Pam scored huge points several weeks early in her never-ending quest for the awards to become The Most Loved Spouse of the Year and Worlds Greatest Mama. She scored two tickets to the game for AK and I. Just like a quarterback leading the offense down the field and steering the team to victory; Pam knew that the anniversary of losing my dad was going to be a terrible day for me. To combat the sorrow, the leader of our fambam knew that a day with my AK to college football game would make all the difference in the world!
We loaded up the Road Warrior, and AK climbed into the captain's chair to drive us 2 hours east. After a quick stop at Chick-fil-A for sustenance we were on our way. AK's highway driving has been coming along nicely with little to no high blood pressure moments occurring. After several hours in the car and sharing stories of her freshman year antics in high school we soon arrived on the campus of the Horned Frogs.
AK and I decided we wanted to take in the entire college experience and arrived early to tour the campus. Immediately upon arrival AK's eyes lit up bigger than Little D's do when she sees a stray puppy! Pam and I have been making it a point for the last several years to visit college campuses on our different trips to get the girls excited to further their education. The purpose of this decision is for the girls to make enough money to take care of in our golden years!
The first stop was at the campus store to look for some TCU apparel as AK decided to attend TCU after five minutes of being on campus. I could hardly blame her as the school is beautiful with the rolling hills filled with huge oak trees and architecture that probably makes a lot of kids want to pick TCU for their institution of high learning.
We walked over to the TCU arena to see their Hall of Fame display. We were pleasantly pleased to see Jake Arrieta from the Cubs had received a much-coveted spot in the TCU Hall!
The first stop was at the campus store to look for some TCU apparel as AK decided to attend TCU after five minutes of being on campus. I could hardly blame her as the school is beautiful with the rolling hills filled with huge oak trees and architecture that probably makes a lot of kids want to pick TCU for their institution of high learning.
We walked over to the TCU arena to see their Hall of Fame display. We were pleasantly pleased to see Jake Arrieta from the Cubs had received a much-coveted spot in the TCU Hall!
With AK wanting to explore the campus more we headed to see the residential dorms. The dorms at TCU look just a tad different from the prestigious Dodge City Community College I attended for my freshman and sophomore year. A good day living at Sheldon Hall at DCCC was when the power worked. Something tells me the freshman class of TCU lives a little bit better than we did back in the day when the food from the cafeteria was so bad that Bogey and I survived on 99 cent Whoppers from Burger King!
We continued across campus on found our way to Frog Alley for the pregame festivities. We tried to score a prize while participating in various carnival games, but AK soon realized her old man no longer could throw very well or accurate for that matter. Instead of winning my oldest daughter a shirt for being able to show off my athleticism, AK had to settle for free fries that McDonald's was handing out!
Pam obviously knew I would be enjoying the usual stadium fare of nachos, BBQ sandwiches and pizza, so she brought us the Ueker seats to burn off the extra calories. We hiked high enough to feel light headed with the lack of oxygen from the high altitude!
Once we got to our seats, I soon realized why Pam was in charge of the fambam and always carried a bag full of stuff to take care of her brood. The temperature was 88 degrees and we had no sunscreen which was not good for our pasty white Irish skin!
We toughed it out and took on our sunburns to watch the mighty Horned Frogs beat the Bears in the battle for who was the better Christian school. AK and I had a great time watching the game and taking in all that college football has to offer. With the game ending, we walked back to campus and snapped a few more pictures to send to Pam and Little D so they would not forget us!
Pam and Little D were helping BJ pack up some boxes to move to storage and found a picture of Delaney from long ago. Little D decided to send us a before-after-picture so we wouldn't miss her too much while we were gone!
After the game, we decided to check in to the Hilton Homewood Suites that would play the role of our sleeping quarters for the night. Since this was AK's trip, I let her pick where we were going to eat and do after dinner. AK quickly decided with all the restaurants at our disposal in the greater Dallas area to pick Olive Garden despite the fact that we live two blocks from one in Midland! AK ate her usual meal of Alfredo with unlimited breadsticks while I stuck to the salad knowing we were heading to the movie and I was going to have to save room for popcorn with jalapenos. AK was pleased with her Olive Garden experience and gave the pretend Italian restaurant a rating of four-and-a-half eaten breadsticks out of five.
We still had an hour before the show, so we walked to the various shops at the outside mall. I am not by any means a shopper, but I knew AK would enjoy it while we killed time. I was amazed at the lack of people in the stores for it being Black Friday. Perhaps everyone was shopped out or maybe people have come to their senses and realized that stores really are open all year around!
We soon found our way to the theater where AK picked Daddy's Home 2. After getting the jumbo-sized tub of popcorn and enough jalapenos to keep Sam's Club in business, we settled into our seats to enjoy the show. AK and I liked the movie as our ribs hurt from all the laughter only Will Ferrel could provide!
We made our way back to the hotel and after a long day they started at 6:00 in the morning and driving two hours, eating several nuggets from Chick-fil-A for breakfast, walking many miles across TCU and watching two Christian college football teams breakout into a fight that delayed the game for ten minutes, one TCU sweatshirt for AK and a football for Little D purchased, a feast of unlimited bread sticks at Olive Garden for AK and one funny movie watched, we called Pam to thank her for the trip as she declared the AK Daddy day over and summoned us back to Abilene to pick her and Little D up so the fambam could reunite for next weeks adventure as Pam takes on hills in San Antonio to run a marathon!
We soon found our way to the theater where AK picked Daddy's Home 2. After getting the jumbo-sized tub of popcorn and enough jalapenos to keep Sam's Club in business, we settled into our seats to enjoy the show. AK and I liked the movie as our ribs hurt from all the laughter only Will Ferrel could provide!
We made our way back to the hotel and after a long day they started at 6:00 in the morning and driving two hours, eating several nuggets from Chick-fil-A for breakfast, walking many miles across TCU and watching two Christian college football teams breakout into a fight that delayed the game for ten minutes, one TCU sweatshirt for AK and a football for Little D purchased, a feast of unlimited bread sticks at Olive Garden for AK and one funny movie watched, we called Pam to thank her for the trip as she declared the AK Daddy day over and summoned us back to Abilene to pick her and Little D up so the fambam could reunite for next weeks adventure as Pam takes on hills in San Antonio to run a marathon!
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