2 for 1 Post

I am cramming two posts into one here. Isaac got a WV Wild warm up suit and WV Wild vs Wheeling (in Wheeling). So, to start off here is a picture of Isaac in his warm up suit in front of the Wheeling ice rink. If you look close you can see the opening behind him, their ice rink is ope on three sides. It was kinda cold. We heard that they had a game earlier this year that was -2 deg. I sure seemed to make a difference on the ice. The puck would stick, the kids had to skate harder, and there were a ton of swing and miss passes with our boys. I think that it is because the ice is dryer.

Anyway, Isaac's team lost the first game by a score of 2-6. They just never got into the game. The break between game was pretty intense. Coach Brian let them have it for not skating hard and making some lazy, bad passes. He is right, the Wheeling team would get all 5 players on one side of the ice and we would have two players wide open to run the other side. In the second game they started out making a bunch of those passes. But fell behind 1-6 again by the end of second period. Something inspired them for the 3rd period. They started scoring goals, blocking shots, and making all the right passes. The kids were skating longer shifts because they were on the emotional high. With about 5 minutes left a pile to boys in the crease of the Wheeling net resulted in a penalty shot. The coach picked Drake to make the shot. The boys were all banging their sticks on the ice and the boards, that parent were chanting "Let's Go Wild", and Drake grabbed the puck at the red line and headed in. He got close, took his shot and followed up by putting the rebound in the net....!!! That put the Wild within one. Justin (the Wild goalie) made several more great saves closing out the period. With less than a minute left Drake, who was playing defence, saw a lane and took the puck in. Weaving in and out of players he made his way to the net, took a shot and tied the game. The crowd of parents erupted with cheers. It was something else. That ended the game in a 6-6 tie. Way to come back boys.


We only have two weekends of Hockey left this season. We have Troy, OH at home both Saturday and Sunday. Then on the league tournament the weekend of the 26th.

Let's Go Wild..!!!

New Favorite Band

This is my new favorite... Great stuff, check out The Cleverly's.

The Cleverly's from The Cleverlys on Vimeo.

Thanks for introducing me Jobe...!!

Isaac's Mask

I stopped by the school the other day with Isaac. I saw this bulletin board full of masks that the 4th graders made...
This one in Isaac's. I thought it was pretty good. If fits in well with the Dragon Ball Z Kai the he is really into.

Skate for Hope

Lexy got invited to skate at the Skate for Hope (a breast cancer charity) event in Columbus, Oh on June 18, 2011. In order to go she will need to raise $450 by the end of April. We typically don’t do fund raising, however this is a chance for Lexy to rub elbows with Olympians and world class skaters. Last year the Charleston girls got to meet most of the US Olympic skating team.

So, I am trying to get a feel for if people are interested in helping her meet this goal. She has not yet been registered as we have not yet decided, donations can be made on their website or by check. Please comment to let us know what you think so that Amy and I can decide to do this or not.

To inspire you here is a little clip I filmed with her iPod. Look at her spin.

Wild Win Their First

The West Virginia Wild Squirts have one their first out of league games. Yes, they have dominated their league winning all of the in league games. But until this morning they have been win less out of league. The first game was really close. They were up 3-0 in the first, by the end of the the period it was tied 3-3. Through the second it got tough. The Wild were down by 2 in the middle of the second, by the break they came to within one (5-6). The third period was a nail biter. The Wild tied, took the lead and had one point of insurance with 2 minutes left. With 18 seconds left the Wheeling Blue scored to get within one. They pulled their goalie to make a push. Isaac and the rest of the D were able to keep them out even with the extra man. The score ended up being 9-8 WV Wild.

Here is a bit of a shot of Isaac, not great, but he is playing.

The second game was a bit of a blowout. WV took off in the first and never looked back. Isaac finished off this game playing D. As you can see in this picture, the score was 8-2 Wild and there is Isaac in the middle defending.

Way to Go Wild...!!!!

Pictures for Dayton Red Bombers PM Game on Jan 29

The West Virginia Wild did pretty well against the Dayton Red Bombers. They won quite easily. Here are some pictures from the afternoon game.

This is Isaac getting some fresh ice in the warm up.Here he is spring loaded after the puck.This is one of the times where you can hear me in the whole place, "That's yours Isaac, GO GET IT..!!" Playing left wing that is his territory to get the puck and center it up for his team mates. Isaac love to get assists as much as goals.Break Out... Isaac and his teammate Drake are racing through the neutral zone with the puck. Too bad there are three Red Bombers there with them. That is Isaac on the far side handling the puck.This is a cool picture that I took. We were standing right on the glass, so I just held the camera up and over the glass. That is Jack Skinner fighting for control of the puck. The little guy was taking on two Red Bombers, ended up on the ice and was still digging for the puck trying to make a pass to a teammate.

Monster Jam

What would light up a boys eyes like that...??? And put that big of a smile on his face....??? Monster Trucks...

And fire breathing robots.... Fire breathing robots, fighting....

But mostly the monster trucks.
Even wrecked out monster trucks. We got the hookup from David and his dad. They had tickets, but David's dad couldn't go... He asked us if we could take David. Sure we could. I know that this picture is dark, but that is the best we could do with the cell phone camera and not lights on. Yes, that is Gravedigger in the back ground.

Thanks Mike...!!!

Lexy's Snchro Warm Up Suit

We have been waiting for the 'little' synchro team to get warm up suites like the big girls. They came in this week. The suite is quite the status symbol at the ice rink. Black jacket and pants with a white stripe. They also have the girls name and WV Synchro embroidered on the chest. Lexy is quite proud.Here is a quick shot of Lexy and Maddy in their warmups. They are both sitting on their Zuca's. Maddy is a super sweet girl, the kind we like Lexy to be around.

Student of the Week

Lexy was the student of the week for the 2nd grade this week. She filled out this poster and she and I printed out about a dozen 4x6 prints and an 8x10 of her to take to school. I guess that they build a bulliten board with them. She was pretty stoked. She did all the coloring and answered all te quistions by herself. Here is a closer view.

National Muesem of the US Air Force

We had some time to kill between Isaac's games on Saturday so we went to the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, OH. What a place. Three huge hangers packed full. We crashed through in about an hour, but you could easily spend a couple of days in that place.

The museum starts out with the historical planes, every thing from the Wright Brother's style to the WWII prop fighters to the first jet powered planes. Here are this kids with one the them.

This is an F22 Raptor the current big mussel fighter. Pretty stinkin' cool. A B-2 Bomber. W O W. This this is soooo wide, it has a Blackbird parked behind it and the B-2 is wider than the Blackbird is long. Plus, it was so smooth, no joints, rivet marks, etc. it almost looks fake.
There is a space and missile section. This is Lexy looking at on of the space modules.
This is such a cool story. I wish that I had more time to type up a big story about this guy. Col Kittinger rode a 200 foot diameter helium balloon (that was only filled to 20% volume at the earth's surface but was full when he jumped) up to and elevation of about 102,000 feet (like 20miles) and jumped. JUMPED. The highest ever skydive. He reached speeds of 714 MPH and temps as low as -94. So, cool. This is just one to the things the amazing guy did.

Lexy and a BIG Bomb.

If you get the chance to visit Dayton, plan an extra day for the National Museum of the US Air Force. Don't crash it in one hour like we did, you'll want much more.