Today was a day of celebration for our city.  The Seahawks won the Superbowl!  I remember back when the Sonics were the champions and there was a big parade with Jack Sikma and Downtown Freddie Brown and Lenny Wilkins.  The streets of Seattle were abuzz with excitement, much like today.  I knew that I needed my kids to see it for themselves, to hear the cheers and feel the excitement. (Trey chose to stay in school, can’t argue w that and Erin went to my parents since she is still recovering from the tonsils coming out) but Levi, Carlos and I made the trek into the city to

 celebrate our Hawks.
We parked at a friend’s house, then headed for the 8:40 ferry.  There were NO parking spaces anywhere near the terminal and the whole ramp was full of fans all the way up to the parking lot.  I have never seen the boat so crowded, standing room only!
The ferry worker told us the boat before had been overloaded w foot passengers and we heard later that the boat after had been as well.
The cheers of “SEA-HAWKS” rang out every so often and everyone was in their blue and green.

 We walked up to 4th & Columbia and found a place that the kids could see that parade and waited and waited and froze a bit and waited some more.  At one point, someone threw a bunch of Fruit Gushers into the crowds as a snack and the boys loved that.  We were offered a blanket by a complete stranger and everyone was in the moment.  Many cell phone pictures were taken, but there was not much cell service at all.  A good thing, we could all be present.  Turns out that there were 700,000 people watching this parade!
Once it started, a nice lady in front of us let the boys come stand w her so they were right next to the vehicles going by.  She was really aware and kept a close eye on them to be sure they were safe.  They got to see the players up close and that was amazing.  Marshawn Lynch threw Skittles into the crowd and Derrick Coleman signed “thank you” to everyone as they went by.
Once the parade was over, we headed down to the boat and Carlos was talking so loudly and quickly, he couldn’t believe he had seen at his idols in person!
So many memories, great day we will never forget.
 (on a side note, major Seattle pride as there were ZERO arrests today w this crowd!  We were given a 12th Man flag by a fan walking by and I said thanks and the woman said “it’s what we do, we’re all fans and your boys need this more than I do”)