On Saturday the El Dorado Wildcat football team was playing in the 6A State Championship game in Little Rock. This was their third trip to "The Rock" and they won the title last year. I really wanted to go this year, so we loaded up the kids and hit the road Saturday. We did a little shopping first - we went to PetsMart where we saw a man collapse and have a seizure right in front of us. I saw him out of the corner of my eye fall down and thought maybe he was just bending down, but I turned around and he was flat on the ground. Another couple was nearby and we told a store employee to call 911 . . . she never changed expressions and I didn't know if she had even heard us so I was trying to get my phone out of my purse when she came back and said that she'd asked someone to call the paramedics. By this time he was seizing. He came to shortly and began talking. He said he may have passed out from exhaustion and that he'd get it checked out later. Then I heard him tell the paramedics that he was a doctor . . . hmmm, not too sure what that was about all that, but when we left he was still with the medics. Then we went to Toys R Us, which was completely overwhelming and nerve wracking as it was packed with people, but we did get some Christmas presents. We ate at Purple Cow, which has terrific turkey burgers and the best peanut butter and chocolate milk shakes in the world!!
We got to the game and it was cold!! We had the kids in layers and mittens and had two blankets with us. We saw some people from our church and sat with them - the Morelands and the Craigs. It was fun being at War Memorial stadium. El Dorado was playing Texarkana. Both teams had lots of fans, but I think we had more. The kids did pretty good considering they were cold and had had no nap. The game started off with El Dorado not playing so great, but they pulled away in the second half and won 31 - 21. State Champs, 2 years in a row! It was exciting to be part of that and even though it was cold, I'm glad we went.
Our pictures did not turn out very good, but they are proof that we were there!
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