"Why Did You Leave Me?"

What a day we had yesterday. We decided to go to the Cardinals vs. Broncos game out in Glendale. We knew we had to leave early or we would get in the 5:00 o'clock traffic getting through Phoenix. Trace and Tristyn both invited a friend and Rich was meeting us there, so we had to take two cars. Dave took the boys in his truck and Mindi took the girls in the Suburban. As we got to the the freeway Mindi was going through who was in what car when all of sudden she said, "where's Troy?" Oh my goodness we left Troy at home playing with Legos. Lucky for us we were only a couple of miles from home so she called my niece Mary, who lives down the street and asked her to go to the house and find Troy. Dave hurried home while Mindi finished picking up Tristyn's friend. Then we hurried back home also. I guess when Troy realized he was "home alone", he panicked and went outside in back looking for us. Dave found him with dog prints all over his shirt crying in the back yard. WOW! We still don't know why he wasn't with the crowd as we were loading up. After we settled him down he kept asking, "why did you leave me?" Hopefully he won't be scarred for life. The game was so boring, we knew the fourth pre- season game would be, but Spencer had told us that he was going to be a captain and would play at least a few plays. Well, the coach changed his mind and none of the starters or first string guys got in the game. So we suffered through the game and people watched. I am amazed at some of the body art, piercings and skimpy clothing that was there. We were sitting close to the top of the stadium because we didn't want to spend any money watching that pathetic game. There were some very nice people around us but also lots of alcohol. One guy tripped and spilled his beer, lucky he had another one. Rich saw another guy drop a pretzel and when he left it on the ground another guy, sitting in front of us picked it up and ate it. We aren't lying about this stuff. After the game we got to go down with the families of the players and visit. Annie's family were all there and that was fun to see them. It's always so fun to see the players without their uniforms and helmets on so you can see what they look like. I got to see John Elway in person, and I gave Deuce Lutui a big hug. I've always wanted to meet him. He is so cute and very BIG. As we were leaving we got to say Hi to Todd Heap. What a fun time but we were sure tired this morning. I'm heading in for a nap now. Hopefully some day I will actually be able to watch Spencer play in person, it hasn't happened yet.

Troy tired after his ordeal.

Tristyn and friend Maddy after the game.