All-Sports-All-the-Time!

Living in the city that is hosting the Superbowl has inspired us here at Phoenamenal Days to take sports to a whole new level these next few days...Our all-sports-all-the-time-weekend began last night....



First, the dad and I (the mom) went to the Phoenix Suns-Spurs game last night. It was a packed house and we had great seats--thanks to our friends the E's. It was a sloppy game, tho and even tho the suns were winning for the entire game, they lost in the last 35 seconds! they clearly needed a little more of something..maybe a cheer or two from a former highschool cheerleader would have done the trick...but we will never know.


If you look closely at the people seated on the floor you will see Phil Mickelson . He's in town for the FBR Open. And here he is with the gorilla mascot on the big TV...




Then today the entire family--minus Halmoni--went to the FBR Open in Scottsdale TPC. WOW! what a great event! It is set up like a party that includes a golf tournament! There is a party tent and sponsors' tent and tons of people! We were at a tent on the 16th tee. Sadly I have no pictures because we weren't allowed to bring our cameras--they were electronically scanning for cameras and cell phones! so we had neither:(

For those of you uninitiated and unknowing golf fans (like I was until today) the 16th hole is a short par-3 set up like a stadium with multi level tents almost all the way around it and a crowd like a football game. There is a group of college/mid 20's kids--"the house that Phil Built" and they call to , cheer and heckle the players as they enter thru the tunnel and walk out to the tee box. what a great time! and if you don't hit it well, the fans down at the green boo you!! yup. thats' right. Booing in Golf. The best part...? The guys all do this while holding their own "quiet Please" signs!! hahaha!

a few funny comments--
One of the players we saw won at the FBR Open in 1990. SO the college kids yelled out: We loved you in 1990!!! Then a lone voice: I was only 7 years old but I remember it!!

hahaha...the golfer himself laughed at that one.

Then later to another golfer they sang out, " Who's your nanny?"

This confused me until chuck told me that the golfer's nanny ended up marrying Tiger woods!

lastly....

They yelled,It's almost Feb 6th!...... happy almost birthday!!

Many of the golfers prob don't like it. But the ones who do make it more fun.

One guy stood over the ball as they cheered for his alma matter...they politely quieted down as he stood over the ball to hit. He stopped and looked up and raised his hands as if to get them to cheer again --which they did. Then as he stood over the ball they quieted again...again he stopped and raised his hands to get them to cheer more....they did and kept cheering while he swung! he loved it and they did too!

They were pretty funny and had clearly done their homework on each player.... Gotta love smart golf fans!

And lest we leave out the biggest sporting event in town this weekend, tomorrow we head to the Superbowl Experience. A carnival type atmosphere with Superbowl activities and things to do with the kids. Should be memorable.

And we are topping it off on Sunday with visits to a few super bowl parties of some of our friends here.

whew!!

I feel a little bit like ESPN Sports Center!

Have a great weekend!

~The Mom