Monday, September 7, 2009

it's that time of year again...

you guessed it: it's football season. katy and i had a wonderful weekend in atlanta going to a wedding and visiting friends (see post below). still, my favorite and most anticipated part of the weekend was the first georgia tech football game. i always tell katy she doesn't have to do anything much for my birthday because the ncaa decides to start football season around the first of september. thanks ncaa!


as with every home football game, we started out the day with our usual tailgate. we didn't take any overall pictures of the set up, but the grill, lots of food, and satellite tv were present and accounted for. katy bought an excellent ice cream cake for a tailgate birthday celebration with all of our friends. here's a picture of me with the cake. i didn't blow out all the candles in one breath because of that first pesky y. good thing i didn't wish for an undefeated season!



last year the athletic association was running a special deal, so we bought four tickets and invited folks to games with us. this year we decided to get a little better seat location. we've got two tickets and are sitting with our friends the freemans and derek. katy thinks the game moves along much more quickly with linda there to talk to!


here are a few more pictures. the first is the view from our new seats in the upper east stands, and the second is beautiful tech tower, a campus icon, as seen from bobby dodd stadium at historic grant field (the oldest and winningest stadium in division 1-a football).



finally, here's a picture of katy and me after the game. we're looking forward to many more fun and exciting football weekends this fall!


3 comments:

All Boxed Up said...

Chris, I'm glad that the ncaa makes things easy for Katy to make your birthday a happy one!

Erika said...

Looks like fun!! I wish it were possible for Matt & I to get UGA tix...we have never been to a game together! Glad yall get to enjoy that though. And congrats on making an ice cream cake last through a whole tailgate!

Katy said...

the secret is dry ice. :)