Super Bowl XLIII

I had the good fortune of attending Super Bowl XLIII with my good friend Paul Paquette. WHAT A BLAST! A real contrast from Super Bowl 41 in Miami - in which I got totally drenched and almost caught pneumonia. The weather was perfect, the game was one of the best in history, and we had really good seats - 17 yard line - about 20 rows up in lower section.

Before the game, Paul and I had a nice little tailgate with some Steeler fans parked next to us - no clue who they were - just nice random guys. Then, we managed to make our way through the 45 minute security line process - happy to report that it was the only bad thing about the whole experience - and we can live with it. We then went through the NFL Experience, thought twice about purchasing an overpriced T-Shirt, then headed to our seats and enjoyed a cold brew and some stadium dogs.

We had a special treat too - Adam Sandler and Kevin James were sitting 1 row in front of us. They were really cool.

I am so thankful for all the opportunities I have had to attend some really wonderful spectator sports events in the past year. I never take them for granted. It's been a good run - in the past year I have definitely ticked a couple of items off my "bucket list". Well, I really don't have a bucket list, but, you know what I mean.

Flag Football

Diego started his 2nd season of flag football. He really enjoys it. We have 2 great parents, Robert Gillespie and Curt Sousley who stepped up to coach the team. It's a pretty special team as most of the kids were friends and have played together around the neighborhood.

Diego has some talent. He is naturally gifted as an athlete. His hand eye coordination is real strong and he has a strong body. We are working on his emotions - sometimes they get the best of him!

The coaches do a great job rotating the kids on offense and defense and giving them a chance to play all positions. I was really proud of Diego during game 2. He was put in at Quarterback for a series of downs and drove the team all the way down the field for a touchdown. I think it was 4 or 5 complestions in that series - he looked like Tim Tebow out there (well, to me anyway).

Antonio had his first baseball practice this week. Stay tuned for updates on the next Derek Jeter (to me anyway).