Our nephew, Jeffrey, arrived Monday night from Cleveland. He just finished his freshman year at Ohio State and is visiting us for a couple weeks. We are all very excited to have him here!
Jeffrey spent the afternoon sightseeing with Thomas - who finished finals at 11am today and is done with school for the year. We ended up forming a last-minute plan for the evening that turned out to be great fun...
The US Men's soccer team was hosting Panama tonight in a World Cup qualifying match at Century Link Field in downtown Seattle. I had been invited a few days ago to go with a couple friends. As the day progressed, Karri and I thought Jeffrey and our kids might enjoy the game too. Long story short - we were able to find some last-minute tickets and I took the kids with me.
After some light rain earlier in the day, we had a beautiful night. Decided to take the water taxi from West Seattle to downtown. We just barely caught the 5:30 boat.
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| Happy cousins - heading to the game |
Our seats were on opposite sides of the stadium - very close to the action. The kids were about 10 rows up. I was in the front row!
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| The kids seats were on the right side of this photo - about 10 rows up. |
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| Moments before the 2nd US goal |
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| A raucous crowd - 7th largest in US World Cup Qualifier history! |
It was an exciting game. The US dominated most of the action and came out with a 2-0 win! The fans were awesome - most on their feet from start to finish. The crazies in the above photo sang songs/chants the entire game... seriously!
We reunited after the game and hustled back to Pier 50 to catch the water taxi. Once again - running to just barely catch the boat!
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| Showing off our (free giveaway) scarves on the ride home. A gorgeous night! |
It was great listening to the kids rave about how much fun they had! Hopefully not a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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