Cowboys Stadium

Tonight was the Silver and Blue Debut at the Cowboys Stadium. They had an open practice where fans could come watch (and check out the new stadium) for FREE!!! You better believe we were there!

Brody was really excited to get to go inside Cowboys Stadium. He asks us to drive by it all the time. He loves looking at the building from the outside and telling us about how the Cowboys will play football there...so you can imagine his excitement when I told him we were going to go watch the Cowboys play football INSIDE Cowboys Stadium!

Barrett likes putting Brody's football helmet on...and then taking it off...and repeating the process 1000 times.

They aren't lying when they say that the jumbo tron is HUGE!

When you walk in the doors of the stadium, you're immediately in the middle of the stadium. You see the stands all around you and the football field directly in front of you. It was pretty cool!

Daddy Steve and Brody took turns using the binoculars to watch the football players practice.

There was a guy sitting in front of us that had a Cowboys jersey on. Brody asked, "Why isn't he down there playing?" I told him that the man was just a fan there to watch the practice and that he bought the jersey at a store. He said, "What about his helmet? Did he buy it at a store too?" I said, "You mean his hat? Yes, he bought that at a store." Brody said, "Why is he wearing it like that? (He had it on backwards) Is it because Tony Romo wears his hat like that?" lol. I told him that was probably why. He also asked me why Daddy wasn't down there playing. He assured me that Daddy has football shoes and can catch the football really good! When I asked Brody if he wanted to put his helmet on he replied, "Nah, I need to wait until the Cowboys put their helmets on too." (They were warming up without helmets at the time.)

We were glad we were at a free event as Barrett would never have lasted an entire game. Daddy Steve walked around with him for a little while and then we decided to head home.

Outside there was a line to get an autograph from Jay Novacek. We didn't have the patience to wait in the line, but we did get a picture of him. He was roommates with Mike's uncle, L.H., in college!

Of course, Brody and Mike had to spend a little time throwing the football around. Some girls were handing out free toy footballs. See the green football that Brody dodged instead of catching?!

We were glad we left when we did. We looked back to see dark clouds converging on the stadium. I bet a lot of people got wet heading to their cars after the practice!

We had a lot of fun at Cowboys Stadium. Brody was probably the most visibly excited person in our group. There was a football game on TV when we got home and he was exclaiming at the top of his voice, "Look Daddy! It's Cowboys Stadium!!! I've been inside there!!!" (It wasn't Cowboys Stadium on TV...but it didn't really matter.)