Full Hockey Game, Half the Amigos

I'm still catching up on things, so bear with me. Last weekend we celebrated Brian's birthday, but unfortunately he couldn't make it to the game with us. Neither could Trevor, as they were both sick with the flu. Poor Brian got sick right during his party. They did announce his name and birthday over the loud speaker, though, which was really cool. And the Lakers were able to hold on for a 4-3 win over Miami, so that was good, too. At least Papa could join Lily and I, as he was up for the party.

Bowling and Wrestling Resume

After a few weeks off from bowling, and a week or so off of wrestling for the holidays, the activities resumed last week. I'm trying to play 'catch up' with some of this, as we've been pretty busy. Lily bowled pretty well in her first game back, and she finally recieved her bowling shirt. She also earned a couple of more patched. Congrats Lily!!! Trevor is doing better with wrestling. We're hoping next week to make it to a tournament down in Rudyard so Trevor can show off his stuff a little bit. Exciting weeks ahead for us, for sure!!

2012 Kicks Off With Lakers

We kicked off the new year with Laker Hockey on Tuesday night. The Lakers skated to a 3-2 win, so it's a good way to start a new year (good riddance to 2011, anyway). It was a cold night, but the kids were tough and waited outside to give the team 'high-fives' as they rang the victory bell. It was an exhibition game, so there wasn't much of a crowd, and not much going on (no band or mascots). We'll be celebrating Brian's birthday on the 13th, and taking him to the game that night, too.

So Much Fun....

After a few hours of frustration and colorfull adjectives, we finally got the stick-hockey table together. Here's a crummy pic of Brian basically going nuts on it. We're definitely going to have tons of fun with this together. I'll take some better pics soon and add them here.

Ready To Rumble

Trevor had his first taste of 'in ring' competition last week. The Sault Youth Wrestling program held it's intramural tournament, and there were three kids in Trevor's weight class. He fought well, but in the end he lost to both of his opponents. Both of the kids he wrestled have been in the program for four years, so they have lots of experience over him. Once he learns his moves, he will be tough to beat. He had fun and learned how to keep fighting, which is the important thing at this point. There was also very good sportsmanship between the competitors, too. All the kids shook hands and really helped each other out.

Pink In The Rink

Last weekend was our last Laker game of 2011. It was the 'pink in the rink' game, with the Lakers wearing their pink jerseys to auction off after the game. Lily also got her face pained, and there was some other events going on to help battle breast cancer. Lakers beat Northern Michigan 6-3 to end the year on a high note.

Amigos Meet More Former Tigers

Set on another adventure, the kids and I travelled to Traverse City to a baseball card to show for some shopping, and to meet two former members of the Detroit Tigers' 1984 World Series Championship team. The kids wanted some baseball and hockey cards, so Papa and I hooked them up with those, and Brian got a couple of Hot Wheels cars and comic books. The players, pitchers Dan Petry and Dave Rozema, were very nice to them and had a lot of fun with the fans. Rozema arm-wrestled Brian, and Lily and Trevor had their picture taken with Petry that turned out nice. We'll try to make it down to Grand Rapids in February for another show, since we had so much fun at this one!