Byrne After Reading: Alabama/LSU

To start our (Ellis and me) birthday month off with a bang, Brad finagled to get us TWO Alabama/LSU tickets in a Skybox...how can he ever top this birthday treat?! Then on Nov 2, he got me a new iPhone 4s so I could take these pictures and some video during the game - how thoughtful, huh? The tickets were hand delivered to Brad on Monday, Nov 1 and we were just so thrilled and thankful for the experience from the family of one of Brad's friends that he made this summer at work. It was an awesome, nerve racking, nail biting to the very end kind of game. It didn't go our way but I am so proud of how hard we played - Roll Tide Roll!

Brad and I actually made it out of our house a few minutes after 8 am on Saturday morning. Brad's parents had come up the night before and were on Ellis duty this weekend. We made it to Ttown and hung out and watched the rest of Game Day with our good friend Rob. After Game Day, we walked around the Quad and ended up spotting two families from Brewton. We hung out at one tailgate and two Yellow Hammers later we were good to go. :) We decided to keep walking around the Quad and we found some more friends! After the Quad we had to get Big Bad Wolf Nachos and hung out some more at Rob's apartment off the Strip (how awesome is that?!) with some more Brewton folks. About 45 minutes before kick off we walked to the stadium and pretty much geeked out when riding the elevator up to the boxes. It was AWESOME!!! The boxes have a private bathroom, seats, Eli Gold blaring, the game on separate TVs, a refrigerator stocked with drinks of all kinds, food, etc. At halftime they brought in pizza and stadium dogs and peach cobbler. There was an ice cream cooler outside with various ice cream bars. It is the way to roll.

We had actually planned on staying in Tuscaloosa but after the game we decided to make a break for it. Seemed like a good idea to go ahead and leave around 12:30 am (we had hung out some more at Rob's apt) and at 2:25 we were just in Cottondale. There was a three car wreck - fun times. We were actually awake during the time change. I think we made it back sometime after 3 am at which point it felt like not a good idea to drive back but when we woke up this morning at 11 am, I think we made the right decision.

Anyways, enjoy the pics, it will be a day/game/experience we'll remember forever!

The Golden Tickets!

In front of Denny Chimes!