The newest fans!

I couldn't decide which edit I liked best!

This is the seat I always sat in, on the end of the row and next the the pipes. BEST seat in the house!!!

Jenni loving the view from the stairs!

Grandpa and Jenni!

Grandpa and his newest Wings fans!

The girls liked the Zamboni's the best, so we went to get a closer look!

For as long as I can remember my Dad has had season tickets to the Detroit Red Wings. I remember lots of last minute phone calls of "Hey, what are you doing tonight? Want to go to the Wings game?" My Dad always took my brother and I to games, I even did homework at games because I had school the next day. I have tons of memories with Dad at Wings games, I even got to watch them win the Stanley Cup once. My Dad and step mom even bought a condo on the Detroit River that has a walkway attached to the Joe, I think he might just qualify as the biggest fan!

When I got a phone call asking if I wanted to take the girls to their first Wings game, I was so excited I totally could have peed in my pants. I really didn't think about the emotions I would have taking my kids to hockey game. This was such a huge part of my growing up and spending time with my Dad, it was totally a big deal! Walking in the Joe was a flood of memories, I haven't been there since Jenni was in my belly (which was totally uncomfortable walking up all those stairs!).

The girls had on their jerseys and Grandma even gave them pom-poms, we walked up the stairs to our seats and the game started! Grace was totally overwhelmed, she has only ever seen hockey on television, she was like a deer in headlights staring at everything. Then the Wings scored a goal! HOLY LORD, that was a little to loud for her liking, but she pushed through and handled it like a champion! Jenni LOVED watching the Zamboni drive around, she thought that was just the funniest thing. The girls actually sat and were extremely well behaved. Grace asked a ton of questions about what "they" were doing and seemed totally interested in the game.

When I put the girls in the seat that I ALWAYS sat in, I realized how much I have grown up, I have been going to games since I was like 10 maybe younger. If you ask my parents, they will tell you how I was at Olympia (the old place the wings played) when I was about 2 months old. They had to stuff Kleenex into my ears because every time the crowd cheered, I screamed!! Seeing my girls in "my seat" made me tear up a little, it was like my life has become a circle, and now the next generation will bring their own homework to Wings games. Life is so good!!