Friday morning was early early for us....we headed to Dallas to watch the Cats play in the Cotton Bowl at 6:30 a.m. This was the 1st bowl trip for the boys, my 4th and Marty's 5th. 
Brett standing outside the stadium.
The boys did a football toss during the tailgate outside the stadium.
KSU Marching Band came through to get the crowd ready.
The boys are ready for some football. The stadium was huge to say the least and are seats were fairly high, however there was another section above us yet.
Bring on the Cats.
Optimus Klein aka Collin Klein, toughest quarterback ever.
One of Brett's fav players to watch...#4 Arthur Brown. This guy is a machine, glad to have him on our team and he's from Wichita.
The man behind it all...Coach Snyder.
Blake had been up since 5:30 a.m. with only a two hour nap in the car on the way down....he was ready to go.
With our seats being as high as they were...it gave us a great view of the band and their preformance.
Best Conference ever...Big 12 forever!!
This was pretty amazing to see...the flag as big as the field.
One of my fav bands sang the national anthem and did it quite well...The Band Perry.
Willie doing his thing....
Outside view of the stadium.
Obviously we were not happy with the outcome of the game. We were hoping for one more Snyder/Klein miracle and it just didn't come together this time. However the Cats gave us an amazing season....one that most never thought we would've had. I will also now take the time to make my statement "official"....I will no longer attend KSU bowl games as I've now been to 4 and none of them have been winners. I'm fairly certain I'm the jinx so I will take myself out of the equation from here on out. Yes I'm that superstitious. Our season may be over but it last longer than some (KU) and now it's on to cheer on the basketball teams. 
All the grandkids were there and sang happy birthday to him.
Papa Corky and his "6-pack".
It was a fun evening. We arrived home this morning around 11:30 a.m. to unpack and do several loads of laundry while Marty went to work to get caught up and get ready to go back to reality. The boys did great with all the "car-riding" and lack of sleep. 
Brett standing outside the stadium.
The boys did a football toss during the tailgate outside the stadium.
KSU Marching Band came through to get the crowd ready.
The boys are ready for some football. The stadium was huge to say the least and are seats were fairly high, however there was another section above us yet.
Bring on the Cats.
Optimus Klein aka Collin Klein, toughest quarterback ever.
One of Brett's fav players to watch...#4 Arthur Brown. This guy is a machine, glad to have him on our team and he's from Wichita.
The man behind it all...Coach Snyder.
Blake had been up since 5:30 a.m. with only a two hour nap in the car on the way down....he was ready to go.
With our seats being as high as they were...it gave us a great view of the band and their preformance.
Best Conference ever...Big 12 forever!!
This was pretty amazing to see...the flag as big as the field.
One of my fav bands sang the national anthem and did it quite well...The Band Perry.
Willie doing his thing....
Outside view of the stadium.
Obviously we were not happy with the outcome of the game. We were hoping for one more Snyder/Klein miracle and it just didn't come together this time. However the Cats gave us an amazing season....one that most never thought we would've had. I will also now take the time to make my statement "official"....I will no longer attend KSU bowl games as I've now been to 4 and none of them have been winners. I'm fairly certain I'm the jinx so I will take myself out of the equation from here on out. Yes I'm that superstitious. Our season may be over but it last longer than some (KU) and now it's on to cheer on the basketball teams. We arrived home Saturday from Dallas around 11:30 a.m. just in time to watch the men's bb team beat the MU tigers. That was definately a nice win after our appearance against KU earlier in the week. We then showered, changed clothes, and repacked a bag as we headed to Topeka to surprise my father-in-law, Corky, for his 70th birthday (Jan.4th). He was quite surprised when he walked into the restaurant and saw all of us waiting for him.
The Birthday Boy!!
All the grandkids were there and sang happy birthday to him.
Papa Corky and his "6-pack".
It was a fun evening. We arrived home this morning around 11:30 a.m. to unpack and do several loads of laundry while Marty went to work to get caught up and get ready to go back to reality. The boys did great with all the "car-riding" and lack of sleep. 
Awesome pictures, Steph! What kind of camera do you have. On the hunt for a good digita camera. I got ours a little wet during our off shore fishing adventure in Canada this past fall. Our old neighbors in Derby, son - Sydney's god-brother is on the K-State drumline. What a great trip and memory for the boys. Hope there are more Bowl games in their future.
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