Homecoming at TCU

We were in Fort Worth this past weekend for TCU's Homecoming. This was my 10 year reunion so it was a great opportunity to get together with my old roommates (thank you Dalis for convincing us all to come). We had the best time and the boys had an absolute blast. TCU games are very family friendly, so there was a Frog Fest on Friday night complete with a Homecoming Parade and bounce houses. The boys had so much fun at the game on Saturday. All the kids (called the Bleacher Creatures) are given a TCU jersey to wear and then they can run on the football field with the football players at the beginning of the game. The boys thought that was the coolest thing ever and Ryan was so cute running the entire 100 yards down the field before kick-off. The game was even complete with an Air Force fly-over during the National Anthem - which was really loud but the boys thought it was really neat.

Me and my boys in front of Frog Fountain. Greg missed the Friday night festivities because he was meeting with our tenant - but I was glad to get a picture of the boys with the fountain, which is a landmark on campus.

Ryan, Luke and Mackenna hanging out before the parade on Friday.


Luke was pretty fascinated with the seal.

At the game, after our run down the field. Be sure to check out the video below of our run.

The boys even got to meet the Air Force Falcon.

Lunch (at our absolute favorite restaurant, Mi Concina) before the game with my old roommates. We all lived in our first college apartment together during our Junior year. Above is Ines and her son, Nash, Kim, Dalis and baby to be, and me with Ryan and Luke. We had a monsoon rain come in all day on Saturday and we were afraid that we were all going to get drenched that night, but the skies cleared about an hour before the game.

Tim, Stephanie and Mackenna in front of Frog Fountain - they are another couple that met at TCU - so the campus means a lot to them, just like it does to us. It was funny walking to the game with them on Saturday. We were pointing out all of the important buildings to the boys (who didn't give a flip) - like my dorm, Greg's dorm, the building where I had most of my history classes, and the chapel where we got married. Stephanie pointed out her dorm and to the door where Tim almost kissed her for the first time, but chickened out. Tim said he was probably afraid that Stephanie wasn't going to let him kiss her and she said that he was probably right.

We went over to Tim and Stephanie's house for breakfast on Saturday and the boys had a great time making their own Belgian Waffle. Their favorite part was putting the whipped cream and chocolate chips on their waffle before eating it.

Mackenna enjoyed the book that Greg read to her.

The 3 kids in their TCU garb.

Video of the boys running down the football field. The kids are allowed on the field while the band plays their pregame stuff and then they run to the right of the band while the football team runs through the middle of band. It is really a very cool thing, especially to kids who get to do it in front of 40,000+ cheering fans.

Video of the boys playing with Tim before the parade. We had been in the car all day so they were so glad to have the opportunity to run around and be crazy - and Tim was willing to do it with them.

We left for Texas Thursday night after school and drove to Dumas (which is about 6 hours away). The boys did so well with 2 days in the car. They entertained themselves by drawing and watching movies. Ryan had the best time. We don't ever let them eat in the car or eat dinner with the TV on, so when we stopped at Sonic in Pueblo and allowed them to eat junky fast food in the car while watching a movie, it was Ryan's dream come true. If he were given the opportunity to be a couch potato, he would be a very good one.

We didn't get into Dumas until midnight - but both boys fell asleep long before that.

I am so glad that we were able to take the boys to our college campus and to a football game. I know they had a great time. Before we fell asleep on Saturday night after the game, Ryan whispered to me, "Mama, the TCU game was so much fun. My favorite part was running on the football field."