Adrian College Frozen Faceoff

Back in December, Adrian College played in the first ever DIII outdoor hockey game. So of course the hockey fans in this family were not going to miss it. The game was the Saturday before the big Mich vs. Mich State game so it wasn't the sold out crowd they had for that game, but it didn't matter, it was great!

The season ticket holders had "special" tickets that allows us to go on the field to watch the game,not the best seats, but who are we kidding, fans were there for the experience not to watch the game. Megan couldn't wait to get on the field, the tiny white dot is Megan running on the huge Michigan letters in the end zone (how many 3 year olds can say they have done that!?!)

Megan enjoying her hot chocolate. Don't worry, we were all plenty warm! Megan's outfit went something like this: long sleeve shirt...hockey jersey...winter coat...another hockey jersey. Leggings...sweatpants...snowpants...boots, hat and 2 pair of gloves! She was about twice her wait and double her size and it took her forever to walk up all of the steps to go potty.

Megan and Daddy taking it all in.

Had to get a picture to show that there we fans in the stands.

Then after the game, we got to go out on the ice to talk with the players and take some pictures. Everything about this game was great, a once in a lifetime experience, so much fun. Plus I got to talk with my favorite player, Mike Towns :)

It was great to see all of the players acting like kids living out a childhood dream.

All of the players we so happy to be a part of this game and they along with their coach said that they forgot they were playing a game for a few moments while they were looking around taking in all of the excitement.

Last picture before we left of the players, fans and family out on the ice. It was a good day! Then we were off to a yummy brunch and Lisa and Jesper's house (thanks again) So for our family, it was a perfect Saturday in December, one that I'm sure we will always remember (it was history after all)

Our Gingerbread House Project

Jesper had a design and templates printed but we still needed some fine tuning. So as our engineer, he had to do a few test batches to get things right. It was fun brainstorming ideas and watching all of the kids giving their input.

I think it is funny a year ago, Megan would just look at Conary and scream, "NO!" when he tried to talk to her, but since then she adores him. It was great seeing them playing together and just being buddies.

Grandma-great was just in awe of the Gingerbread House plans. She couldn't believe how big this project was going to be. It was great having her here to see how Megan plays with her cousins.

Tough job, we had to force the kids (and my mom) to make candy canes smaller to support the roof. If you cut them they break so there was no choice but to lick them to get them to the right size.

Kids are made a rubber! This was the easiest way for Crystal to help cut out the pieces. It looked very painful to me.

Caila and Lisa turning sugar into glue. It was super hot, super sticky and worked great!

Conary has a lot of patience. He glued each ju-ju to the licorice to make lights. It looked great...until we picked it up. All of his work crumbled but we regrouped and still got the lights on the house.

Kelsey was decorating trees for the back of the truck and Tracie was putting the many, many pieces of the truck together.

Tah-dah! It's perfect and it won 1st place for the family category at the Gingerbread House contest. Plus it was so much fun for all of us, I can see it being a tradition!

Caila, Megan, Crystal, Kelsey and Conary posing with their masterpiece. I love these kids and I loved that they all had fun with this project. Good times!