fun with the seahawks...

This past Friday we had the priviledge to go to one of the Seahawks pre-season games against the Raiders. Our AW2 (Army Wounded Warrior) advocate was able to get us tickets a few days before the game! It ended up being more fun then I thought it would!
Our friends Ben, Anneka and their lil Zoe were able to come with us which was a ton of fun! Since it was the first day of a holiday weekend we got an early start to Seattle. We stopped for coffee, knowing it was going to be a late night and then finished our journey. We had to be there at 6:00pm and I think we got there at that point!


{waiting at field level to go out on the field}


{out on the field...sorry anneka for the eyes...only option!}


{ben, meet ben}

We met up with a few other families and wounded warriors and then headed out onto the field! Yes, the field! I had known we were going to go out but I thought it was going to be for about 15 min and then back off. We were on the field for over an hour all the way through the national anthem!
We got onto the field and took it all in before moving down to the end zone to watch the players warm up! Many of them came over to slap Ben's knee, give him a high five and thank him for his service! It was so good!




The "Hawk" was brought close to Ben and he loved it. I was watching this things beak because that thing looked frightening! I wanted to cover my face because I thought he was going to go for my eye balls! I was also ready to cover Ben's if he went after his!




We were in for a treat when a man by the name of Dave Krieg came up and introduced himself! Ummm, hello super amazing quarterback for the Seahawks in the 80's early 90's! He met Ben and chatted with him for a bit and then looked around and said to those around him, "I need a hat, get this amazing man a hat" and right there and then he had a hat in his hand for Ben and signed it over to him! We all talked for a bit and we met his wife as well. He left for a bit and then came back to talk to me and asked what happened. I briefly told him and he was shocked! He kept saying over and over how he thanked God that I had stayed with Ben for the past 2 years and how much Ben needed me to be there. He gave me a hug and his blessings. He was a very sweet man to both Ben and I.





Another man we were able to meet and spend a good amount of time with was Mike Flood. He is the Vice President of Community Relations and Special Projects. He is the one who gets the injured military guys to the games. He said by doing this he has seem some amazing things happen in them physically and mentally. He said some soldiers wouldn't even leave their homes but they were able to get them to games to enjoy in their own space! From what I understand the Seahawks are the only NFL team that has paid military liasons to assist in involving the military in their games and events! Mike was a great guy who also got to spend alot of time with us!



Can I just say these ball players are huge! I have been around football pretty much all my life because my dad has been a highschool football coach for as long as I can remember and my brothers have played so I know big. But these boys are HUGE!! They have a lil junk in their trunks at which I found hilarious because I was used to highschool boys! Ben even at one point said when they were bending over, "now that's alot of booty!" Ha, I had to laugh!





{this would be me if I was standing next to him}

Like I said, we were able to stay on the field until after the national anthem. It was so good for Ben to be apart of this! He loved every minute of it. He was not asked to come in uniform but when we got there they said they really wanted him to be apart of it. He took his position proudly!







and then to our seats...
Ben loved watching the game and booed with the rest of them! He ate a foot long hot dow, fries, banana, granola bar and some water! This man was enjoying himself for sure! I heard from his mouth, "good catch" "boooo" "come on ref" "goooo seahawks" "booo" and "I'm tired!"

All in all it was a great night and we had alot of fun, fun, fun!!