Thursday, March 19, 2009

09 International ATC Hockey Tourney in Minneapolis



We had a great time at the ATC Hockey Tourney this year. It was fun to go back to Minnesota, but it was much colder than the last time we were there! When we arrived at the airport, it was about 12 degrees at noon and warmed all the way up to 18 that day. We arrived on a Monday and played hockey Tuesday thru Friday. John scored the first goal of the tourney, about 1 minute in to the first game. Albuquerque won that game 8-2. The standings are based on a 10 points per game system. 1 point for first goal, 2 points for each period won, 2 points for the game, 1 point for last goal. Albuquerque took all of the points for that game, but went downhill from there. Abq finished with only 15 points, but was 4th out of 6th in the division. It really was a lot of fun. Here is a picture of our team, for that day. There were different players almost everyday.


Here we are on picture day! The rink was very nice. It was pretty new and had 8 sheets of ice for hockey.


There is John!
We went to a high school hockey game, it was to see who would go to their playoffs. It was at the University of Minnesota and it was packed! They estimated over 12,000 people were there to watch the game, it was crazy! It was neat because there was a team from Eden Prarie (which is where we lived) that we watched play and they won! Both of the teams brought their bands to play as well.
Here is our gang, Kellie, Mark, Jonah and Thedra. We found seats about 5 rows behind the net. Those kids were amazing skaters!! It was really fun to watch.

Monday, March 9, 2009

Happy Birthday Savannah!!

Savannah finally had a birthday party!! She was sooo excited to have friends over to play and to have a birthday cake. She loved her butterfly cake, it was made out of cupcakes so they could be pulled off and shared easily. We were fortunate enough to get this picture taken before little fingers started poking.
Savannah loved her cupcake, well, at least the frosting.
We played some games in the backyard, it was a very nice day!! Mom needs to work on her running a bit, but she's getting faster! That many 3 year olds is like herding cats, but they all had a fun time.
We even had a pinata for the kids to beat on (it was either that or the other kids). The most amazing part of that is that dad did not end up on "Americas Funniest Home Videos" like everybody else that works a pinata.
We love our little Savannah! She is excited to have a birthday party again, but waiting a year is going to be hard.