THE BOYS FIRST HOCKEY GAME

Saturday, we took the boys to their first hockey game, and boy did we have fun.  There are only two sports I can tolerate and that's hockey and basketball.   I managed to score a set of 4 tickets for $25, so we chose this past Saturday to go.  Of course little did we know, we managed to go on Breast Cancer Awareness night.  It was really neat how they had survivors stories throughout the game.  There was one lady who had 43 rounds of  chemo, and she looked GREAT!!  I've got a bunch of pictures, to my husband's chagrin (he says it's like traveling with the paparazzi when he goes with me anywhere). I'll attempt to hit the highlights with the pictures, and some explanations. 

This was me and the boys before the game.  I'm slouching, but the boys were ready to go...they couldn't wait.  See the excitement on their faces???

  The rink with the pink overtones as the team was getting ready to come out.

The team as they came out on the rink.  They were wearing pink jersey's.

The rink after the lights came on.  Yes we had crappy seats, but for $25 for all 4 of us...not complaining.

C was making a face, I'm not quite sure why.  Did I mention, he kept yelling "GO BREAST CANCER?"  I was like um....really???? I'm pretty sure that's not sounding right. 

Josh had Micah, who wasn't quite sure what he thought about this experience in the beginning.  It was very loud.

REALLY MOM?????

The cheerleaders and the survivors during one of the breaks.  this was kind of neat.

The smoothie king kids...the orange kept falling down.  Poor kid, 13,000+ people were laughing at him!!

The Chic Fil A Blimp.  The boys were disappointed it didn't come to our side of the stadium.  What can you expect when you're in the crappy seats?? haha

Again with the weird looks...

M hollering "Goooooo checkers"

They had a promo they showed for the mummy exhibit at the Discovery Place.  Some pretty graphic pictures of the mummies.  C's expression below says it all....LOL

The Breast Cancer truck outside after the game.  They just HAD to climb on it, and I didn't see the harm.  Made a cute pic after all...

A little blurry, but a closer shot.  It was night time, and there were a LOT of lights, not to mention moving children and a cell phone camera...

Both the boys were exhausted and fell asleep on the way home.   10PM is waaaaay past their bedtime.  Definitely a great time at the game, even though the boys were pretty ticked we would not let them have cotton candy.  We did however, spend a little and got them a drink (water) and popcorn.  Ok so we spent a LOT.  Concessions are ridiculous these days!!

Sooooooooo....

I have not been updating.  There has been nothing major happening in my life that I felt the need to write about.  Sooo...I will just update what I have been doing.  I'm trying to lose this big band of fat I've accummulated since I've been married and had 2 little boogers.  BEFORE I turn 40, I'd love to lose this extra weight, and feel pretty on the outside again, and improve my health.  This is going to be a long drawn out process, b/c of course, as I age my metabolism slows...stupid little devil.   I've been doing this endeavor since mid Nov...lost 7 lbs, gained about 3 back thanks to CHRISTMAS and my DISLIKE of exercise.  However, I have been exercising about 5 or 6 times a week for 30 min a day (I bumped it to 45 this week..yahoo) since mid Jan.  To date I've lost 7.6 lbs and lost inches in my waist and hips.  I've dropped 2 pant sizes and I'm very MUCH excited about that.   I have been doing Leslie Sansone DVD's and let me tell you, she's kicking my butt!!  However, I do feel stronger, my body has more energy and I feel "sturdier."    I said that to my husband and he thought it hilarious that I feel "sturdier."

Funny story:  My boys like to exercise with me, and I have to keep getting out of their way.  They like to do side steps opposite me so we are crashing into one another.  ha! I finally got them to stand in front of and behind me so they are not in my way.  However, one fine night I had a tremendously insane idea to do crunches with Leslie Sansone in her Boot Camp workout.   She has you lay flat on your back and lift your legs high and straight.  then you crunch up with your stomach.  Ok well....I finally get my fat butt on the floor, and got my legs as straight as I could get them (now keep in mind LS gets her legs perfectly vertical and ruler straight, which is a whole other level of annoyance), and say out loud for nobody in particular, "wow this is hard holding my legs up like this.  what kind of dumb idea is this anyway??"  The next voice I hear is that of my 4 yr old Micah.  He chirps up in his cute little 4 yo voice, (as he too is laying flat on his back with his legs perfectly vertical and ruler straight) "it's easy 'fo meeeeeeee mommy.  it's easy 'fo meeeeeeeeee."   Thanks son for the encouragement.  I only have a few more years and lbs on you, but I'm so glad it's easy for you (and Leslie).  It was super cute though...I had to laugh.  Silly boy, oh to have a young and flexible body again!!

ETA:  After this little endeavor with crunches, I hurt myself and had to visit my AWESOME chiropractor.  He  likes the idea of me losing weight.  Between you and me, I think it's just because I do stupid things and hurt myself and have to pay $$ to get them fixed.  Just kidding CH, just kidding!!  ;-)