There Are Tailgates, and There are TAILGATES!

I had been planning the tailgate party for the KU-KSU game for awhile.  Our niece and nephew, Kylie and Chase were going to join us, as well as Don's brother Kevin, his wife, Barb, and their two boys.  Chase is purple through-and-through, but the rest lean blue and red.  Nephew Eric is a student at KU, yet he was the only one who did not wear blue and red.  Kevin, Barb, and Zach made up for it.  And although Kylie is learning toward KU, she is keeping an open mind!

So, I tried to make sure the kids had a good time.  Since it was an early game and Don had a meeting Friday night, we went up after school on Friday.  While Don was at his meeting, we went to Aggieville, watched the band play at Kite's, ate at Bluestem Bistro (it was a 2 hour wait at Coco Bolo's), took a tour of the Kappa and DU houses, and drove around the campus.  Then we went to the stadium parking lot and slept!

Early Saturday morning, we were up and getting ready for a 9:00 visitor.  Right on time, Willie drove up in his little car.

After Kylie and Chase had their picture taken with Willie, Don and I had to do the KSU with him!

I thought we had had all the visitors we were going to have.  What I didn't know is that Anne Strube had been tweeting Eric Stonestreet.  Three tries did not go through, but the fourth did.  And about 5 minutes after Willie left, as Anne was preparing to go to the Cats' Closet, up drove a green four-wheeler with Eric inside.  Anne hadn't left yet (good thing!), so she and Ashley were able to get a Christmas card picture with him.  The whole group gathered for a photo, we gave Eric a cup of coffee, and he left to grace other people's tailgate parties.  What fun!

Unfortunately, most of our group had not yet arrived.  The KU folks had gotten trapped in horrible traffic on I-70 as had Kenneth and most of the Kansas City crew.  We are grateful Anne and Ashley were there, however . . . .I know Kylie and Chase will remember this party for a long time!