Sharks Hockey Trip

The Atwater FFA Annual Hockey trip is always a fun day for Garrett and Gannon and this year didn't disappoint. 

We planned on driving our own car, but since kids didn't show up there were extra seats on the bus.  We hopped on the bus and I think Garrett and Gannon were more excited about riding the bus than the actual game! Gannon was so excited that he of course wouldn't take a nap.  I knew this could possibly mean a LONG night at the game!

A shopping stop is always planned and when we got to the mall we spotted the "mall" cars were fire trucks.  Dave had a gift certificate so he took Garrett to Sports Authority and I took Gannon in search of a double decker fire truck.  We walked all the way to the other end of the mall before we found one and the San Jose mall is huge!  Totally worth the walk, Gannon was so excited and sat the whole way back to Daddy and Garrett.  Garrett was equally as excited to join the truck.  At the mall we ran into an old friend of my Moms from Merced who now lives in the bay.  She had just found out that her son has cancer.  She asked where we were headed and I told her we had 5 tickets if they were interested.  They were thrilled. Tim, her son, is Taylor's age and he joined with his friend.  It was their first time to a pro hockey game, thank god they won. 

Before the game we hung out at our normal spot to watch the guys warm up. Garrett doesn't like to be too close and sat a few rows back.  Gannon of course has no fear and loved every minute of it.  Gannon and I even made it to the globe-a-tron.  During the game Garrett had his hands over his ears most of the time, but he soaked in all the details prior to falling asleep.  The next day at home he laid out his hockey sticks and pictures just like the game.  He even made me get a shark card out of our Go Fish game for the center of the "rink".  He is a funny guy.