A long, cold, fun and very sad day

Donovan and I were so excited to go to this game. Even though the weather looked to be super cold, we were still very much looking forward to it. We bundled up with 4 or 5 layers, brought a couple of blankets and made our way to the Sports Authority Field. During the regular season, once the Broncos started playing well, the whole city had this energy about it. Broncos flag were flying all over and everywhere you went, people were donning their orange and blue. The week before this game, there was an extra dose of excitement. So basically the build up was huge! We rode the train down and walked with thousands of other fans to the stadium. The pregame festivities were awesome and pumped everyone up for the big game.

And then we were taken for the most emotional ride full of highs and lows. So many great plays, then so many horrible plays. So many reviews and an overtime too. It was so blasting cold that people's drinks were freezing if they didn't finish them quickly enough. We stood for most of the game, behind a row of obnoxious Ravens fans. And like these balloons floating away, so did our dreams of a trip to the superbowl! Boo. Donovan cried along with several grown men around him. We are hoping that next year will be better. Maybe we'll warm up by then too.