Thursday, December 31, 2015

Independence Bowl: Game Day!

The day that we had been waiting for finally arrived last Saturday! Game Day!!!! 
Several of us started out game day by participating in the Independence Bowl 5K bright and early on Saturday morning. I have to be honest, it was total peer pressure that made me sign up, as I haven't ran since September and I have never done a real 5K before. #runningaintmything 

Thankfully, there were several of us that did it just to have something to do, and I for one was all about the break from my girls! (It had been a long week in a hotel room.) So, there were about 4 of us that decided to walk the 5K.

When the 5K was over, we went back to the hotel and grabbed breakfast and then got ready for our day. 

DJ headed out for meetings, and Nana stayed with two of the girls while Megan and I made a quick stop back to the outlet mall so I could make a return. 
We stopped in to Nike and Meggie insisted on having her picture taken. 
We browsed through a few more stores before heading back to the hotel. She was all about modeling. 
It's not often that I get to spend time with just my middle, and I think she was eating up all of the attention and time alone!
She asked to take my picture. 

When Megan and I got back to the hotel, Addy was napping, so we finished getting dressed and ready for the game. Once she woke up, we had lunch in the hospitality suite and loaded the team buses to head to the game. 

The team arrives to the games about two hours early, and since we have to go with them, we have plenty of time to waste before the game! Thankfully, the bowl was hosting a fan fest with food trucks, tailgating, and inflatables for the kids. 
Ha- Gretchen was not too thrilled about anything. Until we got to the inflatables!
And then she was all happy and playful. She and Addy went down the slide. 
So fun!!!!

The kids played and played before we decided it was time to head back to the stadium. 
But first, a cousin picture!
Sweet kiddos heading to the stadium. 
We got in and found our seats. We had potty breaks, grabbed dinner, and waited for kick off!
Meggie was a bit disappointed with our seats and insisted on moving to where she could see. At one point in the game, she took off toward the field, because this girl loves her football. 
Nana and her grandbabies! 
Addy Pearl and I waiting for the game to start. 
My Rustic Cuff Tulsa stack is now complete! 
We listened to both bands play, saw fireworks, and had a fly over before the game. 
And then, I sat through the longest, most exciting, nerve wracking football game ever. Every single time Tulsa was about to score a touchdown, one of the girls had to potty. I literally saw two of our teams touchdowns the entire game. The first quarter, both teams were neck and neck. We'd score, they'd score, and it was back and forth for a while. In the third quarter, we were behind, and our team rallied back. 
We were behind by two points with about two minutes left to go in the game and we had the ball. And, then our quarterback got sacked. Twice. And the game was over. 

But, we cheered hard. We cheered loud. 


And in the end, I thought we'd win. I really thought we could do it and that we were going to do it. Gretchen came over and said she wanted to leave since we were loosing, and I told her we were only loosing by two, and that we were going to score! 

I had faith. I prayed. 

And at the end of the day, I was and am so proud of our players, our coaches, our staff. 
It was a hell of a game. 

When the game was over, we loaded the buses and waited for everyone else to board before heading back to the hotel. It made for a late night. The girls went to bed, we went to the hospitality suite for dinner, and then we crashed.

Sunday morning was spent packing. 
We were ready to get home!

We boarded the buses to head to the airport. 
And we were tired. 
The weather had held off the entire time, but it started to rain as we boarded the plane. The flight home was pretty bumpy. At one point, I'm pretty sure Adalyn's ear drums popped because she immediately started screaming. I think we flew in circles around Tulsa waiting to land because of the weather. It was a long flight. 

We got off the plane to board the buses, and it was freezing cold, raining, and windy. Brr!
But, we were so excited to be home!!! 

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