Papa and the Coyotes

Yesterday, we got to go see my dad play hockey at the Jobing.com Arena, where the Phoenix, Coyotes play. He has been practicing hard and working out to be at his prime for the game. He did a great job. I loved watching him skate around and maneuvering the puck through the other players. He played awesome!

We got to see the Coyotes practicing for awhile before Papa's game. They were fun to watch and some of them were HUGE!

Later in the evening some of the family and some friends went and watched the Coyotes play the LA Kings. It was an awesome game, well, at least the last few minutes when the Coyotes tied the game and then won in over time.

The Teams (Papa is in the back row, third from the left)

A couple of pretty faces

The star of the game

Showin' 'em whose boss

More pretty faces

Those are some of the Coyotes playing in the back ground.

#10 is my dad. Look at him as he races down the rink! Most of the fellows playing are much younger than my dad, but he's still got it and they love playing with him.

Dandi's son, Lucas, took this picture of me. He insisted that I needed my picture taken by him with his puck.

We wore our shirts from Aspen Grove to support Team Papa. They say: FAM*ELY, It takes more than matching shirts to make a team. (My maiden name is Ely.)

My mom and dad. Aren't they adorable!

It was a great time, and so much fun to watch my dad playing his favorite sport. He has been skating since he could walk. He grew up in Superior, WI and played hockey all the time at the neighborhood rink. It is wonderful to see him now at 64 still amazingly fit, whizzing around the rink. His nickname in his younger years was Rocket, because he was so fast.

Thanks Dad for making is possible for us to all have a fabulous time showing our kids what a cool Papa they have and then getting the tickets for the Coyote game too. We love you!