This year we broke away from the normal Thanksgiving traditions, and we went to the Detroit Lions Thanksgiving Day football game. We went to Detroit the night before and stayed in a hotel in Greek Town. We were minutes away (walking distance) from a 5 Guys restaurant. We ate dinner there that night, and then headed back to the hotel for a nice swim. The pool was so cold, but the hot tub was so nice. We had plans to go to the Thanksgiving Day parade, but the kids asked if we could go swimming instead of to the parade. Heck yeah! It was raining outside and cold, you don't have to ask me twice to skip a parade. Although I'm sure it would have been wonderful. :)
We had a ton of fun swimming. It was still cold, but I braved the cold pool for some fun pool walking for some exercise. The kids had a blast swimming.
After swimming, we got ready for the big game. We walked over to the dome and found our seats. They were a reward Ryan got for his performance with Orbit Medical, so the seats weren't great, but they were free.
We had a great time and the kids loved the stadium food. Yep, Ryan did too. EWWYUCK! Not so good. The game was good for the first 3 quarters. In the 4th quarter the Lions just imploded. They couldn't do anything right. They played the Patriots. Tom Brady didn't really play a memorial game, but it was obviously solid enough to get a win.
After the game, we made a beeline out of Detroit back home. We stopped once we made it back in town and ate a Thanksgiving Dinner at Perkins. It was so sad not having any leftovers the day after Thanksgiving, but I must say, not spending the whole day cooking and cleaning was a refreshing change. I'm not sure if this will be a new tradition, but it sure was fun.
Kid Rock did the Half Time show. It was a good show. My parents called during the middle of it, and no one could here the other person, so we gave up and had to talk later.
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