Stanford vs. Oregon

We went to the Stanford/Oregon game last Saturday with good friends. We brought all the kids and tailgated before the game.

Let's see... some of the highlights included:
* Gorgeous weather on a beautiful fall day!
* Tailgating pre-game, watching the kids play catch, color and get special balloons made for them.
* Watching Gabby & her friends (best friends from school, S & G) stand-up and cheer when the rest of the stadium was making noise... it was so cute.
* Rocco took a nap during the game. This was probably the only 1.25 hour time-span that we were not chasing him or trying to pull him off of things. I think he was either climbing or hiding under the benches almost the entire game.
* The kids LOVED going down a level to watch the Stanford band play a few times during the game.
* Fantastic offensive game for both teams (constant touchdown action) and Stanford won.
* We went on the field after the game with the kids and they danced with the band and participated in the win celebration. Rocco was sure to keep his eyes on the dancing tree... he was quite skeptical (Gabby was too around his age).
* Gabby ate more sugar during the game than I think she's ever had in an entire one week span... resulting in a sugar HIGH... and consequently, as we were leaving, a sugar low.

It was a great day... and if Matteo had been with us, I would have called it a perfect day. We of course thought about him a lot. We brought all the kids to the Stanford/Arizona game last year and it made for a really fun family outing. You can check out video and photos from last year by clicking here.