Are You Ready For Some Football??

Yeah, I know - those are probably not words that you would expect to find on this blog! While I do like some sports, you will most likely not find me joining my husband on the couch during the weekend, flipping amongst 10 different channels covering 2-3 NFL games, a golf championship, college basketball, etc. He recently informed me that, one day, his plan is for us to have a wall of televisions in a designated man cave where he can just watch all of his sporting events at one time...um, great. I might see my husband once a year if that idea comes to fruition.

With all that being said, I do enjoy attending sporting events in person. For instance, I always thought baseball on TV was like watching paint dry. While in law school, though, I attended a lot of Cincinnati Reds games and was surprised to find myself enjoying it. So when we were offered the amazing opportunity to attend the AFC championship game this past weekend in Indianapolis, we jumped at the chance (to my husband, it was like he was a kid again and it was Christmas and his birthday, all rolled into one!). One of the other attorneys in our firm is married to an ex-NFL lineman who played for the Buffalo Bills, Indianapolis Colts, and Pittsburgh Steelers. He still does some color announcing for the Colts and they invited some of us to be guests in a suite on the 30-yard line. Let me tell you, they set the bar entirely too high! We had a great view of the action - here are the Colts heading out to the field:


The unfurling of the American flag - this was so very cool. Members of the armed forces held the flag which covered the entire field. While Jordin Sparks sang the National Anthem (and boy did she sound incredible, it gave me cold chills!), an eagle was released to fly through the stadium. The crowd went wild!



The jersey of our gracious co-host:


The girls (heinous picture of me, but I knew I needed to include it!). Ashley and I weren't exactly addressed in sports attire (I've never seen so many grown men wearing jerseys in my life, it was kind of disturbing), but as you'll see she sported some festive blue tights in honor of the Colts!



Our view of the end zones:



We had such a great time and I found myself cheering with everyone and giving high-fives to the strangers, just call it a mob mentality. Best of all, the Colts are headed to Miami for the Super Bowl!


What made it that much sweeter was watching Pierre Garcon, the Colts' rookie wide receiver (who had one helluva game), proudly hold the flag of his native Haiti and offer words of encouragement to those back home.


As you can see, we had a great time and I'm so happy we went - rest assured, however, that this does not mean that I by no means now consider myself to be a huge sports nut! This blog will now return to its regularly scheduled programming of Alexandra updates, observations of a working mom, decorating and fashion...