National Signing Day!

Who would have thought that National Signing Day would ever have anything to do with me?
Well I didn't think so, but this happened yesterday. My "little" brother signed his letter to intent with Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan to play football.

Me, my mom, Joe, and my father with ALL of Joe's coaches throughout the years.

Ahh, I couldn't be more excited for him to be a college athlete and see his dreams come true. It was a pretty emotional day as Joe thanked his football, basketball, AND baseball coaches for making him into an all around athlete. Ohh the ride my family is about to partake in... plenty of road trips downstate to see this boy dominate.

Heres what Joe had to say to the newspaper:
“I was really excited about it all day and when the time started ticking down and seeing everybody who helped me get here and to share it with them just makes me overly happy,” Joe said. “To make it official is just incredible. This has been a dream of mine my entire life.”
“I’m just excited to move onto the next step,” he said. “They (GVSU) have the opportunity to win a national championship and they win games. You can tell how serious they are about winning and having success there. I’m excited to be able to join their winning tradition.”



So here's to a new chapter. Last sibling of the family to go off to college... Joe's journey should be rememberable to say the least and I cannot wait to watch/cheer him through it!

Did any of you listen/take part in signing day? Did your colleges get any good athletes? I want to know.

Things I Loved From Yesterday

Thursday did not disappoint in regards to excitement in my life. To start off I woke up ungodly early in the morning to get my last final over with. I was literally drained and barely thinking straight once I was walking to my car in the parking lot when I see a brown bag on my car hood leaning against my windshield… It turns out my boyfriend left a bottle of fake champagne {sparking white grape juice} so I could have a “celebratory drink” afterwards. How stinkin’ adorable?

So when I walked into work, bottle in hand, I felt like I needed a little down time, so I went on my beloved website, Pinterest, just so I could stare at all the pretty pictures and not think about anything! {You know you have done this before.} That was when I found a Tim Tebow Desktop Figure. I made myself wait until my lunch break to print it out and start assembling the pieces. Honestly, it felt like I was six years old again and playing with paper dolls. So exciting!

So thanks to an energy drink and my crazy coworkers we had a little photo shoot for my new Tebow figurine...

"Yay Sarah being done with finals!"

After attending my boyfriend’s hockey game last night we hit the bar to drown our sorrows {they lost} and out of nowhere, the boy says:

“Babe… I love Tim Tebow.
Like really, just watched his documentary and I am obsessed. I think I want a Tebow jersey.”

Okay he may have been a little tipsy when saying all of this, but I am going to hold him to it! Like I always say, “a drunken man’s words are a sober man’s thoughts.” If only I hadn’t purchased his Christmas present already, I probably would have given MUCHHH thought into finding one for him.

To end the night I finally get into my PJ’s at 1:30 am and curl up in bed to see I missed a phone call from the boy. He left me the cutest message:

“Babe, it’s me. I just wanna tell you how much I appreciate you coming to my game and being such a great fan, my support, and even sticking up for me in the lobby. And thank you for being there all the time… I really appreciate it. I also appreciate every day with you and I just wanted to tell you sweet dreams and goodnight, love. So text me when you get a chance. Mwah!” {Yes it does send me kisses over the phone…}

Sounds like a pretty good day, huh? Who else celebrated being done with finals in a WEIRD way!?

Working Girl Wearing Pink!

I am a working girl again!

Believe it or not, I am going to try the whole full-time student with a part-time job thing. The engineering firm I work for in the summer realized how much I was hurtin' for some extra cash and decided to let me do however few or many hours I want this winter. I am so blessed! The only downfall is I don't have any classes on Fridays and for some reason I told my boss, "Hey, I can come in at 6 am and do a full day every Friday." Yeah, I am regretting it this morning as I have already finished a Diet Coke and want to binge on more. {Not happening!}

The only thing getting me through today is knowing that at three o'clock I get to punch out and head to the football field. Tonight my Alma mater high school is hosting their "Pink Game" in honor of those who have been affected by cancer. Since I started working, I have been using my breaks and lunch honor to look up breast cancer awareness football gear. Now for those who don't frequent my blog enough, I am obsessed with my little brother. Its his senior year playing varsity football and I want to make sure its the best one yet. Soooo I ordered a "few" things. I might have gotten carried away...

My best guy friend ordered these for my brother:

I ordered all the accessories:

Pink Cutter's Receiving Gloves

Pink Mouth Guard

Pink Athletic Tape

Everything arrived on time and I can't wait to see him all dolled up in my favorite color. It's a very important night for our community and especially my family who has been affected by cancer. Can't wait to show you all pictures from the night.
Anyone else been to Breast Cancer or any other disease-related game? Anyone spending their night or weekend watching a football game?

Things I Love...

Lately, I have been so busy. College classes are going strong and kicking my butt, however, I am making sure to create time for letting off stream and celebrating all my hard work. Thank goodness, I have amazing friends who help me out.

1. Football
Every Friday is spent watching my little brother play his senior year of football. Luckily the girls came out to watch with me and cheer for Joe-Joe. It was a very close game and he played like a beast, so he was thrilled to say the least. {See last picture.}

2. Wine Nights with B.
I finally got my best guy friend back! His hand was seriously burned a few weeks ago and now that its back to normal again, we decided to celebrate with a bottle of Cakebread Cellars wine and a cozy fire. B and I sat for hours just discussing our lives and talking about the long 2 weeks we spent apart. Which felt like forever to us.

3. My Birchbox arrived... Loved this month's package of Minimalist Sunforgettable Mineral Powder, Adventurous nail polish strips, Practical Jouer Lip Enhancer, Crafty Truth Art Beauty Face Nourish, and a bracelet. Love, love, love.

4. I even spent the last few beautifully warm days at the beach followed by drinks with the girls. We tend to keep things classy... Prime example: Rebecca using a floatie as a lawn chair.

Overall, I am loving September. I cannot wait for all the fall festivities to kick in though. Anyone have fun plans for this weekend? I need ideas for more things to love. Gotta keep myself busy, so school doesn't consume me. Do you guys have tips to help me keep busy!?

Food & Football?

It's Friday! Ahh finally...
I am already at work daydreaming about dinner tonight at a new restaurant -- yeah, my family does a "new place Friday" every week and sadly, I look forward to it. Through this little "bonding experience" we have found some pretty impressive yet off-the-main-road places to eat. Plus, it gives us a chance to be serious food critics when we drive home ranting or raving about it. Pathetic, huh? Tonight, we will be going to the restaurant known as, The Wigwam. {no joke!} So here's a little story about how this quaint little place has already found in my heart. The first step of finding/pursuing a new restaurant is going to check it out to see if its should be next week's food adventure. Well the first thing I noticed were the t-shirts... No joke, on the front is a picture of their Wigwam logo, then on the back... wait for it... says "My Indian name is 'Running Tab.'" Ohh yeah, my kind of people! I am sure its all locals that eat there and we will turn a few heads but it makes it part of the fun. A few of my good guy friends are coming along this week to participate since they have heard about my new food adventures and for some crazy reason think my family is funny!

Other than that, I plan on being semi-boring one of the nights this weekend and grabbing a bottle of wine {or two} and scrapbooking. My brother plays three different Varsity sports and as my graduation present to him next year, I want to document it all in the form of numerous scrapbooks. I am a little obsessed with the little boy {yeah, he is 6'3" and I still call him little} so I have poured a lot of time, effort, creativity, and money on that boy. I am working on his football career thus far right now. What's funny is there is only so much you can do with blue and white {our high school colors} so I was happy to finally use some pink to document the Breast Cancer Awareness football game last season. So I am currently working on these pages...

This was hands down one of the best weekends of my life. My amazing friend, Amanda at college got this idea in her head Thursday night before the "pink game" that we should drive 8 hours north to attend it. She knew I was feeling down and left out that I couldn't make it to my brother's game. So at 4 am, we got in the car without telling anyone and starting driving. I surprised my mom first by showing up to the football stadium where she was setting up the concession stand for the night. She started bawling because she wanted me to be there. Then I went to the school and waited in the parking lot for my brother. He came walking out dressed in his khakis and game day jersey and saw me right away. He took off running straight at me, lifted me in the air and twirled. I was laughing and saying "I didn't want to miss it" then I realized he was crying. He was so happy I was there to see him play a game that is very important to our family since we have been affect by fmaily member's getting breast cancer. Talk about an amazing day!

Amanda and I after arriving safely!

The boy we came to see WIN!

So I guess making these scrapbooks are a way for me to look back on spending time with my family. Ahh they mean the world to me. So tonight's dinner at a new place should be special no matter what - just making new memories to rehash and talk about later.

Food and football post? What could be better... well, with a side of family talk. I want to know what you guys are doing this weekend... Can't wait to read your blogs to figure it out! Anyone have family plans too?

Through {His} Eyes.

So last night, I picked up my new summer read & I haven’t been able to put it down… I actually stayed up late last night and woke up early to read as much as I could. {If only I didn’t work 10 hours of the day.} The book is none other than Tim Tebow’s Through My Eyes. Not only is he good to look at but his writing is both brutally honest while being extremely religious. I have always been interested in his background, however, the social media is so biased in either loving him or hating him, so some stories were embellished or completely wrong… Now he is setting the record straight at the age of 23 to talk about his past. In between stories  of football games or award banquets he relates Bible verses to every experience. Lately, I have been disconnected from religion, however, through this book, Tim is reaffirming my faith. Who would have thought that it would take a football-throwing athlete to reboot my faith? {If anything I thought it would be a hockey player.} From this book and reading about his life, Tim has become a huge role model for me as well as one of my favorite athletes. I don’t think I will become a Heisman trophy winner or play in the NFL but I am now motivated and thinking more positively. If anyone wants a sport-themed book laced with religion, I highly recommend “Through my Eyes.” And for those who would rather look at him then read about him… The next images are for you!

 Seriously, I can't stop posing pictures. I am in love. Better yet, obsessed.