Hail to the Redskins!

On Christmas Eve, Darren and I had the great opportunity to go to the Redskins game! We had been offered the tickets months ago (by my mom's boss who has excellent hook-ups with the team), but figured that since it was Christmas Eve and all it probably wouldn't go over well with my family. We were offered them again the week before the game and, after talking with my parents, decided that since it was an afternoon game we wouldn't really miss much and decided to go! Darren was SO excited, and then to top it all off we ended up getting pre-game field passes too!

We headed up to the game about 11am Christmas Eve, right after my family had family photos done by a guy up the street. We got to Fed-Ex Field a little before noon, and got down to the field about 12:15ish. It would've been sooner, but I forgot my ID in the car and everything was under my name at Will Call, so Darren had to go back and get it. Luckily, we had front row parking thanks to Mr. Eckert!

Once we got on the field we took it all in, and then headed down towards the team entrance and just watched them warm-up and then scrimmage a little right before the game.

As we were walking down the field we passed the NFL Instant Replay booth. I pointed it out to Darren, since I thought it was really cool for some reason. The guy manning the booth must have seen that and called me over. I was quite confused at first, since I didn't realize he was waving to me, but eventually I figured it out. When we walked over, he asked me to do him a favor and said most people can't say no to him. I said okay, and then he handed me his headset! He then asked me to turn towards Darren, and yell, while waving my arms angrily, "I can't believe it!"

Afterwards he had me reach into his magic bag and pull out a candy cane. I'm pretty sure he was mostly doing this for the kids, but I enjoyed it!

After a few more minutes standing on the sideline the Vikings started coming out of their locker room to warm up. I'm sure Darren could tell you who they all are, but I've got no clue.

I know this one though! - Percy Harvin

When the Redskins came back out it got really fun. I wish Darren would've had the opportunity to talk to some of them, but he says he still had a great time.

#89 Santana Moss

#8 Rex Grossman (we saw a sign saying "Gross-Man". hilarious)

The highlight of our day! #12 Bro. John Beck (we can cal him that, since he's in our ward)

Bro. Beck can spin a football on his finger. Pretty cool...

Enjoying probably one of the best days of his life

A Viking

So, there's a funny story with the above photo...As he was running by a few of the fans near us started booing him. (Why he ran down the 'Skins sideline I'll never know) He kept going, but as he did we all heard, "Aw, shut up!" Most of us started laughing, and I thought it was dang funny. Anyway...

Heading back into the locker room

After they left the field, we went and found our seats. We had some pretty good ones, and enjoyed three quarters of the game from them! (I didn't wear warm shoes and I got pretty cold, so we watched the second quarter and the half-time show from inside the warmth of the club level)

Coin toss

This guy was hilarious! Our in-game entertainment.

Unfortunately, there was one completely wasted Redskins fan who had to be stupid...

Adrian Peterson had just gotten hurt, so I'm not sure how that dude got on the field, but it was quite fun to see him be tackled and taken off the field.

Even though the 'Skins ended up losing, we had a GREAT time and our first NFL game was a very good experience. As we were walking back to or car everyone was wishing eachother a "Merry Christmas". A huge thanks to Mr. Ron Eckert!