A Romantic Hockey Game and Barbie Bowl 2009

We are finishing up a pretty fun weekend here at the McNeall house. As my Valentine gift for Kevin I bought us tickets to a Phoenix Coyotes hockey game. For those of you who do not live in Phoenix, they are our pro-hockey team...Also, the arena they play at is on the other side of the city in Glendale, AZ...It is a solid hour from where we live so we decided to get a hotel room near the arena and have a little "romantic getaway". So, we headed to west side of the valley around 5:00 pm on Saturday. The area around the arena is so nice...it is located in an area called "Westgate" and it is only a little over a year old and there are lots of fun places to go.

We decided to go check out Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville before heading into the hockey game. After that, we went inside the arena to cheer on our Phoenix Coyotes who were playing the Calary Flames. There were so many Calgary fans there it was like a home game for them, instead of us!
We stayed for most of the game, but decided to leave about 10 minutes before it was over since we were losing 6-2!!!! We headed over to one of our favorite places, the "Yard House" and shared a Thai Chicken Pizza and some creme brulee for dessert! Not the most upscale, romantic dinner, but it was still yummy. And I thoroughly enjoyed being on a date with my hubby.
After eating, we were both pretty sleepy so headed back to our hotel for the night. This morning, we slept in and then went back over to Westgate and had a Sunday brunch with a couple of virgin Bloody Mary's. Then it was time to head back over to our side of town because we had a team to coach!!!

BARBIE BOWL 2009- "BLONDE TEAM"

Every year, our church youth group does a "Barbie Bowl" which is where a bunch of teenage girls play flag football and have a great, yet competitive, time! They do Blondes vs. Brunettes and Kevin and I were the defensive coordinators for one of the Blonde teams. I wish I had pictures of this to show...these girls were so cute, so competitive, and played their little hearts out! The really cute part was watching my hubby get all into the coaching, telling them where to go, who to defend, how to block, etc! It made me fall a little more in love with him watching him interact with the girls while also being so encouraging and building them up. Our team won the first 2 games, which meant we had to play the other blonde team for the championship. Unfortunately, we lost the championship, but we were still so proud of the way they played. We had some very talented, athletic girls on our team.

So, that was our weekend in a nutshell. Hope yours was great as well and you were able to spend it with the ones you love!