Go P-Pack!! Wooooo!

If anyone ever wondered who the Venable family cheers for...

The youngest is working on getting the crowd pumped...nice work!

Another Game...

I can't even remember what game this was...one where I was more worried over the girls being warm than wear State stuff...
Here is a shot of the Grans being taken over by kids...Sidney Kate is like a magnet to food too...it's like we don't feed her!

She actually requested her hair be in a ponytail-I was shocked!

Look who is learning to scream early on...right there with Daddy and Uncle Keith!

This year since we don't have the RV we all drive down and park away...turns out to be a pretty sweet deal (I say this because I haven't walked in the heat yet)...but we just stroll the girls to and from the RV lot. Everyone seems to handle this nicely. Except...we might have revoked Papa's strolling priviledges :)

Take a Picture!

These days someone is all about the silly face...alllll about it!

State/Carolina VICTORY!

This is usually the girls' reply when we tell them we're going to a State game...at least it's Sidney Kate's. It appears Embree Claire is catching on...

Our section (odd) was assigned to wear white...it's pretty hard to manage white during the colder games-but we did it.

These smiles were taken after the game-one happy crowd!

Poor Papa and Gran Mary...one of two girls are always on them during the game. I don't think they mind too much though.

No Tears!

Well, no tears were needed! The boys must have seen our sign and busted a big move! They shut out Carolina and it was the happiest I've seen our group in a long time. Great plays left and right and two girls that did great! ECV napped twice and SKV once. Games during naptime are tough but they were fabulous!

Go Pack!

We are ready for the State/Carolina game! We can probably guess the outcome but we are hoping to guilt state into busting a gut and winning one! Also sending this to the jumbotron email addy-if nothing else we will see two cuties on the screen! ;)

Owoooooo!

More girls in red...
Sidney Kate rocking her new cheering outfit from Gran Mary and Papa. She's one lucky chick-this year she has two fun outfits to rotate for games! (Thanks to GG and Gran Mary!)

What you can hear...but can almost see is ECV going "tttttttttttttttttt" - blowing bubbles everywhere!

I'm pretty sure Kylie is motioning that State is number 1. I know her Daddy is proud!

Cheese!

The girls after the game...getting ready for a little stroll to the car.

Go Wolfpack!

Another State game under our belts. I believe this was our 2nd game of the season (you know us girls don't really remember those details like daddies do.)

Sidney Kate can't keep her hands off of Embree Claire-which is all fine and wonderful until we're trying to take pictures. She wants to face ECV and talk to her and get her to smile...

This look is one of annoyance that Mommy keeps asking her to look at the camera! :)

Girl shot before going in the game!
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Cheese!!!

Lookin' a wee bit like Minnie Mouse with that bow. :)
I think this was the game that Embree Claire made it on the big screen...

Family of Wolfpack fans...lots of red going on-that should be the first color Embree Claire learns.

Her howl towel-a must for all games.

Do you see this? I feel like I have two thugs on my hands...hahaha!

"Who you callin' a thug?!"

State @ Wake

If we thought the first game had a little heat...we were scorched come game 2! The day started out with lots of kids meal toys from Liz-that kept the crowd occupied for...minutes. :)

Marty played ball with SKV on the hill for a bit-well, as long as her attention span would last. He's good like that. He's also good if you need someone to be a backup parent-we won't talk about the number of times he's found my child or kept an eye on her when we were distracted. (Thanks Marty!)

One excited girl for another ballgame...that is, before the heat wave zapped her energy.

Riley and SKV-that had mega fun together.

At some point she was putting her arm around Riley and Kevin was joking with her that she shouldn't be doing that...here is a picture of her quickly putting her arm in her lap when Kevin turned around.

I caught the hug in action this time.

 

It was so terribly hot during the 1st half that I was sure SKV was going to pass out-she was wanting to lay on me and kept saying "I'm sleepy." By halftime something changed, probably the lemon icy we shared...but the kids got pumped up and did great the rest of the game.

Embree Claire's 1st Football Game!

Wolfpack in the house!!! (We're not actually sure if they are in the house this year...have you seen them play?)
Keeping our first game tradition-we took a family picture before the first game. Embree Claire has the idea down...just look at the camera. :)

It was a super hot day but she was a great sport, took a brief nap during the tailgating part and an even shorter one during the game...one that I don't know counted.

Papa and Gran Mary with 2 out of 4 grans.

That's one happy baby!

Another duplicate shot...see SKV's first game shot below.
Embree Claire's 1st Game-2011

As much as I love the Peanut Shell at times-both games were just too hot for it to last too long.
Sidney Kate's 1st Game-2008

Look how much this child has grown in 3 years! But let's not talk about it...she cheered like she had a purpose! She was hollering "Let's go NC State Wolfpack" when everyone else was wondering why they even came to the game. She was really excited to be there. She had her Howl Towel flying and her Wolfpack fingers going. She's quite the trooper!

This is the look of "Can you believe they are playing like this?!"

Things got so bad she figured she'd just so to sleep...for like seconds! Maybe 10-15 minutes...she did great too! Smiled at everyone and played the content baby!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to the best daddy two little girls could have!!!
Embree Claire, Sidney Kate and I are SNEAKY! We did our own little photo shoots to surprise Daddy! Embree Claire's photo shoot was all Red Sox!

Seriously?! So stinkin' cute!

3 years ago Sidney Kate and I started the sneakiness with a State themed shoot.

Go Pack!

"We love our Daddy! He's the best!"