Hockey > Every Other Sport

You know it's going to be a good hockey game when a fight breaks out during warm ups 

If there is one thing the Grizzlies are good at, it's fighting. 

The best part was there were no refs to break it up and the coaches just sat there and watched. 

Unfortunately we got 3 game misconducts. My question is how can they do that when it happened before the game even started? 

I mean the guys eventually got it all resolved themselves. 

Dumb refs. 

Yet another reason why hockey is the best sport. 

Don't mess. 

Going Once, Going Twice, WATSON!

Another post about hockey... bet you didn't see that one coming! 

Last Saturday night was a pretty big game. 

Their first home game against Idaho since this happened. 

It was their annual "Guns and Hoses" event, earlier that day the police officers played the firefighters in a hockey game fundraiser. They also had a family that lost their dad in the recent Ogden shooting there that night to do the puck drop. 

The game was pretty great and to make a long story short we won in overtime. 

The team wore specialty jerseys that were to be auctioned off after the game and the proceeds went to the family of the Ogden officer and also to Shriner's Hospital for Children. 

We had been to one auction before and they were pretty fun to watch so we decided to go. 

They started the auction and we just kind of sat and watched. I asked my mom if we should go about half way in and she said no, we should just stay and watch. Okay, that was fine. We just hung out and enjoyed the view of the helmetless hockey players before us. 

My mom had taken her nice camera to the game and so she was able to get pictures of each of the guys.

It was interesting to see how much each of the jerseys went for. One of the newer guys sold his for $1175, it was crazy and a lot more than the captains went for, we're not quite sure why.  

This is Ryan Watson. 

Number 8.

First year in the ECHL. 

Current Grizzly, former Idaho Steelhead. 

Canadian.

Gorgeous. 

He was 3rd to last at the auction and by this time me and Jess were going crazy, laughing about anything and everything. I'm not sure I even realized Ryan was up even though he is one of my team favorites.  My mom was taking pictures and I was kind of watching her. Well, after she shot a couple pictures of him, she puts her camera down a little and leans over to me and says yeah, he is attractive! While she was saying this I hear the auctioneer saying, going once, going twice.....  

I was kind of watching my mom and could tell she was debating whether to bid or not. 

Well what do you know, her arm shot up! I was like holy cow put your hand down, don't move, they'll think you're bidding. We had been joking about this all night. Well the next words we hear out of the auctioneers mouth are going once, going twice, sold! 

 This all seriously happened in less than 10 seconds. I was freaking out. 

Mom, did you really just do that? 

Are you aware you just bought a jersey? 

Mom, Dad's going to kill us!!! 

Well after the initial shock set in, we got up and headed down to the ice to meet the one and only Ryan Watson. 

He was such a sweet sweet guy and didn't have the cocky attitude that some of the other players *cough Andrew, CJ, Shane cough* come across with. He introduced himself right away, shook our hands, and even apologized for his stinkage even though he was the one that just played his heart out for the last three hours. 

He was super fun to talk to even though I am positive I made a complete and utter fool of myself. 

He asked how old we were and if we were in college, just basic conversation stuff like that. I asked him how long he'd been playing, told him he had a good game, stuff like that. 

He asked where I wanted the jersey signed, and I told him to put it where he wanted and to make it his own. We got a few more pictures and trust me even though he was uber sweaty, it was worth every second. Dream. Come. True. 

Here are some close ups of the jersey. We had to wash it at least twice to get the stink off but I absolutely love it!!!!! 

I was in complete freak out mode the next couple of days thinking my dad was going to kill us. I kept telling my mom I couldn't believe she did that but yet she kept reassuring me that it was okay and the money was going to a good cause. 

 I think to this day still I'm in complete shock that we now have a hockey jersey and that it's one of the players that I absolutely adore. 

Lemons

I basically have the greatest mom EVER! I've been feeling down about life lately and since she's my mom she gets to hear the brunt of my complainage. Monday night she brought some books up to my apartment that I needed but she showed up with lots more in hand. . . Like this huge box from Corner Bakery. 

It had my favorite.... LEMON BARS!!!!!

and tons of them! 

She also brought a lemon pound cake. 

She said, "See, you can make good things out of lemons."

I loved it! 

Our house is now overflowing with sweets: lemon bars, lemon pound cake, cake we made earlier that day, and cookies. Please come help us eat all of it! We do not need that many calorific items sitting in one apartment. 

quote of the day

"Kylie, we're not in pre-school today, we're in college." 

ABC's, 123's, and Library Cards

I spent 7 hours in class today and all I have to show for it is a fake library card. 

I had my practicum today. Even though it was 4 hours long it still went by faster than my 2 hour long night class. It was also much more exciting and thoroughly entertaining. 

One of the boys came in and came over to the welcome activity that I was in charge of... he was wearing a hockey jersey so of course I started talking to him about it and BOOM we were instantly best friends. He wouldn't leave me alone the rest of the day and any chance he got he was by my side or sitting in my lap. I didn't realize how fast kids can grow on you. I already love the kids in my class so much it crazy! 

During centers I was in charge of the "library" where they could come make a library card. I only had about 2 kids come over during the forty minutes and they only stayed for about a minute hence why I made my very own library card. I know, you're all so extremely jealous! 

Today they learned about characters and during small groups they wrote their own stories. My group, 3 little boys, wrote quite the story. This is how it went and I quote. . . 

"Once upon a time there was Peter Pan, Michael Jackson, and a Bat named Thomas. One day Michael Jackson started dancing. Thomas the bat came over and asked him what he was doing. Peter Pan flew out of his house and came over to his friends. Michael Jackson could not stop dancing, he asked the bat and Peter Pan what to do to stop. They told him to stop dancing he had to start flying. Peter Pan blew magic to Michael Jackson and Thomas the bat showed him how to fly. They all flew away to China. The End." 

Basically it's days like this that make me excited to go into early childhood.  

Other days. . . well I'm not so sure. 

Weekend Rundown

Besides the lack of dates, I'd say overall the weekend was a success. It started on Thursday for me. Thank heavens I can plan a full schedule that still includes 2 days off a week. 

Thursday night we thought we'd venture to the "Welcome Back Carnival" at the institute. It started at 6:30. We went around 7:20 thinking that there would be people there by then. Wrong. There was NO ONE there. I mean, there were a few people but the majority were odd. So what do you do when there's odd people and nothing going on? You people watch. Basically we counted 38 grilled cheeses by the time we left. We stayed for around an hour and nothing seemed to pick up or change so we ditched. We weren't the only ones. 

Friday Jess, Mary, and I all hung out, what else is new, right?  We went to Hires for lunch and then went to the gateway. We tried to talk Mary into getting her ears pierced but it didn't work.  I had to be back up to campus for an orientation and Jess and Mary headed to the Ute hockey game (not NEARLY as exciting as my boys). After my orientation I went out to dinner with the family for my Grandma's birthday. After that fun little outing I came back up to my apartment around 10. Mary and Jess got back a little after that. We decided to watch a movie and make a paper heart chain for Valentines decorations. We dumped all the strips out and mixed 'em up. 

Shortly after that....

*knock on wall* 

Kylie and Jess: *Both knock crazily back on the wall*

Kylie: 3....2....1

*Knock at front door*

*Open door, it's Ryan!*

This happens almost daily if you couldn't tell. 

He had his friend Andrew with him and they both came over along with Christian. They all sat down and the six of us all made the paper chain. As you can see, it turned out super cute and added some (more) color to our living room. 

After that Andrew said we should heart attack our kitchen and that's just what we did. 

TONS of hearts. 

We all helped and it turned out very... heart attacky.

 We started comparing heights with hearts ...

I was the shortest. As always.

Mary & Andrew 

Ryan!!! Don't mind the Victoria's Secret sticker on his cheek.

Here's the finished kitchen and hallway.... heart attack. 

On a side note we also put hearts in our lovely roommates cupboards.  HA!

Hopefully that will help them with some of their weird behaviors/issues.

Or make them mad at least. 

Ryan put the heart outlines in the hallway. I love it! 

Somewhere along the lines after we finished the heart chain, Christian left and when he did their other roommate, Jordan, snuck in. For those of you who don't know Jordan, he's interesting to say the least and kind of scares me. He's almost serial killeresque. I about screamed when I saw him walking down the hallway coming into our apartment. He means well, he just comes across as really strange and doesn't have the best people skills. He did bring his cookies that didn't turn out so that was a kind thought. He hung around for quite a while and Andrew was extremely nice to him, he's just an all around nice guy. He stayed while we finished decking out the kitchen and then just left without saying anything. 

We then found this drawing he left us on the table. Kinda scared me. 

Please note the cut off hand . . . 

Pretty sure we were all quite disturbed. 

Soon after that Ryan and Andrew left. By this time is was about 1 AM. We decided Mary should just crash at our place so we drove to her place so she could get her stuff.  After that we came back and watched a movie and basically didn't end up going to bed till around 3 AM. 

Before we did go to bed though we put this on Ryan's door. We have this inside joke involving princess stickers you can earn. 

The note says: 

Ryan, We didn't have any princess stickers so princess fruit snacks will have to suffice. 

Love,

 Ky, Jess, & Mary

We taped the fruit snacks to his door. 

Saturday we slept till noon or later. That's what happens when you stay up till 3 AM. Oh the joys of college. After we finally got moving we went to the PI and then took Mary to work. I spent the rest of my Saturday night studying, painting my nails, and doing laundry. Exciting!

On another note, it's hard for us to look at our microwave lately. It says "Emerson" on it and every time we see it, it reminds us how the Grizz traded Riley Emmerson. No. Good.

For your entertainment. . . 

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