Thanks to the generosity of my amazing Pastor (if you haven’t heard Pastor Ray preach and teach you really need to), I was able to take Logan to the Bronco game last night. He could not have been more excited when I told him we were going…he even finished his homework without a single complaint.
To everyone else it was “just a preseason game”, but to him it was an adventure. He’s been asking to go to Invesco field for awhile now…and he has really wanted to go this year since watching the Broncos on T.V. has become more interesting to him. On the way there (we took the Light Rail…which he loved too) I asked him which he was looking forward to the most: seeing the players or seeing the stadium. He couldn’t decide.
So we get to the stadium and the boy was truly in awe. It’s big, it’s shiny, it’s larger than life…especially to an 8year old boy. The seats were great–Club Level about even with the South End Zone (not a bad way to experience your first pro football game). He was so awestruck by the entire scene he couldn’t even eat his $5 hot dog (that’s a whole other blog…how do they sell a $0.25 hot dog for $5 and keep a straight face?)…and hot dogs & ketchup are a major food group for Logan!
I don’t think he watched much of the game. And not because it was mainly third string players, primarily because there was too much else for him to take in. There were roughly 55,000 in attendance, but I doubt anyone paid as much attention to the entire scenery as Logan did…he even noticed the guys standing at the top of the scoreboard (I had to look twice to see them after he pointed them out).
It was fun watching him experience this new atmosphere. For most of the people at the game it was just a game. For Logan it was a little more than that. He may or may not look back on this as a grand memory in his lifetime, but it was still watching someone experience something larger than life for the first time. Made me appreciate it a little more too.
Thanks again Ray for the opportunity…you made an 8year old’s day!
