Rose Bowl!!!!

WHAT AN AMAZING WAY TO END THE FROG'S SEASON!!!!

We flew out on Christmas afternoon and landed in LA at 11:30 PST, which is 2:30 am on the east coast.  Cal was AWESOME flying, and I am contemplating buying stock in children's benadryl...

Here are some of the pictures, with ALL of them up on MobileMe.  It's hard to share them all on blogger.  You can click on the picture for a bigger shot of it, if you need to see it....I mean, don't you want to???

Here is a recap of the events:

On the 26th, we got up early to catch a bus to Disneyland!  We were there early, and the park wasn't too crowded.  Jenny and Cecilia (the cute girl in the middle of the pic below and the cutie in the stroller next to Cal) joined us and we were SO glad they did!  Cecilia loves all things Disney so it was really fun to watch her enjoy all of her favorites. 

Arriving in Disneyland!!

 Cal enjoyed seeing everyone and just taking in the sounds, lights, people...everything!  We took him on the carousal first and Eddie stayed off to take pictures, then he rode the Dumbo with his daddy and I took pictures of them.  He was a happy boy on the rides!

 Jenny, Cecilia, Patty and Cal waiting to get to see Minnie Mouse!  And Cal taking a little snooze on Poppy's shoulder, waiting to ride It's a Small World:

Cecilia liked Minnie a little more than Cal did :)

Cal with number 14, Andy Dalton.  He is the quarterback for TCU and was the MVP of the Rose Bowl game.  He is also unbelievably nice.  He was more than willing to hold a stinky baby and smile.  We are big fans :)

 We went out to Runyon Canyon one morning to see the view-- it really was amazing!  And we had a great day for it! 

The Hollywood sign in the background and Cal with each of us

At the Santa Monica pier: Cal was OBSESSED with the birds and was screaming and pointing them out to everyone!

 We got to do a behind the scenes Rose Bowl tour of the stadium, locker rooms, and press box-- it was beyond special and amazing!

walking into the Rose Bowl!

TCU will have their name on the 2011 plaque, which will be up there FOREVER...amazing!

In the TCU locker room and in the tunnel leaving the locker room

looking down at the field from the press box

This was so crazy...Eddie was playing golf at a course right next to the Rose Bowl on the day we did the tour.  I looked out at this course when we were in the press box and saw him!  What are the chances???  haha-- had to take a pic!

We toured where the floats are made for the Rose Bowl parade.  Everything on the floats has to either BE alive, or was ONCE alive.  The things they come up with for the floats are amazing!

Carrie and Tricia are excited!!!

Cal was such a trooper and then just crashed on my shoulder :)

 We went to the Grove one day to do a little shopping!

Some pictures with the fountain

 Cal with his sweet sweet Aunts!  He loves them!

 IT'S GAME DAY!!!!!

We took some pictures in the hotel room before leaving...

At the stadium :)

On the field after the game!!!  AHHHHH!!!

GO FROGS!!!!!!

 We left the following day at 10 at night and took the red eye home.  Cal slept great, mom and dad, not so much!  We were worn out yesterday and I had a TON of laundry to do...it was never ending!  We are starting to get back into a routine, although Cal seems to still be on West Coast time.  He took a 5 hour nap yesterday and wouldn't go down until 9:00 last night.  He slept until 9 this morning though! haha


I am SO SO SO proud of my father-in-law and his team.  This was his first game that he could coach since the heart attack, so there were a LOT of emotions all around.  When the two point conversion was blocked by Tank Carder to basically win the game, we all burst into tears....tears were flowing the whole night!

Thanks for reading this far down!!! :)


GO FROGS!