What it Takes to be the Best Wife Ever....

Inside the Golden Dome.

The architecture of the buildings on campus is beautiful.

"Touchdown Jesus"

At the pep rally with ND football players, Armando Allen and Sam Young.

The Golden Dome. The trumpeteers played the ND fight song inside before the game. It was so amazing. Everyone was talking about the chills they got.

On Sunday, I scheduled a tour of the shoreline of Chicago. Our flight was at 7:30 so I figured we could spend some time exploring Chicago.

Don't we look hot in these helmets?

This segway tour was SO much fun - a little embarrassing - but worth it! Chicago is amazing!

So I had this trip planned for over a month. Everyday I wanted to tell TJ - sometimes, I even had to leave the room so I would burst open! For those of you who don't know, TJ is a huge Notre Dame fan. And I mean huge! He had wanted to go out to South Bend, but I told him we couldn't since the tickets to the football game alone were $660 for us both (yeah, talk about completely over-priced, but luckily for TJ, I thought it was worth it). I still had to pay for airfare, hotel, car rental, food, the segway tour, and the $400 in ND gear we had to buy. I think this $2300 3-day trip has been the most expensive gift I've gotten TJ so far (and it's not even a holiday, birthday, or anniversary.) Man, I am an awesome wife!

This is my "hidden camera" attempt. I told TJ on Thursday and we flew out Friday morning. It was such a fun weekend. It made me feel to good to see TJ so excited and giddy like a little school girl. It was cute. We did everything you could possibly do while out there on campus. And to top it off... ND beat Michigan State 33-30! Boo-yah!

(It's a little long, so just watch the first 2 minutes.)