Go Broncos!

As part of our Christmas gift from my lovely inlaws, we all attended the last regular season Broncos game yesterday at Mile High Stadium (yes, I know it has a different name officially...tough). With highs expected to be about freezing, we weren't sure how to best dress for the conditions so went with layers. It worked. We ended up rather warm for the first half and into the third quarter (our seats were south-facing, so we had plenty of sunshine and were thankful since that meant the snow and ice on our seats had melted already, lol). Once the sun went down, our layers went back on and we were happy to have them. :)

Here's Micah before the game started, sporting his knit hat, long underwear top and tee shirt while Asher attempts to block the sun. ;) 

Meanwhile, Noah used the time before kickoff to eat:

(That was about a quarter of a pizza. Don't tell him you saw this picture! lol)

I did, though, let Noah off the hook from being in our group picture by having him take the picture. I forgot my selfie stick...which was sad. (Noah thought this was quite alright and would have been mortified if I'd remembered to bring it, lol, though I did see others using one!)

And then they started the pre-game show stuff with the skydivers and tunnel and anthem and everything. :)

And we proceeded to watch the game and not take photos. ;) We had a really good time and were all very glad that the Broncos won...particularly since this is what happened any time the Raiders managed to do something constructive:

You can't really tell, but that's Micah yelling at the players. ;) Kid takes his football seriously.

And here's Noah pretending not to be having a good time and trying to get far away from me:

Noah and I actually had a great time chatting about the game and the stadium and laughing at the drunk group behind us. I think our favorite was when one of them loudly announced, "I like broccoli!" during a lull in the action. :)

(For what it's worth, though we were a little worried about the potential rowdiness of the crowd, the folks around us were pretty good this time. When Nathan and I went back in September, it was so warm that there was a LOT of drinking going on...leading to a lot of profanity and shouting. Yesterday's drunks, by comparison, were warm and cuddly for the most part...and sometimes entertaining.)

It was nice, also, that the Broncos dominated the game so had possession of the ball most of the time...which made for a quieter game. Micah and I had fun stomping and shouting when the Raiders had the ball (as instructed), though Noah stubbornly refused to so much as clap, lol. 

And here are a couple last shots, just because:

This last one was taken as we were walking back out of the stadium. :) We then made our way to the busses which took us to our cars so very efficiently...that's definitely the way to go if you're thinking of trying to park near the stadium, folks.

And that was yesterday. :) Boys are now playing one of our new board games with grandparents and we're all looking forward to the rest of their visit.