Birthday Party at Cowboys Stadium

Saturday was my youngest brother, Tyler's, birthday!  Ann surprised him with a birthday party at Cowboys Stadium!  It's taken me a few days to get around to posting this because I took over 200 pictures in the 3+ hours that we were there!!!  We went on a VIP tour of the stadium and then spent some time playing football on the field.  Here's a picture tour of some of the day (Even with the picture overload that you're about to endure...this is only a glimpse of our time at the stadium of America's team!)

We spent some time in the pro shop before our tour began.  Brody and Tyler had fun trying on the huge foam Cowboy hats.

Brody was attached to Ann's hip.  He held her hand almost the entire tour (at least until we got to the field and he was able to run and play football)!

 

The guys (minus Daddy Steve) sitting in Jerry Jones's "working booth".  This is where he sits during a lot of the game with his sons and evaluates the team.

We totally forgot to bring the backpack with us, so people took turns carrying Barrett around on their shoulders. 

Doesn't Ann just look like she's glowing?!?

 

 

Ann & Namaw sitting in the cushy seats of one of the multi-million dollar suites.  They were NICE!

 

The ritzy suite was very open to the stadium.  Barrett held on tight to the rail in front of his seat...and Tyler held on tight to Barrett!

I, on the other hand, decided to try out the piece of glass that's meant to stop you from tumbling over the rail.  It worked!

The boys were super excited when we finally made it to the football field!

 

2 year old Barrett standing by the #2 on the field at Cowboys Stadium!

Brody posed by the 4 very quickly so he could get back to playing football!

 

Since it's Christmas time, Santa was there to see the kids.  His "helpers" were 2 of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.  The boys didn't care about the girls...but they were super excited to see Santa!  Barrett looked like he was in awe!

We got to visit the locker room.  It was gorgeous!

 

Then we ran out on the field through the tunnel that the Cowboys run through and Tyler and Namaw sat down to rest on the bench on the sidelines. 

Time for more football....

 

Barrett got hungry (the tour lasted longer than I anticipated) and I was so thankful that Audria had some crackers in her purse that she shared with him.

The guys really wanted me to get a picture of Mike diving for a football in the end zone (like he does at many of their flag football games.) 

 

This was the best I could capture.  It wasn't exactly what they'd envisioned...but I think it's pretty good!  I also know that I need to get Mike a new Cowboys shirt because the turf wasn't very nice to the one he was wearing as he slid across it on his chest!

After the tour was over we headed to lunch.  Chuck and Lou Ann met us for a yummy Mexican lunch.  The waiters were kind enough to let Tyler wear a huge sombrero while they sang to him.

Then Barrett eagerly climbed up in Tyler's lap to help polish off the birthday dessert!

 

We had so much fun today!  It was neat to learn all the behind the scenes facts about Cowboys Stadium.  Great idea, Ann!  I hope Tyler enjoyed it as much as we did!