It wasn't necessarily by accident that my blog posts the last few days about AJ's first out-of-town hockey tournament have been about a whole lot of things other than hockey. Even though he played in three games over two days, the weekend still seemed more of a nice family get-away. It was an added bonus that so many of the kids' friends were at the motel, too.
I'm thinking the photo below is going to be a classic by the time the boys reach high school. Left to right, it's AJ, along with his friends Jace and Gino, plus Jace's older sister Tenley and Sydney. Tenley was absolutely fabulous with Sydney all weekend, helping entertain her in the pool and at the rink.
As for the games, they were fun, too. AJ scored his first real goal and continues to make dramatic improvements in his skating ability. That said, his biggest contribution to the team seems to be defense. Jeff has dubbed him "Kamikaze Kazel" for the way he wipes out, taking down with him multiple skaters from the opposing team.
Look out... here he comes again.... (dive-bombing airplane engine sound)... and he's broken up another play.
Uh oh! Based on jersey colors, it looks like one of his team mates fell (literally) victim to his friendly fire. No wonder they spend so much time at practice working on getting back up as quickly as possible.
I'm thinking the photo below is going to be a classic by the time the boys reach high school. Left to right, it's AJ, along with his friends Jace and Gino, plus Jace's older sister Tenley and Sydney. Tenley was absolutely fabulous with Sydney all weekend, helping entertain her in the pool and at the rink.
As for the games, they were fun, too. AJ scored his first real goal and continues to make dramatic improvements in his skating ability. That said, his biggest contribution to the team seems to be defense. Jeff has dubbed him "Kamikaze Kazel" for the way he wipes out, taking down with him multiple skaters from the opposing team.
Look out... here he comes again.... (dive-bombing airplane engine sound)... and he's broken up another play.
Uh oh! Based on jersey colors, it looks like one of his team mates fell (literally) victim to his friendly fire. No wonder they spend so much time at practice working on getting back up as quickly as possible.
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