hockey, HoCkEy, HOCKEY!

Hockey season (well, preseason) is officially here and we are EXCITED!!!! Training camp opens with their 1st scrimmage game tomorrow and our 1st game at the Ponda is on Tuesday!!! We have been waiting for this since April and it is well overdue!!!

We became hockey fans about 3 years ago when our friends gave us their tickets for a game they couldn't go to. I had only been to 1 game, in which I played with the little boy in front of us the whole time, prior to that and Jaye had been to 1 or 2. As we sat and watched we both looked at each other and said, "I think I like this sport". We were blessed with tickets for a few more game and we were hooked!!! Jaye got his 1st Ducks jersey for his birthday that year and we knew we wanted season tickets for the following year. This will be our 3rd year with season tickets and we love it! Last season was Hope's 1st hockey season and she did GREAT! She'd watch the game, play with her toys, eat, and then fall asleep. She was super easy last season and she even got her own jersey for her birthday, which we celebrated at a game! Last season Hope had all sorts of fun hockey gear: orange and white striped onesies & hats, cute beanies, custom shirts that said "Go Ducks!" and "Hockey fan in training". She was one cute hockey fan!!! She made it in several episodes of Ducks TV and was on the jumbotron during Fan Appreciation night!

We are anxious to see how she will do this year! Her gear has arrived (cute beanie, orange and black shirts, and some new black converse) and she is ready! We are already trying to figure out what to pack in our bag-of-tricks...snacks, toys, books...whatever it takes! We are hoping she'll be enthralled with the game and will sit and watch mostly, but who knows...she is quite the busy kid! Either way, we are looking forward to another fun hockey season cheering on our team!!

GO DUCKS!!!