Happy St. UCONN's Day!

Okay, so maybe it is St. Patty's day. But in our household, it was UCONN (and corned beef) day. My dad had 15 UCONN hats lined up on the mantle prepared for the Big East Championship against Louisville. My parents have a tradition of inviting over family friends and their kids, who also now have kids, over every St. Patty's Day. While mom whips together a great tablescape and decor, dad tells us all "It's all about the corned beef."

Except this year. I'd like to say it was all about the food, but truly it was all about the UCONN Huskies. This started playing in the house circa 3pm and did not stop until the game ended.

My brother has never been one to be quiet and sit still. His younger days of irritating have turned to (mostly) amusing. His wife is probably to thank for that.

So we spent a few hours reveling in the company of friends and good food before the game began. And mmm the food was as good as usual.

 Apparently it takes four men to put ice and beer into the laundry room sink (yep, that's right, beer in the sink).

 

I tried to make it into the photo... but nooot quite. note dad's green uconn shirt!

And the weirdest part of these parties is that now the "kids" are having kids.

Umm did someone reincarnate Chris Giovanni? Nope, that's just his adorable son. And pretty wife.  We also had some other cuties crawling and walking and running around all over the place...

So after some fun and a lot of food (ummm I took zero pictures of the 20+ lbs of corned beef, I was too busy eating. sorry), we watched the UCONN game. It didn't matter what college you actually went to. Penn state alum? Uconn hat. UVA Alum? Uconn hat. BU alum? Uconn hat. Northeastern? Uconn hat. You get the picture. And I also got a few pictures.

Like father like son.

 Getting a little tense for awhile...

And a WIN!

We played the UCONN fight song about 3 more times, there was lots of cheering... and then back to the guiness and some dessert. Now, let's just cross our fingers that the Huskies can pull of something similar in march madness. 

Thanks dad, for showing us how much fun tradition can be. 

Happy St. Patrick's Day (a bit late!)