Minnesota Vikings vs The Cincinnati Bengals...

Several years ago I promised my oldest boy, R.J that if the Vikings ever played the Bangles in Minneapolis that we would go. Well that time came and so on December 12th, 2009 the family and our favorite neighbors head to Minneapolis for the weekend to watch the Minnesota Vikings vs the Cincinnati Bengals.

This was the view from our room...That's the dome out the window. The room was so hot we had to leave the window open all night. The kids learned a lot about city life. The sirens are sounding all night long.

So Saturday afternoon we all rode the tram to the Mall of America. Our mission...to find R.J a "NEW" Bengals Jersey to wear to the game. And he succeeded.While at the Mall of America there were three UFC wrestlers signing autographs...so Zachary stood in line and got Anderson the Spider Silva's autograph...I couldn't get to close so just half of his head. :) In front of Zach in the grey t-shirt.

Malissa found s friend too while at the mall. We stayed at the mall just a couple of hours then back to the hotel for the evening.

The Family Rivalry...

Let the TAILGATING Begin...

Malissa & Viktor at the tailgating party...Malissa got her face painted to show her SPIRIT!

~THE GAME~

The Nieman's & the Halverson's

Brett Favre Lets go Vikings....

Skol Viking, lets win this game

Skol Vikings, Honor your name.

get that first down,

then get a touchdown.

Rock 'em...Sock 'em

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

Go Vikings-run up the score.
You'll hear us yell for more.

V-I-K-I-N-G-S

Skol Vikings, lets Go!

Randy & I in the stands...

The Bengals on the sideline...

We sat in the second level...had a view of everything...However I've sat in lower deck before also and still think the best view is from my couch. But I know its the experience of being there and it was fun. Until the drunk behind me fell on me. I was OK.

There were almost 64,000 people here this day.

Ragnar Viking Click his name to read his story...