Have Fun, Play Hockey Clinic

Lily and Trevor participated in the "Have Fun, Play Hockey" clinic at Lake Superior State. The Laker hockey team was on hand to run the clinic and help the kids learn how to play. Both kids had a lot of fun and worked really hard. No trouble getting them to sleep on this night. The video is of Lily puck handling. The pics are of the kids in the locker room, and Trevor getting help from Laker goalie Brian Mahoney-Wilson. He helped Trevor out a lot during last seasons clinic, too. We'll probably do this again next year, unless I can get them into a full time hockey program.

Walk This Way

Yes, it's true. At only ten months old Brian is up and walking like crazy. Looks like he's ready to steal second base in the big game. What an amazing kid. He is really smart, too, as he's learning all sorts of new things. Lily and Trevor are really into him and help out quite a bit. At this rate with Brian, we'll have MLB scouts hanging around in no time.

Skating With The Lakers-Again

This has been a tradition for the Laker hockey team for some years now, and it's always the highlight of the season for Lily and Trevor. The players are really good to them, and are always happy to get a picture or sign an autograph. The Lakers were wearing special pink jerseys as they were raising money to fight breast cancer. The kids were actually going to 'skate' this year, but didn't have time to get their skates ready before the game. They'll both be at the Lakers hockey clinic next month, so they'll get to skate with them then.

The Lakers won Friday's game 3-1, but dropped a 4-3 decision on Saturday. Here's my article from MiCHO:

http://michigancollegehockey.blogspot.com/2008/11/lakers-sink-during-pink-in-rink.html

Papa Joins Us For Hockey

Lily and Trevor were excited this week, as thier Papa came to visit from Cadillac and went with us to the hockey game. Brian played strange a bit, as he hasn't seen him since August, but warmed up after awhile. Papa treated us to dinner and was nice enough to buy new coats for his grandkids, as it's a blizzard up here now and winter is upon us.
The Lakers won Friday 2-0 and the Saturday game Papa was with us at 5-4 in a shootout. Here is my article from the MiCHO site:
http://michigancollegehockey.blogspot.com/2008/11/lakers-sweep-falscons-with-shootout-win.html

More Hockey For The Amigos

I felt brave and packed up all three kids for the Laker game on Sunday afternoon. All three kids were actually very good, and we had a great time watching hockey. This was only Brian's second game, but that didn't stop him from taking everything in. He didn't even really get scared when the Lakers scored and the horn went off. Top picture is of Lily and Trevor doing the 'chuck-a-puck' thing during the second period. I don't think we'll bring Brian to all of the games, but he'll get his share in this season. Lily and Trevor are just happy to be going to the games again.

The Lakers won 7-3, and won Saturday 7-0. Here's my article off of the MiCHO site:

http://michigancollegehockey.blogspot.com/2008/10/lakers-rout-exhibitions-foes.html

Oh, Canada

With so few nice days left up here for us to enjoy, Lisa and I packed the kids up and headed to Canada for the day. A lot of really nice color and weather was perfect for us to play outdoors. We ended up in Gros Cap just west of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. As you can see by all of the gratuitous pics of the fam, we all had a great time. Just east of the Sault (I had us going in the wrong direction on purpose, to see more of the sights), we were able to see a lot of the mountains and rivers around the indian reservation and stuff. Lisa and I want to get back up there by ourselves sometime to get some hiking or rock climbing in.

First NCAA Football Game Fun For Kids

Lily and Trevor enjoyed their first taste of NCAA Football this past weekend when they went to Mt. Pleasant to watch the Central Michigan Chippewas take on the Temple Owls. Papa has season tickets so we had no problem getting good seats for the event. Brought up on hockey and baseball, they really didn't know what to think of football at first, but ended up having a really good time after awhile. They liked the band and the half-time show. Lily, now being a cheer leader herself, like watching the college kids perform. After the game we got to go on the field and get some pictures. All in all, they had a fun day with Papa and Nana. We'll plan on getting them to another game next year, too. Oh, yeah, CMU won the game 24-14 which made it a bit more fun.