Cowboy Staduim

 

Last week Michael's brother was attending and presenting at a conference in Dallas and had some free time Thursday afternoon/evening so we decided to take the 5+ hr drive to spend some time with him.

 

We're very blessed that the girls do so great in the car. I was a bit surprised that Rylee didn't fall asleep at all on the way up. Here she is sharing her snack with Dolly. 

 After we got into town we decided we'd take a tour of Cowboy Stadium.  Its a pretty amazing building.

 We learned all sorts of interesting facts about the Cowboy's, the stadium, the gigantic TV, and Jerry Jones in general.

 They were getting ready for a motor-cross event over the weekend so the actual "field" was rolled up and stored inside.

 This is the box where Jerry himself sits for all the events. 

 Rylee was obsessed with her uncle.  She refused to hold anyone else's hand and if he left the room she didn't stop asking questions about him.  (She did occationally call him Uncle Shaun, and then more frequently would state "That's NOT Uncle Shaun". . . . .we had just talked to him for his birthday)

 We got to see another suite- those glass panels can be removed and they slide down a track and stored in a closet in the wall.  Pretty nifty. I thought it was funny that the rooms are leased - not purchased. I don't remember the exact number of "standing room only" tickets the stadium can sell for each event but it was insane. Though I'm pretty sure that's the only way we'd stand a chance to actually be inside the stadium for an event.

 Then it was off to the locker rooms. First the cheerleaders, then the players.

This is where the players enter the field.  Of course there's a giant star, the floor is lit up and then fans seated in certain sections can come and cheer the team on as they enter the field.  Apparently most other arenas the players enter at the endzones. . . . not here.  The visitors side also has cowboy fans line their walkway. . . . though they are separated by plexi glass.  lol.

If the field had been out we could have gone out and played around out there, which would have been cool, but oh well. Maybe another time.

After the tour we grabbed a bite to eat and headed back to his brother's hotel since we were going to bunk with him for the evening.  I was reminded quickly as to how annoying it is to share a room with our children.  It took a long time for them to fall asleep and then they were up several times in the night.  Around 5:30 Rylee asked if we could go home. . . . . I was this close to taking her to the car.

That morning we leasurely packed up and headed our separate ways.  It was nice to be able to visit for a little bit since we don't get to see each other often.  Thanks for inviting us up!