Game Day

During the fall, we spend a majority of our Saturdays in Manhattan cheering on the Wildcats!  My family has had season tickets since I was a little girl and K-State was really bad - that is dedication!  The KSU traditions run deep in my family; seven of the eight of my dad's brothers and sisters went to K-State, my mom went to K-State (which is where my parents met), both of my siblings went to K-State, my brother's wife went to K-State and obviously Brandon and I went there, too.  Needless to say, we bleed purple!

This weekend, we tailgated with some friends prior to the game.  One of the tailgate traditions with this group is to play a game called "Stump."  Basically, everyone gets a nail and puts it in the stump.  Then, each player takes turns trying to hammer in the opponents' nails.  The winner is the player who's nail didn't get hammered all the way into the stump.  Of course, there are consequences if you try to hit the nail and miss or if someone hits your nail (hint: the consequences include taking a "drink"...)  Clear as mud?  Here is a pic of some of the boys playing.

As you can see, this stump has seen a few rounds of the game!

And, while the boys played Stump, us girls were doing important things like getting our picture taken with Willie!

{Me, Willie, Ali and Christy}

Here are a few other pictures from the day.  Most of the other people at the tailgate didn't have tickets into the game, so we had to leave the party a little early to get to our seats.

{Christy and Corey}

{Me and Christy inside the game. This was taken pretty early before the game started so the stadium did fill up!}

K-State won by a pretty good margin so I'd say we had a pretty successful day, at least until I dropped the brownies on our way back to the car!  Thank goodness Christy has good reflexes because she saved them from going into the grass!

We got home pretty late last night since we had a 6:00 p.m. game, but it was worth it!  And no, we didn't hit any coyotes this time.