Over the weekend, we packed up the van and went with the kids cousins and Aunt Sharon, Aunt Linda and Uncle Shaun down to Champaign to take in the Fighting Illini football game against the Michigan State Spartans. We've been down there for football before. Here's a post from 2013 when we all went down to enjoy the game . Here's the time in 2012 when we drove down for the Spring game . And even took Eloise to Homecoming back in 2010 before she turned one. But, this was the first time for Frankie. And that made this trip special and a lot of fun. Above at the top, you'll see Frank dressed in his best orange and blue jumper meeting Red Grange. The University has a student dressed up in an old-timey football outfit standing in the "Grange Grove" to pose for photos. Kinda neat! Frankie liked him, but was shy. After getting into the stadium, we went to a little pre-game party in what they call the "Legacy Loung...