Football!

Welllll, she did it again. Your Bekah-girl had a whole football-laden evening and still doesn't understand a thing about the game. But it sure was a fun night.

I've told you before about my friend Pat. I featured him in one of my Walk A Mile in My Shoes Wednesday posts, because he's had two kidney transplants in his life. And some of you might remember that we participated in a kidney walk with him last summer. Well he's a Purdue fan, through and through, and he loves going to their football games. He also loves taking friends along to enjoy the evening with him, so this past Saturday, we were those friends! (He also invited his sister's in-laws; we met them at the kidney walk and really loved talking with them then.) Wanna see our night?

We carpooled togther to West Lafayette and then joined up with the rest of the crew and drove on over to Purdue. Please excuse my face here. I was so worried about getting everyone IN the picture that I failed to think about the angle.

Ross-Ade Stadium!

This was a little Christmas-miracle-in-September. We heard there were 55,000 people at the game. And in all of that, we found someone we knew! This is Kristen, who actually graduated from high school with us. She lives out of state now, but she is as much a die-hard Purdue fan as Pat is, so whenever she's home, she's at the games too! What are the chances that we would find her?

It was marching band day at Purdue, so before we went into the game, we went to hear some of the musical festivities with just a few bazillion of our closest friends.

And then it was time go to see the game! It was the most perfect night weather-wise for being outside. The temperature was perfect, the game was a night game, so we didn't have to contend with sunburns, there was a slight breeze, absolutely no clouds in the sky, a huge moon...ahhhhhh.

It may not look too full in that picture, but the stadium filled up in a FAT hurry, which isn't 100% ideal for a claustrophobic girl. I had a few moments of panic, but I got through it.

Here are a few pictures from the beginning, including the flyover!

And then a few randoms from the game itself. You'll notice the guys in the white and yellow baseball caps. There was not a perch near my seat that could get me tall enough to photograph OVER them. they were in everything.

 It did start to empty out toward the end. When you're losing by kind of a lot, you tend to lose fans.

The only touchdown Purdue got the entire game came at the end. I didn't expect it by that point, so I missed the actual moment, but here's the body-slam celebration:

And a few more fun pictures:

And as we headed to the car? A little post-game...well...I'm not sure it was a celebration, since they lost, but something!

We didn't get home until about 1 in the morning, but we sure had fun! Thanks, Pat, for sharing with us!