I Heart Brett Favre

Jason and I have been together for almost 14 years. He has been a Brett Favre fan for as long as he can remember and I became one almost 14 years ago. :) A few years ago when Brett announced his retirement from the NFL, we decided we'd better go see him play because we would never get another chance.

We planned to travel to St. Louis to watch him when they were there playing the Rams, as that was the closest location to where we lived. But our new business wasn't stable and the finances fell through. We weren't able to go. It was sad, but we were quite used to scrimping and doing without in those days, so we just let it go.

Then early that next year, to our surprise-- he decided not to retire! But the Packers, whom we'd been fans for MANY years, decided to "move on" with a new QB. I can't say I blame them, all things considered... Our main man Favre went to play for the Jets. Again, finances wouldn't even let us dream of going to see him play, so we just cheered for his new team on tv. (Yes, we follow the man, not the team!) Then he retired again at the end of the season.

Then, early the next year, to our sort-of-but-not-as-much-as-last-year surprise, he decided not to retire! But he wouldn't be playing with the Jets again. No sir, he was going to the Minnesota Vikings! Why be excited about that? Well, just to name one reason, 2 words. Adrian Peterson. But there were many other good reasons. Our man was going to a team with some crazy good talent. Would there be a chance for him to win one more Super Bowl ring? We hope so!

All season, we'd been talking about going to see Brett play in person. It just didn't happen. Life happened, as usual and it didn't look like we'd be able to go for one reason or another. So we watched on tv, delighted week after week as our gray-headed QB showed up all the young-uns. (There were a few games that didn't turn out so well, which I refuse to talk about...)

Then the boys caught wind of one of our "wishful" conversations and they started begging. I mean begging. They said they wanted to go to a game as their Christmas present!

So, we set some parameters and said, "If this and that and this happen by this date, then we'll go." (Scientific, huh?)

Well.... God is good.

This AND that AND this ALL happened by the set date! There was only 1 game left in the season. And it was a home game. Which was awesome, because we really wanted to see them play at home. Plus, they play in a dome. (And this time of year, it would be pretty brutal to sit outside at a game!)

So, I spent 1/2 the day that day making all the arrangements. Tickets, check. Hotel, check. Babysitter for Gracie, check. (The weather was supposed to be freezing, BELOW 0 the entire time we were gone, so we were a little concerned about having her in and out in that weather. Plus, at that late hour, we were unable to find 5 tickets all together. Well, technically there was 1 set of 5, but they were $1,000 a piece tickets and that clearly was not going to happen... So, the ONLY way the trip could happen is if we had somewhere for sissy to go. It was SUCH a blessing to have a place for her to stay! Thank you guys! May you be repaid more than double for your kindness to us!)

January 1st... We headed out for our big road trip! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Here's 1 little sneak peak of the man in action. (#4, just in case you don't know!)

Much more on the trip in my next post!