Brewer Game & Night With the Soon-to-be Suttons

I love going to Wisconsin. And what would a trip to Wisconsin be without going to a Brewer game??? We had been planning on going to Milwaukee for Eric's best friend Matt's wedding for over a year, but we were planning on making it a quick trip. We ended up taking a little bit of extra work off so we could drive over and enjoy some extra time with family. We left Friday after work and drove, drove, drove til we made it 24 hours later to the home land. We are really getting the trip down to a science, and believe it or not I actually enjoy it! We take turns driving and sleeping and will occasionally pull over at a truck stop, lay back our seats and catch some zzz's for a few hours. I'm sure the ease and fun of the trip won't quite be the same when we have kids someday, but we will enjoy it until then!

We started the trip off right with a little extra drive to Milwaukee to catch a Brewer vs Giants game at the one and only Miller Park. It was fun to get the chance to spend some time with the soon-to-be newlyweds before all of the wedding madness began. And the Brewers won, which made it that much more enjoyable. :)

Ahhhh.... Miller Park...

Love the racing sausages!

Oh hey Prince... how's it goin Ryan...

Showin my man Ryan some love

Love the mini sausages!

This is Eric in his ideal environment... at a Brewers game sitting next to Matt (and me too, I guess). Gotta love it.

The ultimate Brewers fans. One week before the wedding!

That night we went to see The Toys, Matt and Jen's favorite cover band, and they were awesome! In Milwaukee throughout the summer they have a bunch of festivals/carnivals where they have bands come and play, and it really is such a fun atmosphere!

You can see the fun carnival rides in the background.

Matt is really lovin that Diet Pepsi! :)

The Toys, in the flesh

The Lombardi Trophy Is Coming Back To Green Bay

The build up of this Super Bowl was enormous in the Price household. We had watched almost all the games at Laura and Scot's house and had even gone to one of the big final games of the season at Lambeau Field. So a party was in order. And party, we did.

The game started off amazingly with a Packer touchdown by Jordy Nelson followed by a pick-six to put the Packers up 14-0. After the Packer's held the Steelers to a field goal, our man Jarrett Bush came up with a HUGE interception which set the Packers up for a big 21-10 lead at halftime.

The air in the room was tense as the third quarter came to an end. The Packer's game-long lead had dwindled to 4 points, the Steelers were driving with force down the field, and two of the Packer's best starters were injured and not returning the rest of the game.

Cue: Clay Matthews, who caused a fumble, leading to a touchdown to put the Packers up 28-17.

With two minutes left, the Packers were up 31-25, and we held our breath as the Steelers tried to drive down the field. But time was too short, especially with only one remaining timeout, and the Packer's defense pulled out a monster stop just like they had so many other times this season.

We all jumped out of our seats because THE PACKERS HAD WON THE SUPER BOWL!!!

What a game!

Fun Super Bowl cupcakes :)

I knew we were going to win before the game even started

Kellyn joined the Packer fun and just chuckled every time we all were jumping up and down acting like maniacs.

Scot, Laura and Quin (coming soon!)

Eric's mom COMPLETELY surprise everyone by showing up the morning of the game from Wisconsin! The party would not have been complete without her.

Eric's brother Jeremy also traveled from Chicago with his daughter McKenna to watch the game with the fam.

Cute McKenna.

The party was really hopping at this point...

SUPER BOWL CHAAAAMPIONS

Wooooohoooooo!

The happiest man alive.

Some great things happened in this moment:

1. Eric knew that his leather Packer hat/helmet was indeed good luck because the Packers didn't lose a single game after we bought it at the Packer game.
2. We realized that WE are good luck because the Packers hadn't lost a game after the game we went to.
3. Aaron Rodgers would now forever be out of the shadow of "Brent" Favre.
4. I realized that I should start sports betting. I predicted a 31-24 Packer win in overtime. The final score was 31-25 (and that was only because the Steelers had gone for a two-point conversion and got it).

And most importantly...

4. Eric finally forgave Jarrett Bush for "losing the NFC Championship" 3 years ago (we are still working on those whole holding grudges thing...)

GO PACK!

Super Bowl Weekend is Here!

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Can't wait for Sunday! 

 GO PACKERS!

Go Pack Go

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The Packers are in the NFC Championship this weekend against the Bears, and you'd better believe we will be cheering them on!

Especially this guy. What a beast! Watch out, Jay Cutler... you're next!

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GO PACK!

On Wisconsin

We had tons of fun even after Christmas and the Packer game were over in Wisconsin. We were there for 11 days, so we had plenty of time to hang out with lots of family as well as Eric's friends. Eric's family loves to play games, so we had so much fun playing Hand and Foot, Euchre, 6 Nimmt and Tobago throughout the trip. It was so much fun hanging out lots with Laura and Scot, going to the "baby store" with my mother-in-law, seeing Eric's brothers Jeremy and Jeff and their cute families, and seeing some really good movies. We saw True Grit and The Fighter, and I really liked both of them.

My mother-in-law and I went to see the Bodies Exhibit because it was in town, and it was absolutely incredible. I had heard that it was really cool, but I enjoyed it even more than I could have imagined. Diane and I are both nurses, so that made it even more interesting and amazing to both of us. I would highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it!

We got to hang out with Eric's friends toward the end of the trip, and we had so much fun catching up with them! We went sledding with them late one night and it was so much fun! I can't even remember the last time I went sledding so it was a total blast.

I borrowed my mother-in-law's snow pants. Love the bibs!

The whole group

The boys

The boys holding Steph

Me and Steph!

The trip ended with us watching the Rose Bowl with family. It was fun being in Wisconsin for the game- Badger gear was being sold in every store we went to and big Wisconsin flags were flying high all around the city. The Badgers' season came to a sad end as they lost to TCU 19-21, but we still had fun watching the game with Eric's parents, his brother Jeremy, and our cute nieces!

McKenna

Jeremy, Sarah and McKenna

Diane!

We had such a fun trip to Wisconsin and can't wait to go back!

Packer Game!

Going to the Green Bay Packer game was literally a dream come true. I love football and have always dreamed of going to an NFL game. Since I met Eric and his family, I have heard over and over how amazing and magical Lambeau Field is and have wanted to take part in this experience. I never would have guessed that this dream would come true so soon! Eric is truly amazing and got us two amazing seats for their game against the Giants on Dec. 26th. It was an amazing game to go to because the Packers had to win in order to have a chance at the wild card spot in the playoffs (since then, they beat the Bears and clinched a spot- go Pack!).

The atmosphere at Lambeau is incredible. And Packer fans are about as die hard as they come. Here is the story of our amazing day in pictures... our seats were on the same side as the Packer sideline, so I was able to snap plenty of pics!

It's about a 3 hour drive from Madison to Green Bay, so we were excited to finally see the exit!

Lambeau Field!

Mr. Lambeau

Cheese head!

My first experience with deep fried cheese curds. Let's just say it won't be my last. Deeelicious.

Loved that they put a santa on top of the moving camera.

The Packers take the field!

LOVE Donald Driver!

Eli Manning's got nothing on the Packers :)

Touchdown!

Claaaaaay...

It got pretty chilly toward the end! Good thing we had our hand warmers and hot chocolate.

Final score: 45-17 PACKERS!

Truly an incredible experience! Best day after Christmas ever.