Trip to the Frozen Tundra

Over the weekend Susie and I made our first pilgrimage to the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field to see the Green Bay Packers take on the lowly Oakland Raiders. What a great trip. Neither one of us had ever been there before and it was number one on my list of things to do before I die. It was a real treat to be able to see Brett Favre play before he retires. It was especially great to see him still able to play at the high level he's been at all year.
Susie and I stayed in Green Bay for the whole weekend and we were able to participate in all the pregame festivities. The night before they had a tree lighting ceremony at the field. Santa and his reindeer were there, we got to decorate Christmas cookies, and we had dinner at Curly's Pub, inside the atrium.
Game time was pretty cold Sunday. Susie and I both wore a few pairs of pants and lots of layers. We were pretty comfortable, but we talked to a lot of people from Cali and Florida who couldn't feel their toes before noon.
We got to the game about two hours early so we could take pictures and really get the game day experience. Lambeau doesn't disappoint.
We had a blast watching the Packers destroy the Raiders and to make a great trip better, the next day Susie took me shopping for my Birthday/Christmas/Anniversary/Flag Day present.
She said I could get anything I wanted, and I had one thing on my mind since October, an autographed Brett Favre helmet. We found it in a collectibles shop across from the field. Man do I love it. It's something I've coveted since I was 14 years old.
Brayden stayed with his Grandparents in Wisconsin for the weekend and had almost as much fun as we did. He helped decorate his great grandparent's house for Christmas and helped grandpa and grandma Lange put up their tree. We brought him back some nice souvenirs, hopefully he'll be a fan like his dad (his mom's starting to come around too).

Trip to Lambeau

KFAN TOY DRIVE

Brayden and I went to the MOA yesterday to donate for Toys for Tots. KFAN was there doing their broadcasts from the rotunda so we got to sit and watch PA and Dubay for a while. As soon as Brayden put the toy into the donation box, a Vikings cheerleader came over to give him five, and he totally dissed her. That's my boy (sigh).
Anyway, here's the link to their photo gallery. If you scroll through them, you'll see some familiar faces.
http://www.kfan.com/cc-common/eyewitness/display.html?album_id=91897

What a week

Well, it's been a busy week around here. Last weekend we went with Russ, Katie, and family to get our Christmas trees. We really wanted to cut our own, so we drove quite a ways to a farm we thought was good for cutting. What a disappointment. We searched for over an hour to find the perfect tree. Then we looked for another hour for a suitable tree. Then we went to their pre-cut lot. What a racket. They cut all the nice trees to sell for double the cut your own price.
We did end up finding a nice tree there. We got it home and Brayden went nuts with the decorations. That kid has more Christmas spirit than I've ever seen. He loves decorating, helps wrap presents, and even helped Susie build a gingerbread house.
We got our first big snowfall of the year. We spent a lot of time outside as the snow fell. Susie, Brayden, and I all worked hard to get the driveway shoveled, then we spent the rest of our time sledding down our front hill.
We've had a great week, but I don't know if it'll top what's coming up. We are heading to Wisconsin on Saturday to let Brayden stay the weekend with his grandparents while Susie and I go to the Packers V. Raiders game on Sunday at Historic Lambeu Field. We'll post pics as soon as we get some.

Our busy week