Pre-Game Skate - HOCKEY!!!

Thanks to the Julie Brown we discovered the Pre-game Skate for the Carolina Hurricanes!!! My daily blog reading has come in handy!! I read on her blog that they had attended a pregame skate . . . and had to find out how we could do that too.

Rich is an avid Hockey fan. Specifically, he is a Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey fan. Thanks to Rosalie Konecheck, otherwise known as Grammy, Rich has been following the Penguins since about 1991. His grandmother, taught him the game of Hockey . . . and there was no going back. He was hooked. Rich is from Pittsburgh, so he will forever be, a Pittsburgh fan.

Our boys are well aware of Rich's love (and obsession) with Hockey, so they were super excited to go to the arena to see the players practice! (Our baby Rosalie was there too, she was just not available for picture taking. . . she was in my arms under the blanket) Carolina and Pittsburgh are playing each other for the Eastern Conference Title. (I probably said that wrong) They are about to play game 4, and the winner of this series will play for the Stanley Cup. Sadly, we didn't get to see Pittsburgh practice, but it was so exciting to be up close to the ice and see the hockey players in action.

Aaron has declared that he wants to be a hockey player. Martin enjoyed watching the practice and said confidently, "there were HUNDREDS of pucks on the ice. . .were there(with less confidence)?" And Jonathan . . . well what can I say? If any of my boys are tough enough to play Hockey, it would have to be Jonathan!

Fun little field trip for the Holland family!