Brody's 1st NFL Game

 Brody has been wanting to go to an NFL game for a while.  And this year I told him that I would make that happen.  Back in September I looked at the schedule to see if his favorite team, the Carolina Panthers were going to play at all in California.  Nope!  The closest they were playing was Arizona.  So, I got tickets to the Cardinals v. Panthers game on the November 14th and decided we would road trip it!

And then guess what happened?!?!

Cam Newton is Brody's favorite player.  He was let go from the Panthers at the end of the 2019 season.  He was picked up by the Patriots (Boo!).  Then, in September, a couple days before the regular season started, he was cut from the team.  Brody was heartbroken.  Fast forward to literally the week before we are supposed to go to Arizona and the Panthers re-sign Cam Newton and his first game back would be this Sunday!!!!!  NO FREAKING WAY!!!!!

We hopped in the car Saturday morning (11/13) and made it to Arizona in the afternoon.  After a nap and some dinner from in n out, we stopped by Michael's and made these amazing signs.  We woke up to a beautiful day on Sunday and got to the Stadium 4 hours early!  Pretty much the first car in the parking lot!

We sat in the car for an hour or so, before heading to the gates.  We were one of the first ones in when the gates opened 2 hours before the game!  We ran straight to the visitor's tunnel to see the team come out and warm up.  As soon as we got our spot, Cam ran right by us!  I thought Brody was going to pass out!

We got to see everyone on the team and cheer them on!  And they loved our signs!

We were able to be right above the Offensive Huddle as they got ready to run out for the game!

Cam Baby!

We had to go up to our real seats when the game started.  They were up high, but we had a great view.

3rd Drive of the game, they put Cam in as QB.  We lost it!  And HE RAN IT IN FOR A TD!!!  This could not have been a more magical moment for Brody!  And me!  Such a rad memory!

He continued to go in as QB throughout the game and threw 2 more touchdowns.  We were able to run back down to the tunnel and sit there in the 4th qtr and stayed there until the end of the game.  We got to cheer on everyone as they returned to the locker room!  We were pumped!

We were on such a high after this game and it was a good thing too!  We hopped in the car and headed home.  The drive wasn't bad at all.  We were so happy!  I love that I was able to have this experience with Brody!  It is unforgettable!