Goooo Biiiiiiggg Reeeedddd! GO BIG RED!

Go big red (or as Owen says, go big wed!) This is Carson and Owen's new favorite thing to say. At random times during the day I will hear this cheer. It makes me smile.

Carson and I took Carson and Owen to their very first Husker game (season opener.) The boys were looking so forward to the game. They really had no idea what to expect, but I can confidentiality say that it lived up to every thing they imagined and more! We arrived in Lincoln, a.k.a. God's country on Friday night. All six of us stayed in downtown Lincoln in the hotel. Saturday morning we took Stella and Isaac to meet my parents at my aunt's house in Lincoln. On the way to Aunt Kristy's house the big boys kept saying, "Look! They like the huskers! So do they! They are husker fans, too!" They pretty much pointed to everybody in red or with the Nebraska N (which was pretty much everybody). It was cute. Papa and Mimi took Stella and Ike to Omaha to watch the game at the Patterson's house.

Can you see the excitement on their faces? This was taken just before hitting the streets.

We took the big boys back downtown. We took the boys to a favorite of mom's and dad's (Lazlo's) then back to the hotel for a little rest. The boys had nothing to do with resting. They were way too excited. We headed out to the streets around 2:30pm. We met up with Tom and Misti Wolf at their tailgate. Then we met Trent and Megan Abbott and headed to Husker Nation. Husker Nation is a fantastic place that is football fantasy land. It is designed for kids, but I could see in all the dad's eyes they were wishing they could participate in the fun. Carson and Owen loved the obstacle course best. Playing on the husker's practice field was pretty cool, too.

Trent Abbott, Carson, Kara, Misti Wolf, Tom Wolf, Owen, Carson, and Meg Abbott

It was finally time to go to the real husker stadium (not the track and field stadium where Husker Nation is located.) Carson's and Owen's eyes were as wide open as they could be! They could hardly contain themselves. We rode escalators to our section then walked to our seats. We got to sit in the front row right where the players enter the field. The tunnel walk was amazing! Carson and Owen loved the game, people watching and took in as much as their little bodies could handle. Carson loved the "Red Dogs." (That's husker dogs or Fairbury hot dogs to you and I.) We caught a balloon and re-released it during the first touchdown, chanted Goooo Biiiggg Reeeddd! several times, loved watching the marching band, got to see Herbie Husker and Lil Red, and loved waving our arms after the extra point was scored.

(I couldn't resist including a picture of Suh.)

We weren't the last ones to leave the stadium, but it seemed like we were pretty close. We stayed until the very end of the game. We ran into college roommates while they were waiting to leave the game and got to see both the alumni band and collegiate band walk through the streets. It was very entertaining. After finally getting back to the hotel and hearing Goooo Biiiggg Reeeddd! a few hundred times throughout the night we were able to get Carson and Owen to call it a night. It did not take the boys long to fall asleep. It was a long, long day, but oh so much fun!