Merry Christmas, Ben!

Ben opened an early gift for Christmas a few weeks ago...it happened to be Green Bay Packers gloves for him and a Chicago Bears winter hat for me...signifying that he would be going to Green Bay with me for the Bears vs. Packers game on December 15th.  This has been a long time in the making as I had a little help from an elf (cousin Brandon).  The weather has been somewhat tolerable the past month but come to find out Sunday that Green Bay would be pushing a high of 16 degrees...so we got all our winter gear together and headed out.  We left early Saturday morning and headed to Manitowoc (where our hotel was) and then onto Green Bay to check out the stadium, look around and take the stadium tour.  We learned many interesting facts about Green Bay.  One being that Lombardi, being an alumni of Notre Dame started Green Bay Packers with the color of blue and gold (they would always use the colors of their alumni college).  This of course, was an extra plus for Ben.  Ben also shared that his dad liked the "preacher" Reggie White.  We payed extra attention to any info on him as we made our way through the Hall of Fame before we took the Stadium Tour.  Another interesting fact...Green Bay Packers were set to be no more before they built the atrium.  Now they are consistently in the top 10 as far as revenue.  I have to say it was a beautiful building.

We then ate some lunch at the restaurant in the atrium - 1919 (the year the Green Bay Packers was formed). A guy that looked just like Ditka caught my eye, so of course I had to grab a photo with him!