Jeremy was given 5 free tickets to our local hockey team's game tonight! It was our first time seeing the Prairie Thunder, and the kids' first time at a hockey game! We had a great time!!
The team mascot--Chip the Buffalo.
The Thunderettes
the opening face-off
Our friend Noah, from church, was there with his family. He saw us sitting across the way and came over to give Jeremy a big kiss on the cheek. (I had to laugh, as some of Jeremy's colleagues from the Leadership McLean County program were sitting around us.)
Noah obliged us with a family photo...
Caeden is evidence that we were all about stuffing our faces full of hockey game junk food.
Okay, this cracked me up. Between 2 of the periods, a local car dealership drives a new car onto the ice. People buy foam hockey pucks (somehow labeled with their I.D. apparently) and try to throw them into the car's open sunroof as it drives slowly around the ice. If someone gets a puck in, they win the car. No one won it tonight, but it was fun to watch all the pucks cover the ice. After the allotted time was up, a swarm of kids rushed onto the ice and quickly picked up all the orange foam pucks and put them into huge trash cans. This is what's happening in the picture below. Notice the car just right of center, heading off the rink...
The Prairie Thuder didn't win, but we sure had fun watching them play!
And, it turned out to be Faith Night at the game. Afterwards, some Christian bands, including Sevenglory and decemberradio. They opened up the ice for people to go out on, and Jeremy took all the kids out to slip and slide around for a few minutes. (I was so bummed my camera battery had completely died earlier, because they looked so sweet out there slipping around!) We tried to listen to some of the bands, but it was very hard to hear in such a big echo-y place. It was very late for the kids by this time too, so we headed home smiling.
The team mascot--Chip the Buffalo.
The Thunderettes
the opening face-off
Our friend Noah, from church, was there with his family. He saw us sitting across the way and came over to give Jeremy a big kiss on the cheek. (I had to laugh, as some of Jeremy's colleagues from the Leadership McLean County program were sitting around us.)
Noah obliged us with a family photo...
Caeden is evidence that we were all about stuffing our faces full of hockey game junk food.
Okay, this cracked me up. Between 2 of the periods, a local car dealership drives a new car onto the ice. People buy foam hockey pucks (somehow labeled with their I.D. apparently) and try to throw them into the car's open sunroof as it drives slowly around the ice. If someone gets a puck in, they win the car. No one won it tonight, but it was fun to watch all the pucks cover the ice. After the allotted time was up, a swarm of kids rushed onto the ice and quickly picked up all the orange foam pucks and put them into huge trash cans. This is what's happening in the picture below. Notice the car just right of center, heading off the rink...
The Prairie Thuder didn't win, but we sure had fun watching them play!
And, it turned out to be Faith Night at the game. Afterwards, some Christian bands, including Sevenglory and decemberradio. They opened up the ice for people to go out on, and Jeremy took all the kids out to slip and slide around for a few minutes. (I was so bummed my camera battery had completely died earlier, because they looked so sweet out there slipping around!) We tried to listen to some of the bands, but it was very hard to hear in such a big echo-y place. It was very late for the kids by this time too, so we headed home smiling.
4 comments:
Looks like a fun night.
Looks like you had a great family night out!
sigh. Now that the farm has blocked all photo sites I cant see the pics....but sounds like it was fun.....
I loveee hockey! and Im sooo happy ya'll got to do it as a family first.. you guys look like you had a great time!
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