Fl vs. App State

 

App State played Florida at Florida and of course my grandparents had us tickets- however, we had one stipulation- we had to wear App gear instead of Florida. We agreed and looked forward to the game. Grammy found Ava a cheerleading outfit and sent it down to us along with some ribbon to make a bow- she was the cutest cheerleader there- bar none!

One thing Grammy didn’t think about was bloomers- so guess what bloomers Ava had on for the game?! Her Gator ones- haha! We managed to sneak a little Florida in on her ;)

It was a beautiful day, I could have stood for it to be a little cooler, but at least it was miserably hot! We left early Saturday morning to go eat with my Grandparents and tons of other App fans at a hotel down in Gainesville and then took a shuttle to the stadium. It worked out really nice.

  

I have to say, being a smaller school and 10 hours away, the App fans definitely showed up. As we were driving through town there was black and gold EVERYWHERE!

  

We had a good time, Ava can say she has been to her first Florida game (does it still count if she was wearing another team’s colors-haha!) and she can say she has been to her first App State game, but I’m sure she will see plenty more of their games when they play on their own turf.

   

Ava loved watching the cheerleaders- she had her own megaphone and pom-pom and cheered right along with them. I’m afraid Adam and I are going to have a hard time deterring her from cheering. I do know one thing though- this girl is going to love football! She really doesn’t have much choice otherwise :)

We stopped and ate on the way home and by the time we walked in the door I was tired! I can’t for the life of me figure out why people who live in Jacksonville without emotional ties to the Gators would rather spend the day (because it is an entire day ordeal) at their games and not at the Jaguar games- they are so much more fun and we leave right after church and are home by 5:00 (at the absolute latest) when it is a 1:00 game…that’s my idea of a schedule-I can’t imagine loosing an entire day for every football game!

Thanks to Grammy and Big Papa for the tickets and lunch. We really did have a great time! Sorry they lost- but I know they padded that pocket a little ;) which helps ease the pain!