boys did great, and because we split our trip up, they made the whole trip without watching a single movie in the car.

Friday the boys and I hung out while Mario worked in Panera and the hotel. He was on calls all day (man, the guys works hard- and he is so good at what he does... I have an impressive husband). Friday night we went to the awesome rehearsal dinner at the College Football Hall of Fame. We feel it helped reignite MJs love of football. Besides playing in the sports area and seeing the whole museum, they also had a lovely (lent-friendly) dinner and a cute video of Kate and Austin's life played on the theatre screen. We had a great time.

The Last Lecture

A friend sent this on to me. It's a lecture about life given by a professor who is dying. It's only about 11 minutes long, but I thought it was pretty good. I'm sorry I can't upload the video here. There are versions of this on YouTube but they were either longer or not as good. So, I guess you'll have to cut and paste.

http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=ithct48cqw

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Chirst be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort and restore me,
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me,
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.
---St.Patrick 385 to 461AD

We took this using the self-timer... I'm impressed that Joey was looking and smiling at the camera.