Cotton Bowl 2010 - Part V...

Thursday in Dallas was a lazy day for the boys. I worked a Foundation event. So we stayed around the hotel all day...

We started the day with coffee in the tub...

Then we headed back to the hospitality room where Barrett worked on his 3-point stance... and Cousar brushed up on his Wii skills...

Finally we ventured out into the lobby where we saw Dexter McCluster and other players signing autographs...You would have thought he was Santa Clause...Cousar would only stand about ten feet away and talk to him...

Then we located our second favorite spot at the hotel...the water garden...by the time we left Dallas I had no change left in my wallet...

December 31, 2009

Cotton Bowl 2010 - Part III...

We arrived in Dallas around lunch time and headed straight to the hospitality room. Little did we know that we'd spend the majority of our trip in this room. It was every child (and a lot of grown up's) dream - arcade games, pool tables, video games, skeet ball, ping pong, big screen televisions, and all of the snacks you could imagine...

Cousar discovered the hunting arcade game and never moved... Barrett discovered the candy and snacks and never quit eating...

First on the menu - animal crackers...

then skittles...

then he thought about the crayons...

but opted for coloring instead...

finally pooped out we headed back up to the room to get ready for the rodeo...

December 30, 2009

Cotton Bowl 2010 - Part II...

We left for Dallas mid-morning on Tuesday, December 29. We decided before leaving Oxford that we would spend the night in Texarkanas and get up early the next morning to finish the trip. Somewhere along the way Cousar learned the phrase "are we there yet?"

We didn't pack any bath toys so we had to improvise...

While getting ready on the morning of Day 2 Cousar practiced for his cover on Forbes magazine...

and Barrett worked on the air conditioner...

Then I broke the news that we were not in Dallas yet...

and would be getting back in the car again...

December 30, 2009

Cotton Bowl 2010 - Part I...

We were blessed to travel as a family to Dallas to bring in the New Year with the Rebels at the Cotton Bowl. We were there almost a full week and I took tons of pictures. I'll be blogging about them as a series...Stay tuned!