Notre Dame Trip

So, if you know anything about Erik, you know he loves Notre Dame football. Before Elaina was born we used to go to at least one game a year. I have not been since before Elaina was born. Erik hasn't missed a season traveling up there. Normally, the first game of the year is a "boys" trip but his buddy has a new girlfriend that he wanted to take so I got an invite this year. I was happy to go. I am happy to report that Notre Dame came away with a victory, 35-0. It was a fun trip but short. We drove up Friday, visited campus (saw all the normal sites), hung out on campus (which is gorgeous) all day Saturday, watched the game, then headed back south on Sunday. It was a beautiful day - perfect football watching weather.

We thought we had seen all the sites of ND campus but we found one thing we had never seen before - the Knute Rockney House. We took our picture with the Knute statue and rubbed his nose (for luck). As you can see from the pic - his nose has been rubbed a few times before. Guess this will become part of the routine when we go to games

A pic of the Golden Dome... I am not a big ND fan, but I will tell anyone that has a chance, you have to go to the campus to see it and its beautiful architecture and landscape. It is really gorgeous and if you like football, there is a great feeling in the air on game day. on the way to campus - Daniel (Erik's long time friend) and his girlfriend, Wendy. We really enjoyed hanging out with them

Me and Erik...

Pregame... That is the ND Quarterback before the game... Oh wait, that's Erik

Wendy and Daniel

Me and Erik again...

Daniel and Erik with a pre-game pose....

The whole gang....I evidently missed the memo that said wear your blue shirt....

Post Game Celebration.....Daniel and Wendy giving the "Weiss" victory sign

After the game - posing for a pic - little did I know that Daniel was behind me doing this...

Keeping in line with the previous post (the pic of the squirrel).....This bird sat on this wire for almost the whole football game. Erik and I found ourselves checking to see if he was still there. This wire is the one that holds the field goal net. Each time they kicked an extra point or a field goal this wire would shake as they raised and lowered the net. You should have seen this bird try to get back on the wire as it was moving. Pretty funny. You really had to see it.