Go Patriots!

Well something I never envisioned doing was taking a 5 month old to a NFL football game. I knew that to truly get a taste of Boston, we had to go to a Patriots football game. So our little family embarked on quite a journey this weekend to watch the Patriots take on the Colts in Gillette Stadium.

The traffic on game day is notorious so we headed out a day early and stayed at a hotel in 'Patriot Place', immediately adjacent to the stadium. There was shopping and some really great food. Here are a few pictures....

View of Gillette Stadium from our hotel....

Another view of the stadium...

The ultimate fan store....aka Scott Davis' heaven on Earth

Scott, if I could afford it I would buy you one and ship it down to Byram, MS!

Our little Patriots fan was all dressed up and ready for the game!

Wonder where Kenzie gets those beautiful eyes? Hmm.....

We were really lucky to have great club level seats. This allowed us to get into the game early. There was an outdoor seating area as well as an indoor area with gourmet food and most importantly HEAT!

Here is the stadium from our seats about 2:00 hours before kickoff....

What a difference two hours makes!

Kenzie and Jen just after kickoff...

Kenzie was a bit obsessed with the replay screen!

One of the coolest parts of the games....minutemen line up and fire their muskets each time the Patriots score. Kenzie was not a huge fan of that part....(picture not taken by me)

The food, oh my goodness, the food. You tell me if this looks like typical football stadium food. Tenderloin on toasted bread with mushrooms, onions, rosemary potatoes and mozzarella. Fantastic!

A shot of the club lounge area...

We picked up a little more Patriots merchandise as well. Kenzie was so excited the Patriots won that she wanted to have a Jersey. We found this great one that was marked way down to $10.00. Shhh...don't tell Kenzie it was marked way down because # 39, Laurence Maroney was traded to the Broncos in September!

Now it is time for the Featured Flashback! Here you can see me and my brother Danny working on Jennifer's parents house after Hurricane Katrina. We were painting and Jennifer had us stop and take this silly picture. I am so glad that she did because every time I see it, it makes me laugh!

And how about one more great picture of Kenzie to end a great night! Go Pats!

Have a great week all,

Ashley