The Raft

Best. Weekend. Ever.

It started with Thanksgiving.
Over the river and through the woods, to Grammy & Grambear's house we went...
The family was all in good spirits, the bird was cooked to juicy perfection and the day was just wonderful.
A few pics:

Grambear had Wywy on the carving board.
Wywy loved it.

Then, Friday was a lazy day full of Christmas decorating, music listening and hanging out in jammies. Until a decision was made to head over to Jay's cousin's house for an innocent evening of Lia Sophia for the ladies and cards for the guys.
We were lucky to grab our fantastic sitter last minute and we headed out.
"We'll make it an early night, no big deal."
Cha!
We had a lot of fun with the family. Jay's cousin just got engaged so it was her first official hosting detail. It was a delicious spread and a wine-soaked good time! It was exactly what the doctor ordered - a night full of laughter, good conversation and loving, comfortable company.
There are a lot of good "in-law" jokes but I can't take claim to any of them, I adore my husband's family and we always have so much fun when we all get together!

A very early, dark (and painful) Saturday morning started at 6am. My wine head (and stomach) did not agree with this hour but the Tailgating had to be prepared!
Jay put together a hum-dinger of a cooler, packed with eggs, bacon, bagels and - most importantly - Bloody Marys!
We arrived at Rentschler Field by 10am with Nana & Papa. UConn Football!!!
I have never been to a football game. Unless you count the Brewster Bears, Never.
It was about 30 degrees with a thousand-mile-an-hour wind blowing constantly. We had the kids bundled to the point that Wyatt could not move and Abby had only her face sticking out and "the air hurt" her.
Jay cooked, I drank a little "hair o' the dawg" and by noon time we were gung-ho heading into the game.
We parked about 97 miles away (thank you useless parking attendants & EHPD) and Wyatt refused to walk.
We saw the "opening act" (I have no idea what it's called) and I was totally awe-struck. The music, the noise, the huge amount of people, the Marching Band (they were AWESOME!) and then the player's entrance with the cheerleaders. It was all absolutely amazing. I loved it so much!
It made the cold and the crying totally worth it!
Wyatt ate a hot dog, french fries, popcorn and Skittles like he hadn't eaten in days - after the tailgating breakfast. Abby was totally into the game - yelling "Go UConn!" and "First Down" right on cue.
It was so nice to see my in-laws enjoying my kids so much. And my kids enjoying their Nana and Papa so much.
Everything about the day was totally perfect and so much fun.
It was cold, I was hung over, the kid was heavy and our seats were 2nd to the last in the stadium (not that you could tell by the ticket price) but I want to do that a million more times.
I had So. Much. Fun.
Some more pics: