Aggies vs. Miners

What a treat it was to have a surprise visit by Grandpa and Uncle Mike to come see the Aggies vs. the Miners.  Rather than having a heart divided, my heart was actually filled with love to not only get to watch these 2 teams, but to do it with family!

My Dad was able to get 4 tickets to the game thanks to some UTEP football players.  So my brother Mike and my dad jumped in a car on Friday morning to come to Aggieland!  

The kids were so excited to see them when they first got here.  And it was a little extra special because this was the first time that Alex met Uncle Mike.

Alex, meet your Uncle Mike

Oh boy! Play time with these 2

I'm glad to see you again, Grandpa!

To kick off the game festivities, we took them to their first Midnight Yell!  We told them that there may not be too many people at this Yell compared to other ones, with maybe only 20,000 there.  They were floored because they said that that's about how many people who go to the actual Miner games these days, much less 20,000 people to come simply practice yells.  What a great tradition we have here in Aggieland!

Grandpa even wore maroon!

On Saturday, we got our day started with play time for Silly Jilly.  She had so much fun at the park with these 2.  It was so delightful to hear this little girls squeals and laughs while playing firemen (Jilly and Uncle Mike) saving Princess Minnie from the spider (Grandpa)...clearly Jillian came up with the game with her vivid imagination!

"Run, Jilly, run! The spider is gonna get you!"

Bubs slept through it all, and he even slept through this rivals photo

After some good naps for everyone, it was time to go up to campus to show them how we do game day in Aggieland!  We went up to the tailgate at my work and walked around the Fan Zone.   We were sporting our team colors and it was split down the middle -- 3 for the Aggies and 3 for the Miners!

Here are the 2 cutest little rivals, Jilly for the Aggies and Alex for the Miners!

We sent the kids home with the babysitter (thanks, Cary!) and then we went to take in the sights and sounds of Kyle Field.  Again, I think my dad and brother were amazed at the amount of people there and the amount of noise made by our fans.  They kept commenting on how they couldn't believe that everyone yelled the same thing at the same time, or how we all knew what to say or do.  Some may call it brainwashing, but I call it tradition! 

I said I would sport gear from both teams and so I wore my UTEP sweatshirt (and thank goodness because it got cold at night).  The first 10 minutes of the game were a little dicey, though, as A&M scored first with a safety, but UTEP scored the first touchdown.  So at one point, A&M was losing to UTEP, not exactly what we expected to see...

...And then the Ags scored 50 unanswered points to win the game 57-7 and all was right in the world again!

Me and my dad (and the little kid photobombed in the background haha)

After more quality time on Sunday, Grandpa and Uncle Mike left early Monday morning.  It was a whirlwind visit, but we are so glad that we got to spend some quality time with these 2 watching the Ags BTHO UTEP!