Viking's football party

Jeremy chose his long time friend Ron to be his best man at the wedding. They had worked together at Walmart for many years and Jeremy was practically part of their family.

As the wedding got closer, Ron and his wife Lori decided to throw us a bachelor/bachelorette party! Jeremy's favorite football team are the Minnesota Vikings and it just so happened that they had a game on Monday October 5th, the week of the wedding.

So Ron and Lori got reservations at Midway, one of the local taverns in Hermiston. They posted the event as an open house on Facebook and invited lots of people that knew one of us or both Jeremy and I.

Jeremy skipped bowling that night and Ron came to pick us up. We were both wearing the jerseys that Jeremy bought for us. Ron also gave us hats that said bride and groom and mine even had a veil. We had to get pictures with our hats on before getting in the van, per Lori!

When we got to the tavern, Lori had decorated with streamers in the colors yellow and purple and put up signs all over. She even had placed a special order for cupcakes with thick frosting of yellow and purple and cupcakes in the shape of a football. It happened to be taco night at Midway and we ordered some right away. They started us with some drinks and then we just sat back as the game got started. Some people stayed the whole game and chatted while others came later and said a quick congrats before heading out.

It was a really good game and the Vikings won!! This of course made Jeremy very happy and he was having a great time. I was able to meet lots of his friends and guys that he worked with. Lori and I mostly stood around laughing and watching Ron and Jeremy together. I played pool a couple of times and had my streaks of greatness and then my streaks of nothingness.

Towards the end of the night, it was the four of us and only a couple of friends. Ron and Jeremy played numerous games of pool and it was hilarious to watch them play and their interaction especially after they both had consumed many drinks! Finally it was early in the morning and we left about the time the tavern was closing. We decided we were starving and drove through Jack and the Box for food. Then they came in and got a tour of the house before heading home.

Later Lori gave me a photo/scrapbook filled with pictures and words of advice from everyone who had been at the party. We loved it and what a great way for us to remember that night and the fun we had.