Texans Football Playoffs

Some of Bryan's coworkers gave Douglas his first Texans T-shirt and insisted that his wearing it would bring the team good luck for each playoff game. It worked the first weekend when they beat the Cincinnati Bengals.

So we dutifully carried the shirt with us to Fort Worth on MLK weekend, hoping for another Texans victory, this time against the Baltimore Ravens.



Douglas look so cute in his little shirt watching the game with Bryan.

Unfortunately the Texans lost and we didn't get to wear the shirt for any more playoffs, but maybe we will put it on for the Super Bowl! It can only bring us good luck for next year!!

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Go Texans!

Saturday morning Bryan called me with the news that he had been given four tickets to the Houston Texans NFL game at Reliant Stadium. How exciting!! We've never been to a Texans game; the girls have never been to a football game. I think the last time Bryan and I went to an NFL game was the Packers/Cowboys playoff game in 1994.

We arrived at the stadium with plenty of time. Seeing all of the fancy tailgating parties - some of them have a live band - was a new experience. Once inside the stadium we found our seats just in time for the national anthem and introducing the teams.

Even though our seats were waaayyy up high, we had a great view and really enjoyed ourselves.

. The Texans franchise has gone to great lengths to get the fans involved with the team. They have a fan band, the cheerleaders, and our favorite was yelling "First Down" every time the team achieved one.

If you're a football fan, you know what happened Sunday afternoon. The Texans gave up a touchdown, then scored two field goals, gave up some more, ran kick-off return for their first TD. Scored again after the half - and immediately gave up another TD to Miami.

The girls were crossing fingers and toes -- and ears-- hoping that the Texans would pull out a win! But the game came down the last few seconds, leaving 70,028 fans screaming at the top of our lungs for a win. (Okay, maybe half had left to beat the traffic....) Now, the first time the Texans scored a TD, I had taken the girls down to the bathroom. The second TD came while Bryan had them downstairs buying a funnel cake. So when the Texans got the ball, I ran Brenna downstairs to go the bathroom again. (okay, honestly I was just thinking to get down there before a line formed.) While we were in the bathroom, we heard the crowd go crazy as the Texans moved the ball inside the ten-yard line.

We watched the tv screen under the seats with others as the Texans snuck the ball into the end zone. We screamed and hugged and spun around with excitement. The whole stadium was electrified and strangers were laughing and patting each other on the shoulder.

What a fabulous Sunday afternoon!