espn friday night fights

it actually wasn't mysterious at all....we just happened to get these plans to fall in place at the last minute on friday so that's why i posted my flashback friday so late. like you really cared... :)

so what were these plans you ask? dennis had to work for compubox on friday night at the espn fights in primm, nevada, just half an hour away from las vegas. dennis was able to get these passes... for the kids & i to go along with him. boy, it pays to know someone 'cause we got seats (that weren't even ticketed seats~they were put up especially for us) to sit right directly behind the commentators, teddy atlas & joe tessitore. everyone was so nice to us. here are the kids below with teddy atlas. he's so genuine with them & goes out of his way to talk to them.

teddy made sure to give the kids these GIGANTIC espn shirts. the kids thought it was so funny to have shirts so big.

after the fights, we decided to wander around "buffalo bill's casino" to find somewhere to eat.

we settled on tony roma's so we would have a nice place to sit down & relax. our good friend richard, who is more like family, was able to join us. here he is with the kids. um, by this time lauryn had pretty much had it & was ready to go home.

richard was dennis' amateur boxing coach & a father figure to dennis while growing up. he was in primm to corner a boxer from north dakota that was fighting on the card that night. unfortunately, arthur lost & ended up with a broken orbital bone. ouch!

even though it ended up being a late night & an early morning (because our kids get up at the same time no matter how late they go to bed) it was a fun evening!