Wednesday, January 20, 2016

We Are! Penn State!

My parents came to visit for Christmas as well as to attend the TaxSlayer (aka Gator) Bowl held here in Jax.  We got to go to the Pep Rally at the Landing along the St. Johns river in downtown.  We also saw a number of our Georgia friends at the game!

We rang in the New Year with dinner at my favorite place...Ocean 60.  Mom even had her first martini!  Afterwards we walked over to One Ocean for after dinner drinks then home to tuck the munchkins in one last time in 2015!

New Year's Day was the day of the pep rally.  We had fun even in the rain!

We got to cheer with the Roar.  See the Lion.  Hear the Blue Band and cheer with our cheerleaders.


We tailgated with the Jax alum chapter in the morning.  Everyone brought food to share and drinks.  It was chilly but we had a good time meeting new people and seeing familiar faces.  This was the shirt that Sis was determined to wear...She got to see her friend Raevyn's mom, grandma and sister at the game and wanted them to see her gymnastics shirt!  Stephanie wanted me to text a picture of Sis so she could send it to Raevyn who decided not to attend the game.

We had so much fun cheering on our favorite team in OUR town for a change!  It was so nice not to have to fly to see a game!

Dale Jr. made an appearance in his stock car!  He drove it out onto the field before the coin toss.


 The Blue Band did a short version of their pregame show.  They made sure to spell out Lions though!

 These two girls are very loyal to their teams and decided to wear their leos to practice!

Even though PSU lost, it was a great game in the second half.  The crowd got loud and all my Georgia fans told me over and over how polite and friendly the PSU fans were...They also loved our "thank you" and "you're welcome" part of our cheer as well as the variety of cheers the crowd participated in...Guess when your only cheer is to bark like a dog, we do sound better!  ;)


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