What a great weekend I had thanks to two fun events! The big one being, of course, my first-ever NFL Playoff Game! KC Chiefs vs. Baltimore Ravens. The weather was cold and the Chiefs were terrible but I had a great time! The Chiefs had a great season (much improved from their previous 3 seasons) and hopefully they keep it up in the years to come.
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JJ and I at our tailgating spot! Yes, that is snow in the background! |
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Check out the sweet bonfire we had! It kept us nice and warm. |
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Our view of Arrowhead from the tailgate area. We were one of the first cars to arrive! |
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Gotta show off my sweet Sean La Chapelle jersey circa 1996! My fav player EVER! |
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Oh yeah, check us out by the field! We were only 9 rows up! |
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Thanks guys for the awesome day! |
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We got to meet up with our fav guy from Boston- Bobby V! |
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A better picture of what they look like. It's like a Batmobile in real life. |
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#39 Brandon Carr |
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#74 from the Ravens- Michael Oher (the real life Blindside player). It's hard to not want to root for him but I managed during this game to do so. |
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Chiefs offense lining up |
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#96 Andy Studebaker |
Saturday morning was also great because I got to do a great KC cultural event with JJ, B, J and little J. We had free tickets to the National World War I Museum. This place was very impressive, both with the facts and information it presented and the overall design and architecture. I highly recommend a visit!
War is a terrible thing but since it did happen, I think it's important to remember the history of it so we can honor those that served and learn from the events to help prevent it from happening again. There were several things that I learned or was made more aware of during the trip. There's so much to read, there's no way you can get it all from one trip.
I knew that WWI started with a duke getting assassinated but I had forgotten the details. I also didn't realize the duke was named Franz Ferdinand. I thought that was just a band! I also had forgotten all about the Zimmerman telegraph. I can't believe Germany thought they were going to get away with enlisting Mexico to go to war with us. Really, Germany? Poor Mexico probably wanted to just stay out of it! Also, can you imagine if you were the British guy who discovered the telegraph! I would have been freaking out for sure. Thank you Brits for telling us about it, too so we could get ready!
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The museum is underground the Liberty Memorial. The Memorial was built only a few years after WWI was over, in 1921. |
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I didn't take any pictures inside besides this one, of this iconic poster. |
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Outside the Memorial, view of downtown KC and Union Station. |
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We got to go all the way to the top of the Memorial. Here's one view. |
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View of downtown. |
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View of Kansas to the west. |
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We were at the top of this thing! |
To learn more about the museum: http://www.theworldwar.org/s/110/new/index_community.aspx
Til next time...Laura
P.S. the good Chiefs pictures courtesy of JJ. :)
Lookin' good!
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