Saturday morning we headed up to Lincoln for the Husker football game. It was the first game for the girls and a day Mark has been dreaming of for years. Taking his girls to the Nebraska game. We had so much fun. We hit the pool at the hotel for a quick swim before heading out to dinner.
We had dinner at Applebee's and then headed down to the stadium.
We parked about 6 blocks away and walked to the campus. We got there in plenty of time, so we walked around outside for a little while before heading in.
These fans (and football helmets) were a hit! I could hardly get a picture of the girls without them after someone gave them to us.
The girls insisted on sitting down instead of exploring. They didn't want to miss the start of the
game. It was 68 minutes until game time...I think we had plenty of time. The game didn't even start till 8:10 Saturday night. It was a late night for sure.
After a while they decided we could get up and check out the stadium.
But, first we had to get more pictures with the football helmet.
We watched the Huskers warm up for a while, until we got hit with a football...so them we moved! It was only on our hand, but it got our attention for sure.
When the girls and I were out exploring, we stumbled upon the players coming out of the locker room. Super fun and exciting!
Our seats were amazing. 30 rows up in the end zone...where 3 touchdowns were scored in the 2nd quarter.
The energy and excitement at Memorial Stadium is the best. It is jam packed in that stadium and so loud and exciting.
The pre game show was even fun to watch.
Then it was time for the game and the tunnel run!
Red balloons are handed out before the game and you hold onto them until Nebraska scores. After they score, you let them go. That was awesome.
The girls and I walked around for a while in the 2nd quarter since they were getting a little restless in their seats.
We had the best seats though. No one was in front of us. So, the girls could stand up, lean against this rail if they wanted, and see everything.
We enjoyed exploring the stadium. We came back to our seats with pretzels and pizza. Nothing like 2nd dinner at 9:30 at night! We stayed for almost the entire game. There was about 5 minutes left when we left our seats and about 1 minute left when we got out of the stadium. At this point it was after 11:30 and Addison was tired. Lauren did amazing the entire game, but poor Addison was so tried and kept saying "I want a bed to go to sleep in." So, we left and got back to the hotel around 12:30 in the morning! It was well worth it though.
It was a great night and an amazing weekend. We can't wait to do it again.
