Because Merilee was gone I had the kids. I was trying to think of something fun to do with them since we don’t have a lot of “without Mom time”. Should I take them to hotel for the night? Movies? Ice skating? Chuck – E – Cheese?
I decided to take them to a hockey game. I also let them each invite a friend to go with them. So we piled in the van – all 7 of us – and headed to Memorial Coliseum for a game that started at 7:00. We were going to have a very healthy dinner of whatever would be available at the arena so we left early – 5:00’ish. We got to the arena at 6:00 and found a perfect spot to park. We noticed that the parking lots were pretty empty – weird. When we exited the parking garage the plaza looked like a ghost town. Did I look at the date wrong? Was the game really Saturday night? No, we were just an hour and a half early. The game really started at 7:30. We had 30 minutes to kill before we could get into the arena. We bought our tickets and I let the kids run around a little bit.
The hockey game started and it was looking like Portland was doing ok. End of the first period score was 1-0 Spokane. The second period looked a little better. Portland scored their first goal and the first fight was on the books. Third period got a little out of hand as Portland lost 6-2. The third period did have 4 fights. All 6 kids loved the fights. They would rush the boards and pound and yell as the hockey players dropped their gloves, removed their helmets and started to bob and weave.
Overall a great night. All of the kids had fun and they were very well behaved. I am so grateful I have good kids who also have good friends.
Mason:
Sid and Eliza:
The whole crew:
7 comments:
I'll just pretend to ignore that first paragraph! I'm glad you guys had a fun night. Kids never forget the great times they have with their dad! You rock!
I love that you take your kids out to do fun stuff. They will always remember their outings w/ Dad. The game sounds like a blast.
I'm really sad that you would knock Pride & Predjudice like that. I'm also laughing because Merilee just blogged how she hates the word verification in the comment section of some people's blogs and I notice you have one. HA, Ha!
IT looks like you guys had a lot of fun. I already told Mason that Reuben, Catcher and I are moving into your house because you guys always do cool stuff.
Megan we will convert the garage into a room for you guys. Come on up!
'k, I really don't know what that says up above this box, so I'm just assuming this is where I type my comment. ;) You really blew it with that description of 6 hour Pride and Prejudice. David always claims to think it's dumb too, but I always catch him watching when it's on. You did make up for it though with that brave act of taking 6 kids to a soccer game, good job.
You're a great dad.
Wanna be a great husband? Watch the dang movie!
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