Citrus Sports

One of our favorite adventures when we head to Central FL for New Years is attending the Citrus Sports Bowl games!

We are so fortunate that Dado chooses to be a part of the organization ~ of course, he does it becuase he likes to scout college games, especially when Georgia Tech is on the table! ~ but we reap the benefits of his membership in the form of good parking and great seats at both games!

(so thank you Dado for sharing your adventures with us too!!!)

First, there was the Champs Sports Bowl, where we got there early enough to appease Hamp and throw the football around the practice field (aka parking lot!) before heading into the stadium...

Next, we watched the Citrus Sports Parade in anticipation of the Capital One Bowl on New Year's Day ~ the boys loved the Alabama and Michigan State bands, the floats made of thousands of citrus, catching the necklaces that were thrown from the floats, and the special appearances by a few cartoon friends like Dora, SpongeBob and Woody the Woodpecker!

Finally, the big day! January 1st was a beautiful 78 degrees ~ just right for a tailgate party... or in our case, a Dolli-gate party! Mojo's big accomplishment was crossing "tailgate" off her bucket list... so this one's for you, mom!

Except for Michigan State's poor showing (final score Alabama 49 ~ MSU 7) the game was really fun! Lots of cool entertainment and people watching...

... espeically when Dado took to the field!

Seriously, one of his "jobs" was to release the players for the game, so we enjoyed watching him mingle with other official people!

Fortunately, he didn't have to stay and got to join us for the rest of the game!