Tuesday, May 13, 2008

We interrupt this anniversary to bring you Supercross

We didn't know how true this statement would be after we got married. We were reminded on numerous occasions during our engagement and even at our reception that my brothers were missing the last supercross race of the year and that it's in Las Vegas every year. That should have been clue enough to us that we were in for it. And it's held true that every year the first weekend in May Supercross comes to Las Vegas and even a couple of times on our actual anniversary. And this year was no exception. Dave's company has suite tickets Sam Boyd Stadium, mainly for the football games, and with that come other events throughout the coming year, and it just so happens that's where the race is. Sometime in April they start calling to see if we know about the tickets or not and we usually get some but we don't even know that until the week of the race. This year we got all 6 tickets. We've gone a couple of times in years past, but with the girls ages, we've misses a few. So my family has gotten used to living the "suite" life and this year we took the girls and my dad, brother, and Alyson came too. We all had a great time.
Here we all are, Katelyn and her popcorn bag and all!!
To you, she may look bored and wanting to leave by sitting in the isle, but on the contrary, it's the only good place for her to see the motorcycles. We asked her to come back and sit by us all night long and that is where she remained. We expected security to say that she couldn't sit there, but they never did so she was quite happy.
It was never our intention to stay the whole time...until I took Kelsey to the bathroom before the last race, the main event and the real reason you go to the race. It was almost 10:00 and even though she had a nap driving out there, we didn't want them out till 11. I told her it was over and we were going to go home. And her response was this, "No, there's one more race, and I want to stay." She was so determined and her tone of voice was priceless, I couldn't help but laugh. And since Katelyn was still doing great (nothing a little popcorn and Mt. Dew couldn't cure) so we stayed. And they didn't even fall asleep on the drive home either. We'd like to think when May comes along that my family comes up to see us, but in fact it is for the race. I guess we're just an added bonus or something!! Or the grandkids are the bonus!! We love you guys and you are welcome to come up anytime you want.

2 comments:

Linz said...

HAHA! What a great anniversary!! Kelsey is too cute!

Jess Berg said...

Dang it! I am still SO bummed we missed it... Next year I guess. Granted if we head out there in July then it really will be to see you guys and not just for the race! By the way Kelsey's hair is SO long, and she is looking so grown up... it has been way too long since we saw the girls!