RSL Game - Labor Day Wknd 2012

Our last "hurrah" of the summer. The kids start to get really busy with their after-school activities next week and in just a couple of weeks Garrett will be starting his college courses in computer programming. One last bit of fun before all the craziness truly begins. Garrett and I were THRILLED when our good friends, Chris and Jamie, offered us their tickets for the RSL game on Saturday. They were going to be out of town, lucky ducks are in London :), and they didn't want their tickets going to waste. Knowing how much we love to attend the games, they were kind enough to give us their tickets. We can never say thank you enough times to them, WE LOVE YOU GUYS!

Because we didn't have the kids with us this time, we didn't have any reason to attend the pre-game carnival so instead we just decided to go in the stadium as soon as the gates were opened. This gave us the chance to watch the team doing their pre-game warm-ups. So much fun!

Our friends have great seats, and I'm not going to lie, it is SOOOO much fun being that close to all the action.

One of the things that was pretty cool, is that before the game while the team is warming up, one of the Real players was talking to some of the kids and giving them his autograph.......

We love you Luis Gil! We were fans of yours before.....but your character was shown in how you were treating and interacting with these kids.....Our respect for you went up even more after this!

So the weather unfortunately wasn't that great during the game....and after only 3 mins and 15 secs into the match, the officials called a game delay due to the lightning that was striking close to the stadium.

Garrett and I were part of those CRAZY fans who didn't seek shelter from the rain......we patiently sat in our seats, getting rained on, waiting for the team to come back out on the field. There was NO WAY we were leaving!

As the major storm cell started to pass, at least the lightning, we caught a rainbow peaking out over the stadium.

After over an 80 minute delay, the team came back out for another pre-game warm-up, and then the match resumed. It continued to rain throughout most of the match, but like I said before, we weren't going anywhere! Yes, I became one of those crazy fans you see on T.V. who you wonder why in the blazes they are out there in the cold cheering on their team! We had a great time, in spite of the rain. Real won their game, and it was SOOOO much fun! This is the last game of the season that we will get to attend, but you can bet we will be to even more next year. Until then, we will be cheering them on from home, along with our kids! Here's to a great season and upcoming playoffs. RSLTID!!!!!!!