Utes Football Game

Back on October 29th Brian got 3 tickets to the Utes football game. We debated for a long time who we should invite to come with me. In the end due to the activities that were being provided we opted to invite these two kids.

They look really happy there, huh? This is us waiting for the Ute players to come down the sidewalk to the stadium. We got there a little early and waited in the sun all dressed in black for the blackout....so we were getting a little warm at this point.

Here they are giving out high fives to all the players. They thought it was pretty cool to meet the players like that. It was funny listening to their comments about the guys height or build and saying good luck to them.
After the Ute Walk we headed to the tailgate party....I feel bad but the boys definitely got exposed to quite the scene with a drunk lady.

We got a picture at the tailgate party taken by AT&T but it doesn't want to load here so go to my facebook if you want to see it. After the tailgate party we booked it to the car to get all our warm stuff for the game, we then ran back to the stadium, hurried inside and headed to trick or treating.

The boys got a lot of stuff. More then I thought they would do. This is a picture of the flashing sticks that the baseball players were handing out. All the other teams were there too with their schedules and pictures plus candy. The boys got hats, glasses, shirts, the glowing sticks, candy, and big candy bars. Yeah they loved every minute of it.

Here are the boys in their bling and enjoying the beginning of the game. We had some fun people sitting around us until the crazy guys came and sat behind us. But the boys had a lot of fun. I guess we got the seat where the subway promotion was going on. If I had sat in Dillon's seat I would have gotten a $25 gift card. Before I knew that though they moved up one row. Dillon was so sad he wasn't sixteen so that he could have won BUT we made it on the jumbo screen.

The Utes played great and we won in the end. The boys just enjoyed the atmosphere and then sent the last quarter trying to stay warm. It got pretty cold on us. Brian came up and visited in the fourth quarter between his last promotion.

The best part was just having fun and giving both of these boys some first experiences. Nathan was so excited to be at his first college football game. He was getting to experience all kinds of firsts. One thing that he wanted to do and was envy of were the people on the field. He just wanted to walk on it. So at the end of the game.....

We made his wish come true. We walked on the field and blended in with those waiting for the football players to come out. He was so excited about it. The boys both loved the cars Brian was put in charge of especially the one he got to drive. They wouldn't stop talking about it the whole way to get ice cream.

After the fun night, Brian and I knew we made the right decision. These boys were talking about the game and the fun they had for days. I know I had a blast even though I had just gotten a cold. Definitely a fun memory. Brian and I talked after ward and we hope to be able to do this with our nieces and nephews more.