Minnesota Vikings vs. Denver Broncos

For Christmas Brianna got me tickets to the Vikings/Broncos game in Denver. We decided it would be best if we didn't leave the puppies again overnight, so we flew out Sunday morning and flew back again Sunday night.

This is us outside of the stadium before the game:



It used to be called Mile High Stadium but has since been renamed Invesco Field. There's still the old street sign outside the stadium:



This is the view of the field from our seats. We were high in the North end zone:



This is the scoreboard before the game:



You can see that our seats were pretty close to the top, but we actually had a really good view of the field. Here Brianna is flashing her new Vikings shirt. By the end of the first quarter she was so bundled up you couldn't tell which team she was cheering for. It was pretty cold:



Here I am returning happily with my popcorn. I'm wearing the Adrian Peterson jersey that Brianna got me for Christmas:



When the Broncos ran out of their locker room flames came out around them. It was pretty cool I guess, if you like that sort of crap:



Here's a picture we took of the actual game. The Vikings were pretty close to scoring, but then they screwed it up, as usual:



Here's Adrian Peterson talking with an official before returning a kickoff:



At first it wasn't that cold but then the wind began to blow:



By the end of the game the sun was down and it started to snow so it was really cold. Lots of people left because the Vikings were down 19-3 with only four minutes to go and the weather was really bad. Brianna and I decided to stick it out until the end of the game:



The Vikings ended up scoring two touchdowns and two two-point conversions to tie the game at 19-19. It was really exciting and the Bronco fans were stunned (So were we):



In overtime the Vikings blew it like they normally do. Our "quarterback" (I put the word quarterback in quotations because I don't think he's a quarterback. He should find a new job. He stinks.) fumbled the ball in our own end and the Broncos kicked a field goal to win it. The Broncos won 22-19. Here's a picture of the "quarterback" doing something stupid just to make me mad:



Our flight out of Denver was delayed but we got to the airport early enough to jump on an earlier flight. It was a quick trip, but it was a lot of fun. Jenny took care of the puppies for us while we were gone. We've been really lucky to have our family members close enough to help us out with different things. It'll be really hard next year when we're farther away from everyone.