A March Flashback....

Nope, I haven't posted in awhile. I will quit making excuses and making promises about posting. I'm just going to post when I post. I hope people read once in awhile and don't give up on me. ANYWAYS, a year ago last week, our little family of 3 1/2 (I was pregnant with Kate) took a trip to Tennessee. I partially blogged about it, but I never finished it. While I'm certainly not trying to play catch-up, I will do a flashback of something I never blogged about. In a bit, you'll see why this post is appropriate. In case you didn't know, Marc is a Texas Longhorns fan. Don't ask me why. Ask him if you're curious -- Ha! I can't explain it either. The night before we left for our little trip to Tennessee, it was "Selection Sunday." (You know, for the big NCAA basketball tourney). The University of Texas, though seeded at a 16 (I think), was going to play at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville -- when we were to be there anyways. After some brief discussion and quite a bit of online searching for various ticket prices, we made the decision to purchase three tickets for our little family and go to a game -- Marc getting the opportunity to watch Texas, a pregnant Sarah, and a 3 year-old Luke....sounds like good times, doesn't it? (I know how much many of you would want to attend an NCAA basketball game with a 3 year-old)... Luke was VERY intrigued with the escalator. Basically, we spent quite a bit of money on a ticket for him for the escalators. BUT, what can you expect from a little boy? He very much enjoyed looking down from the nose bleed section that we were in. We DID discover on this trip that, as of right now, Luke has NO fear of heights. I packed quite a few snacks for Luke, and fortunately, upon inspection of our bags at the entrance, the "Grandpa-Like" security guard didn't mind our bag full of snacks for Luke.... Texas did lose this game....Our tickets were also for another game. We stayed for the first half of the next game (when Luke was D.O.N.E.)....One of the teams playing in the second game was St. Bonaventure -- a small, Catholic school from upstate New York. Despite being from a long ways off, quite a few students and parents showed up to watch. They were VERY lively and had A LOT of school spirit. And, I'm not saying that in a bad way AT ALL! Their spirit was amazing to watch! It was fun to see a smaller school like that make it into the big NCAA tourney. Their loudness, however, did intimidate Luke a bit -- a kid who doesn't like loudness. Between the two games, as the St. Bonaventure students were getting loud and excited, Luke wasn't exactly enjoying himself. SO, we did what any good parents would do and bribed him with ice cream. Yep, it worked, and that's who we made it through the first half of the second game after TX was finished.