Snow days!

Winter has arrived and Spud is thrilled.

 Dressed and ready to go out.  Can pretty much guarantee he won't be cold!!

 Charsing the little monster around the backyard.  We made snow angels  (you can see mine at the bottom of the picture).  We tried to make a snow man but the snow wasn't right for that. 

 Hey look!  Daddy is taking pictures from the window.  Hi Daddy!

 Wait, I can throw snowballs at Daddy in the window.  Watch out because here it comes!

 A large plastic dinosaur came out to frolic with us as well.  He didn't like the snow very much and promptly froze solid, so basically he got thrown into the large snow banks in the back yard.

This morning the freezing rain prevented us from having too much fun outside, but that did not stop him from having a good time.  Maybe he will eventually get out of his jammies.  But probably not.

New Year's Eve hockey!

Scott has always wanted to go see a New Year's Eve TriCity Americans Hockey game.  They always play the Spokane Chiefs, their rivals.  The games between the two teams are always spirited.  For Christmas, Scott's parents gave him tickets to the game last night.  Even better, they were front row tickets so we got to bang on the glass and yell at the players up close and personal.  It was AWESOME.

The Zamboni came so close he knocked on the glass as he drove by and scared Spud!

NEW YEARS EVE, BABY!  Oh yeah!

Who knew hockey teams had cheerleaders?  The All-American Spirit with the mascot Winger.

Here come the Americans!

These kids are so young.  Most of them go to a local high school while playing hockey.  It must be hard to be so far from their families.

Watching the action down the ice.

Face off!

Me and my favorite little man.

Americans win!

Have a nice trip home Chiefs!  GO AMS!

Us with Winger following the win.  We also received free Chalupas at Taco Bell and a free video rental at Blockbuster.  Who knew Blockbuster was still open?!?