A New Post Finally

Okay so I have a ton of posts to get up. But I'll start with the most recent one and go from there since I think I really left some people in suspense with that last post. But you'll have to read to the bottom of this one to find out who Andrew is currently working with. :-)

On Sunday, Andrew and I went to the Vikings/Packers game at the Metrodome. We met up with my cousin Cindy and her husband Shawn and proceeded to locate our seats. They just happened to be on the FIELD! We were about 20 feet from one of the end zones. Very cool! We were super close to the action. We couldn't always see everything, but we could see the the action on the jumbotron so it worked. It was the Vikings Salute to America so there were a lot of military men there. Some sitting right in front of us, including the navy man saluting in the picture below. Unfortunately for him, he was a Packer fan. Cindy and I had a good time ragging on him about that. He left for a bit and during that time the Packers scored TWICE, so we told him he couldn't leave again. ;-) It was very exciting at the end of the game when Adrian Peterson scored an awesome touchdown right in front of us. And the whole stadium was on pins and needles as the Packers had the ball back. We held them off and they didn't make their field goal leading the Vikings to win 28-27. It was incredibly exciting. Oh, and the US Gymnastics team was there as part of the America fanfare. Shawn Johnson and others walked right in front of us. She waved to Cindy. :-) Andrew has to dress in Viking colors (although maybe he should have gone with gold, he could have been neutral then) because we got the tickets from his Vikings client. Really, he was happy with whoever won the game. Here are some pictures from the game (you can click on them to make them larger if you like).


Above: This is how close we were to the end zone and Adrian Peterson taking a moment before the game.





Above: Celebrating the Viking win. That's my big head. And all the Vikings fans near us.

Above: Two shots from the Vikings open that Andrew worked on.

The US Gymnasts.

CJ and Andrew at the game. CJ went to Knox and was the golf coach for a couple years. He started as an intern at the Vikings this year. He's hoping to get a full-time position with them.

Andrew is currently in Indianapolis as Part 3 of 5 for a major project that just fell into their laps. Last Monday, Andrew got home from Cedar Rapids and immediately had to do a bid for this Gatorade job. There are two components: a commercial side and a web aspect. Andrew's company is working on the web aspect. They were awarded the job and had to swing into project planning mode. I talked to Andrew on Thursday morning and he told me he was on his way to the airport to go to Orlando. I said okay, what for. And he nonchalantly told me he was going to do a shoot with TIGER WOODS! WHAT! Tiger Woods! Wow! Okay. So last Friday, Andrew spent the day working with Tiger and two other sports starts (sorry can't remember their names). He flew home Friday evening and we enjoyed a nice weekend and he left again Sunday night to fly to Chicago for part 2 of the project with Michael Jordan, Picabo Street, and Mia Hamm. Today was in Indianapolis with Peyton Manning (and others, sorry again my memory escapes me). They are off to Miami after that and Los Angeles next week. Oh and for the commercial part of the project, Spike Lee is directing. Pretty exciting project! He took the camera with him and hopefully got a picture or two. Hopefully, I'll have something to post when he gets back.

For now, I'll leave you with this snippet of video. Ben caught Andrew (in the purple shirt and hat) and Shawn (in front of Andrew with a Vikings versey) on FoxHD while watching the game. You can see how close we were to the action.