Colt's Game

Andee was not present for this event so this post was authored by Dave.  I apologize in advance if it is not as good as what Andee usually writes.

So a few weeks ago Andee's dad was nice enough to let us use his Colts tickets.  Technically, he gave Benjamin the tickets but Benjamin kindly let me tag along for the game.  Since Andee already had a church commitment and the game did not start until 7:30pm we decided it would be best to leave the younger kids at home and instead let Benjamin bring a buddy.


Here is a photo from our seats in Lucas Oil Stadium.  There is not a bad seat in the house but Benjamin did mention that there were a lot of stairs on the way to our seats.  We started at near ground level running up the ramp to get to our seats.  By the end of our climb Benjamin's pace had slowed to a crawl.  Benjamin's buddy Aidan was the same way.  His dad Gregg and I joked that exhausting the boys on the way to our seats was going to make our job easier.



Here is a shot of Benjamin soaking in the action.  He was very attentive and quickly realized when to cheer to rally the home team.



Here is a shot of Benjamin with his buddy Aidan.  Luckily we had some empty seats around us since their enthusiasm required a lot of elbow room.



Celebrating a defensive stop.  We didn't have a lot of touchdowns to celebrate unfortunately.



This was a 1st down play and everyone else was being quiet but Benjamin and Aidan were still fired up from the last play.  I am sure the players appreciate it.



"Go Colts!!!  Get that guy!!!"



With the game all but lost halfway through the 4th quarter we decided to go explore the stadium.  The boys were ready to stretch their legs and had lots of fun acting crazy together.



Benjamin modeling his daddy's Colts jersey.  He will grow into it.



That is one happy kid.



At this point it was about 9:30pm and the boys were starting to lose it.  They started chanting "My Buddy, my buddy, my buddy" and Gregg and I could not peel them apart.  At one point Gregg was holding Aidan and I was holding Benjamin and they nearly knocked us over since they would not let go of each other's hands.



This image does not reflect the craziness of the moment.  That mannequin is lucky he did not lose his arm.



Notice how we are restraining the boys for this picture.  The boys ran off together a split second after this picture was taken.



Benjamin explaining to the press core why we lost another one.  The important thing is that the boys had a great time.  Benjamin can't wait until next time he gets to see his Colts.