Tailgating and One Hellavu Football Game!

The Johnson's, Brown's, Blecha's, Weldon's, Gross', and Shelby, her friend, Tiffany, and I met in Ottawa at 4:00 on a beautiful afternoon with the intention of grilling a massive amount of food to eat before the game and heat up after the game to feed our favorite Braves. All went according to plan, until the start of the game in which the Ottawa defense was missing from the first half and McPherson (who knocked off Friends last week) took a commanding lead. While the dads were grumbling about the lack of defense, the mothers were wondering what we were going to do with all that food if the Braves lost - knowing our boys would be too disappointed and mad to eat. Surly, disgruntled football players are NOT fun to be around. Lucky for us, these Ottawa Braves have a lot of heart and refused to be beaten by a bunch of Bulldogs (no offense meant to Baxter - my sister's bulldog). Coming from behind, the Braves tied up the score and the game went into overtime. After two overtime periods, the Braves were victorious (and we were all hoarse and exhausted). The victory made the after-party that much sweeter and the boys ate (and ate, and ate) and tried to duct tape Brenton's roommate Jake to a lawn chair (before Max Brown used Jake's shoes to show Shelby his shot put and discus techniques - he can really throw). Of course the party had to end (as the boys wanted to ditch the parent to party with their teammates - as they should) and all the parents had to make the trek home. Next up for Ottawa: Sterling (who beat them last year). Go Braves (and try not to make next week's game so close)!