Cotton Bowl Champs 2010!

So instead of doing a big New Years Eve thing this year, Matt and I stayed home and packed.  We were headed to Dallas the next day for the Cotton Bowl.  We didn't go last year, but we decided this year was a must since we weren't sure what things would be like next year.  So at 10:00 on New Years Day, we were off on a jet plane to Dallas.  We had a blast!!!  We stayed at the Renaissance, which was an Ole Miss hotel.  It wasn't the hotel where the players were staying, but there were so many Ole Miss people there, you would never have known it.  On the first night, we went to dinner with my parents and Will Lassiter.  then after dinner, we went and met Will's sister at the Ritz Carlton for drinks (well the boys drank :)  I know what you are thinking, fancy, drinks at the Ritz Carlton....well it was eye opening, but not in the way you would think.  Little did we know that the bar at the Ritz is known for it's ladies of the night...that's right, high dollar call girls roamed the bar!  I have never seen such and it made for what could have been a long night watching the guys drink into a very interesting people watching experience.  On Saturday we got up and it was Game Day!  So we loaded the buses at the hotel and headed to Cowboys Stadium, Jerry-World!! The bus ride was fine, except our driver got lost... I mean seriously, you can't miss this place and he got lost?!  When you pull up to Jerry-World, it literally looked like a space ship that had landed in Dallas.  It was a really cool venue, but not like anything I had ever seen. After finally unloaded after a mutiny on the bus, we headed to the complex, where we watched Armadillo racing....seriously only in Texas do they have armadillo racing at the football game.  We headed inside to see the largest video board in the world (or at least I think it is).  I mean that thing is distracting :)

Finally after a sloppy game and a hard fought battle, the Rebs were victorious!  Carmen's comment was that the baby was going to anxiety issues after the past couple Rebel games we have attended.  I mean if any team can give you a heart attack and potentially blow a game, it's Ole Miss.  The baby did move around alot during the game.  I think it could since the excitement!  After the game, we had the best dinner.  We went to III Forks.  The food was amazing :)   Sunday came early as we had an early flight, but we were glad to get home...you'll see why in the next post!   Here are some pictures from our trip!