After being out of town and missing Clint and the girls, it was nice to have a long weekend for Labor Day. When we found out that UT'S season opener was going to be played at Nissan Stadium here in Nashville we had no reason not to go!
Amanda and Houston (and Huddie, of course) came by Saturday around noon and we all piled into the Expedition to head downtown for some tailgating fun. We had wings, snacks, drinks and everything. We found a place to park, set up our test and chairs and really enjoyed the excitement. The girls have never been to a UT game, and they were loving all the orange!
About 5 minutes before we wanted to walk to the stadium a rain shower came out of nowhere. Actually the rain felt nice to cool us off. It was HOT.
Houston was able to find us dome great tickets so we had an awesome view of the Power T and all the pre-game fun. Aubrey didn't know what to do with herself, she was so excited!
The kids did awesome, despite the oppressive hest in the first quarter. By the second quarter, Amanda took all 3 kids to the shade and into an air-conditioned Titans store in the stadium to cool off. There was no complaints, but you could tell the poor kiddos were melting.
We enjoyed watching the Pride of the Southland band perform at halftime, but we're disappointed that the cheerleaders didn't come out and do anything. We were at the opposite end of the field and couldn't see them during the game, so Aubrey was sad they didn't perform. A few minutes into the 3rd quarter Clint and I took the girls for snacks. We were gone a while, so we fully expected the 3rd quarter to be almost over when we walked back to our seats. Instead we learned there was a weather delay!! Apparently there was lightning within 8 miles of the stadium so they had to stop the game. The weather looked clear, but the delay lasted over an hour!!!! Again, the kids never complained once and when the play resumed the sun had started to go down and the weather was beautiful!
It was such a fun day and an awesome experience for the girls! We've decided that we want to try to go to the UT versus Vanderbilt game each year to start a new tradition.
Here are the pics from the day....
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