Playing in Atlanta

We started our morning with a few hotel waffles and we were ready for adventure!

It was a lovely day in Atlanta! We were excited to explore.

We decided to check out the College Football Hall of Fame as we were properly dressed in our football cheering gear.

The museum was amazing! Newly opened, it incorporates a lot of cool technology to tailor the experience to each visitor. When you enter the museum, you receive a tag on a lanyard and then you register the tag with your name and the school you cheer for. As you go about the museum, the various lcd screens recognize your tag and tailor the information and pictures to your team. Your team's football helmet on the wall of football helmets in the front hall also lights up, indicating that a BYU fan is in the house!

The boys love playing in the indoor training arena. They had fun running drills, kicking the football, and playing cornhole.

We had fun watching a movie in the theater and exploring the different exhibits. Football has changed a lot over the past 150 years!

The hall of fame was my favorite use of the interactive lcd screens. The large screens rotate around the hall, pulling up images of the various inductees as you rotate. It recognizes your team and filters the players so that you can easily find the players from your school. You can select a player and pull of images, clips, and bio information about the player. It was a fun way to interact with the information.

We had a fun time playing together as a family and representing our school. Go BYU!

After the museum, Rowan was happy to see a Chick-fil-a next door.

We ate lunch and then headed to Aunt Laurie and Uncle Bobby's house to play. We played at their neighborhood playground, played soccer with Albert (Chris's cousin), and had dinner together. It was so fun to see family and we loved our visit. The evening flew by and before we knew it, it was time to head back to Charlotte. We had a great time visiting Atlanta and can't wait to come back!

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