Some Texas Pre-Game Fun

I had promised the girls that we would take one game day toward the end of the season to take in all that UT has to offer on game day; it's a lot, it's so fun; it's crowded, and it's hot at the beginning of the season, so we tend to avoid it. But, we had friends in town last weekend for the game, and we were prepared to take it all in! 

Friday night we met up with my friends and headed to the University Co-Op so they could grab shirts. Adalyn kept pointing out all of the things she wanted for Christmas, and I couldn't help but fall in love with the McConaugh-Tree. 

After dinner, we took our friends to see the offices, and Adalyn had a blast in the players lounge. We also shot some basketball. 

Earlier in the day, DJ headed to the set of college game day. They've been on our campus 3 times in the past 2 years, and while it's so exciting, we've lost every game they've been at, so they can stay away and it will be fine with me. 

Saturday morning, these two were watching game day on TV before DJ had to leave for meetings. 

I got dressed in what I thought was warm clothes and we were ready to head out. 

We dropped bags, coats, and a kid off in DJ's office, walked through the office, and made it outside in time to see Bevo's parade on Bevo blvd. 

We were standing on the steps, and the band comes down and performs, so we had to move, but we had a front row seat to the band. 

Then we were off to explore and play games. First up, a football toss. 

Then it was photo booth time! The girls put on jersey's, chose their background and we were texted the coolest picture. 

Megan had to have a turn too, and chose the same background. 

And then we all had to take a big group picture! 

We pushed our way through the crowd and up to Smokey's Midway. First up was the Fun Slide, which wasn't much fun becuase you had to push yourself down. 

The guy working also separated Megan and Adalyn so we had to wait a bit longer for them to each have their turn. 

The girls tried their hand at the rock wall. Megan is on the far right. 

They through axes; Adalyn almost hit the bullseye on the first try! 

And they played a horse racing game, where you roll a ball up, and the hole corresponds with how fast your horse moves. Megan won a game and was thrilled. Adalyn lost and cried. 

We stopped and listened to about 5 seconds of the Third Eye Blind concert going on because the kids were cold. 

We made it in to the game to watch the pregame festivities, and parachuters flying down. It was dark, but each parachuter had a light on them so we could see them in the sky. Some landed right on the 50 yard line and others landed down the field. One guy we thought was going to end up in the crowd. 

This is literally the only other picture I have from the game. It wasn't a great game, but having friends in town made it so much fun!