Friday 4 March - Whilst dropping Tegan and Fraser off at school (8.40am) Sam D asked if I would like to go to watch the Calgary Flames play hockey that night in Calgary - so within half an hour a plan was made with regard to childcare after school. Chris & John were playing ice hockey at 2.30pm so just enough time to collect all the children from school and drop them off at Ralston arena to watch their dads play hockey whilst Sam and I jumped onto the coach bound for Calgary. The MFRC (Military Families Resource Centre - a Canadian facility) had kindly provided 28 tickets for people in the village and Sam D had come by 2 tickets, this included transport to the Saddledome, entrance and a hotdog and drink - great Friday night out. This time at the Saddledome our seats were not quite as luxurious as they had been for Chris's birthday, we were up in the gods, commonly known as the 'nose bleed seats' but I really didn't mind as I just loved being there. The game was fantastic Flames vs Blue Jackets (USA) with the score 4 - 3 to the Flames. So after the game we found our coach and set off on our return to Ralston, we arrived home just after 1am. The boys spent their afternoon playing the shinney and then all round to John's house to feed the children and watch a couple of rugby matches.Saturday morning was Tegan and Fraser's ice skating lessons. They were on the ice for nearly 2 hours as the lesson for adults, which takes place after their slot did not happen, therefore the boys were on with their mini hockey sticks and off they went. Saturday night we had friends round for supper which concluded at 3am after several games on the PS3.
Sunday morning I was up again bright and early as the Devils were having a 3on3 ice hockey tournament and the puck drop was at 9am. About 18 girls had signed up and we all played at least 6 x 15 minute games with only 3 girls on each side and the goalies. Obviously with so few on the ice you cover the whole area and skate extremely hard - again great fun. I did manage to score 1 goal and assist in another but Sam D managed an amazing 9 goals. After the games Pierre and John (referees) kindly set up a few fun skills activities which were testing after playing all morning and legs feeling rather tired, but fun things to finish off with. By the time I got home Chris had finish tidying the house after a lazy start to the morning, so with sun shinning we all went for a family walk to finish off another busy weekend - like I say life in Ralston is never boring.
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