Showing posts with label sports junkie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sports junkie. Show all posts

Monday, April 21, 2014

Jazz Game With Sean

Last weekend I took my nephew Sean to a Utah Jazz game and it was quite the adventure!  Sean was so excited he ran all the way home from school (and then had to wait several hours for me to pick him up).  The Jazz played the Portland Trailblazers and it was a great game, until the fourth quarter!  I've gone to quite a few games this season and I initially thought that I was a good luck charm because the Jazz won every game I attended (even one in Denver).  However, I decided that I was really a curse because the last five games I saw ended with the Jazz falling apart in the fourth quarter.  It has been a frustrating season.  Many people believe the Jazz have been losing on purpose to get a higher draft pick and, if that is true, I am really disappointed in the organization.  Even though this game ended with a 111-99 loss to the Blazers, Sean still declared that it was really fun!  There is never a dull moment with this kid!  Most of the people around us were drinking beer and Sean decided that they were all "drunk."  When we went to the bathroom at halftime, he brought the water bottle he was given at the beginning of the game (he was thrilled to get this) with him.  I told him that he could leave it by our seats because we were coming back but he was worried that all of the drunk people would steal it!  Sean wanted some cotton candy and the girl working that concession booth was a former student of mine.  We talked for a little while and she gave Sean the cotton candy for free!  So exciting!  This was my last game of the season and I'm so glad that I got to see it with Sean!  I sure do love him!

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Colorado Avalanche Road Trip

Several weeks ago my Dad and I went on a road trip to Denver to see the Colorado Avalanche play the Boston Bruins! I absolutely love doing this!  I have been watching hockey with my Dad for as long as I can remember!  I think I spent my entire adolescence in the basement with him cheering for the Edmonton Oilers.  I have been a fan of the Colorado Avalanche since the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995 and I don't think I missed watching a game that entire inaugural season.  I was a huge fan of Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, and Patrick Roy.  Now I love cheering for Matt Duchene, Ryan O'Reilly, and Nathan MacKinnon.  The Pepsi Center is an incredible venue for hockey and I love being there, especially with my Dad!  There were lots of Boston Bruins fans at this particular game, including a rather rowdy group in front of us!  Despite the fact that the Avalanche lost to the Bruins 2-0, I thought they played a great game!  They had twice as many shots and there was a  dramatic play to stop a goal on an empty net during the last few seconds.  I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it!

Note:  The Avalanche begin their quest for Lord Stanely's Cup tonight against the Minnesota Wild!  I am so excited that I actually get to cheer for my team in the post-season for the first time since 2010!  Go Avs!
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