Seahawks are Superbowl Champions!!!

Brock with his Seahawks Jersey

Whoohoo!!! The Seahawks beat the Broncos 43 - 8!! WE ARE THE SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS!!

So, to celebrate the awesomeness, we decided to go to the parade today..... we had good intentions.

Interesting to note you can see the outside temperature is 28 degrees at this time

Brock and I left the house at 8:05am and battled the traffic to arrive on the curb of 4th Avenue by 9:30am. (Typically takes 30 minutes to get to Seattle) We had a wonderful spot - second "row" behind a nice group of people. And then we were to wait. Parade was to start promptly at 11am and Brent was just getting out of a meeting at 10:45 to be able to rush over and stand with us. It was going to work out perfectly! Brent got there right at 11am and we were six blocks from the start of the parade (out of a two mile route).

And we waited.

And we waited.

And finally at 12:15pm, we heard signs that the parade had finally started. The police did a great job of keeping people on the sidewalk before the parade started, but all of a sudden people just pushed their way onto the street to get closer to the parade vehicles. It would have been fine if we didn't have the stroller, but now we had a worthless view, Brock was crying, and we were all cold (especially Brock and I who had been standing outside in 30 degree weather for two hours now).

We saw Marshawn Lynch standing on top of one of the Seattle Ducks (amphibious Seattle tour vehicle that goes on roads and in the water) throwing skittles and then we decided to head in.

Brent's office was only 4 blocks away, so we hurried over to get warm. Brock enjoyed seeing the fish in the lobby. We sat in Brent's cafeteria and had lunch while we waited for some of the crowds to leave. They estimated nearly 1 million people turned out for the parade and rally held at Century Link Field (and overflow at Safeco Field) for the Seahawks today. Wow! Good job Hawks.... but next time you win the Superbowl, we may watch you from the comfort of our home!

Here are some other snapshots from the parade (borrowed from others).

Russell Wilson and the Lombardi Trophy

View from 4th and Madison.... no crowd control like the New York Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!