It Squeaks When You Bite It

Last weekend we went to Wisconsin for the Cowboys v. Packers game! David's uncle manages and partially owns the Best Western Bridgewood Resort in Neenah, Wisconsin, and he was able to get us tickets to the game. Lambeau was pretty cool...!

That's Vince Lombardi on the left and Curly Lambeau on the right.

Well, needless to say, the game was terrible, since the Cowboys were 1-6 going in and ended up 1-7 at the end of it. YUCK. Such a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad game.

We did, however, have a very nice visit with David's aunt and uncle! I even had the opportunity to try cheese curds for the first time, and they were quite tasty. David's aunt informed me that when cheese curds are really fresh, they're supposed to squeak when you bite into them. The cheese curds I ate squeaked, so they must have been fresh.

David's mom wanted to buy some Packer memorabilia, so we ventured to the mall one day. David and I took that opportunity to snap a photo with Bucky Badger.

Except for witnessing the absolute slaughter of the Cowboys, our trip to Wisconsin was a lot of fun!

Cowboys Game ... the VIP way

Last Sunday, we went to the Cowboys v. Titans game. At the Texans game a few weeks ago, we met a guy in the parking lot after the game and gave him and his friends a few of our beers.  After chatting for a bit, we found out he worked in the Cowboys ticket office! He offered to get us into the Cowboys tunnel the next time we were at the stadium, as a thank you for the beers. I put his number in my phone, and only half expected him to respond to my text message on Sunday. Well, he did respond and he followed through on his promise and got us into the tunnel!! It was so cool! Definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity for us, since the only people allowed in the tunnel are those who are willing to pay an arm and a leg for their seat license. We were only willing to pay an arm for ours. :)

We saw the players run through the tunnel from the locker room to the field (there's Tony!)...

And then Jerry Jones walked through and even stopped to chat and sign some autographs!

David, with his long arms, was able to get his ticket stub out there and Jerry signed it!! Guess he didn't notice the small size of the ticket (if you really belong in the tunnel, your ticket is about twice the size of ours)!

The tunnel is actually part of a bar that's on field level. There's a little "patio" area where you can stand along the railing and you're basically *THISCLOSE* to the players. It was pretty neat! The only thing that sucked is that since you're pretty much on the field, we weren't able to see much. But we were about 10 feet from the Cowboys bench!

When the players are being introduced, they have a Cowboys star that shoots out fire, and boy was it HOT!!

 

We also got to see where the post-game interviews are held.

Just before the end of the second quarter, we made our way up a level to the other bar. The view of the field was much better from here!

The Cowboys didn't win (we were 0-2 on games for the weekend...boo), but we had fun watching the game from where the aristocracy sits! haha! 

2-0 on the Road

 Last weekend we went down to Houston for the Cowboys v. Texans game! It turned out that the scheduling worked out perfectly since we had to be in Galveston Monday morning for our annual staff conference! A couple guys we work with and David's friend from college, Andy, also came. We had a blast!!

We had to make something easy, since we didn't have a fridge or a kitchen to prep in, so we settled on burgers! Have you ever been to San Marcos and eaten at the Tap Room? Well if you have, then you know all about their famous queso burger.

A juicy 1/2 pound patty, smothered in homemade spicy queso and guacamole. Absolutely delicious. Well we attempted to duplicate this at the tailgate. I'd never made queso on the grill and it actually turned out pretty good! It had the smoky bbq taste to it, but it was still really good.

One of the guys we work with, Matt, was the one who requested the queso burger. I think he approves!

Tailgating is always so much fun!! We played washers...

Andy broke out the vodka and we took some shots...

Matt & Ricky (from work)

Me & David

Pretty soon, it was game time!! Go Cowboys!!!!

We really went into this game mentally prepared to lose. The Cowboys were 0-2 and we just weren't playing very well. But surprisingly, they put their game faces on and we won!!! I am very proud to say that David and I are now 2-0 on our road games. Last year, we went to the Saint's game and if you'll remember, they were undefeated. And we went into the Superdome and kicked some booty!  Needless to say, we did the same thing at Reliant! So really, all I have to say is...we're going to Green Bay in November, so the Packers better watch out!! Just sayin'!

Here's the group after the game...

A little fuzzy...but to be honest, I think we were all feeling a little fuzzy...haha!

Ricky polished off the vodka for us...

And the boys decided they needed to shotgun a beer...or two...

We had so much fun at the game! Cowboys games are always fun, but going on the road to watch the Cowboys win is even better!!

Cowboys vs. Saints

The weekend before Christmas, we took a trip down to New Orleans to go to the Cowboys game! David wants to start going to one road game a year, and our fellow Cowboys friends, David and Krissy, joined us. For those of you who don't know, going into the game, the Saints were undefeated (after having played 13 games). The Cowboys were definitely the underdog and we were mentally prepared for a butt kicking.

Even so, we were super excited to be there!

The Saints had a pretty impressive introduction!

And....after 3 hours of pure excitement....WE WON!!!!!

We had such a great time! We had po boys at Mothers, coffee and beignets at Cafe du Monde, and we even managed to win a little money at Harrah's!