Illinois Hockey

Since being back in the US, we have been catching up on many sporting events. We have taken the boys to the high school football games, volleyball and soccer. They LOVE all of them. Kara's boyfriend, Pierce (who the boys already think is their relative!), is the captain of the University of Illinois hockey team. We have never had the opportunity to see him play so we are trying to attend the games when we can. U of I is about an hour and a half away and the games don't start until 7:30p on Friday and Saturday nights. We have made it to a couple games so far, but we don't get back home until about midnight. Sunday is a little rough, but the boys have a blast!

This was the night that they played the #1 team in the nation... U of I is #2. It was a tough weekend as they lost both Friday and Saturday night. These are the only 2 loses so far! Max and Blake still had a blast with their big sis! She bought them the shirts and Pierce surprised all of us by getting the whole team to sign the back of them. They also got their faces painted and Blake ate a whole roll of Sprees. He couldn't chomp them fast enough!

Pierce is #12 and it is just amazing to see these guys skate. Seriously, I can't even stand up straight on skates and they move like they are in sneakers! He even managed to put on a happy face for us after the game. Thanks Pierce!

So at the second game, Pierce's mom and step-dad got Illini hats for the boys. Thanks Barb and Randy...they look so cool! Go ILLINI! This game was much more fun since they won and Max told Pierce that it was the best he had ever seen him play! We will be heading to another game for Dad's weekend in a couple weeks. The boys are starting soccer next Saturday and wrestling a couple times of week. Busy, busy, busy!

One more little tidbit - Max is starting all day Kindergarten on Monday. We finally got into the school we were hoping to after being on the waiting list for months. He is very excited, but Blake will miss him terribly!