Orange and Blue Debut

A few weeks before spring break, Bo realized that the Orange and Blue game fell on the same weekend we'd be coming home from Sea World. We've been wanting to go for several years now but it always seemed to fall the weekend after spring break and traveling that much in a short time period never seemed to work out. We were fortunate this year and took advantage of our luck. We got in to Gainesville on Friday night. We had a Gainesville staple from our past...Gumby's pepperoni rolls...and got the kids to bed. We spent some time chatting with Grandma and Grandpa Jackson before heading off to bed ourselves. In the morning, we checked out and headed to campus bright and early. Parking in the garage at the Reitz Union was free because it was Saturday and we found a great spot to leave our car without fear of it being towed. We took the kids all over campus and showed them all the cool things we used to do and places we would go. They loved seeing the French Fries and the Bell Tower. After we got through campus, we headed up to the stadium to see what was going on on University Avenue. There were tons of blow-up events and family type things to do. After we walked through there we headed back to the car to drop off the stroller, meet Grandma and Grandpa and grab some lunch before the game. We ended up in the South end zone and just as the game was about to start Albert came in to our section to get on to the field. We got a great picture with the best mascot ever. In all of our years at the university and all the times we have been to a game, we have never gotten to see of meet Albert and take a picture. So this was a super special day. During the warm up and game, the Gators looked good. It was nice to see Brantley leading our group, but his back-up is no slouch. We should have a few good years ahead of us. After the game was over, we piled back in to the car for the long 6 hour trip home. We wanted to be in our own beds and our own house for at least one day before school started back up. And, after heavy traffic and close to 9 hours on the road, we finally made it.

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