Pictures of PEI

PEI is such a beautiful place, there is so much to see and I just LOVE the red dirt.

When we were in PEI last, a couple of years ago with Justin and Jodi and Mattayha the two girls sat in chairs like this.  Dana was so excited to see them again. 

Here is Nick and Gavin from his team sitting on the cow outside Cows Ice Cream. (yes the both have mini sticks in there hands)

 Dana saw this Ukulele in a store and asked me to take her picture to ask Paul if she could get it.

Thursday before we headed to PEI we had a practise and Jill (our other goalie on our team) asked if anyone had any room to take Riley's goalie gear with them to PEI, so we took it.  One of the games Dana and I took the gear to the locker room (man did that stink, so I held my breath and snapped a picture).

Dana also met a friend who has a lot in common with her.  They played good together even though Jesse is 7 and Dana is 13.

Here is Brody and Nick, Brody is such a funny kid, his Dad is the coach and his brother Brad plays on the team and his older brother Brandon was Nick's goalie coach.

I love the traffic lights.

Here is a group shot of the AAA Fredericton Flames Silver Medal Winners.

Nick with his MVP ball, silver medal and banner.

Dana made this poster for Nick at school.





PEI

Nick and his team played four games altogether.  The first game we lost 4 to 2.  The second game we won 6 to 2.  We played at the Pownal Sports Centre, it was a 15 - 20 min drive from the hotel.  We went the back way and saw fields of red dirt, horses, cows and some sheep.  In the picture below Nick is just coming in with his team from there pre-game work out.

Nick got a new hockey bag and I kept teasing him that it was too big.

The next day and the third game Nick was in net, this game decided two things, if we won we would stay in the A division and we would win a medal.
The first two periods Nick was standing on his head, only one shot went in for the other team, Nick was on fire he held off the other team (28 shots) none of our shots went in.  After the second period they flooded the ice and when our team came back out within 2 minutes we scored a goal.  Then they tied it up then we scored.  The last 5 - 8 minutes I was sick, the score was 3 to 2 for us.  WE WON. The first two periods were all Nick but the third his team got together and worked hard and we won.  I had so many people not only from our team but the other team and people watching saying what an awesome goalie Nick is, and that they wished he was on there team.

When the game was over the boys all crowed around Nick, I know the picture is fuzzy we were all so excited for them. 

We were in the game for either a gold or silver medal, all the parents were so excited especially the coach because his spring hockey team had never gotten this far before.  The last game was a hard one the boys played so hard but we didn't quite make it.  We got the Silver medal we were all so proud of the boys and there hard work.

Nick took it hard of course until we explained that his team was number 5 going into the tournament then we lost the first game that put us to 6 place, the third game we won 6 to 2 which put us in the gold medal game.  None of the parents or the coaches expected to get anything, of course you hope for the best.  The team we played were number 1 the whole time.  It was a perfect way to end AAA Spring hockey.

After the game the kids and coaches went in the dressing room then all the parents went in and the kids got there awards and Nick was named MVP for the season.  There was also a water fight too.

 Here is Nick and his coach Steve and team mate Brad.

Nick and the MVP ball.

We had such a great time in PEI, I will post more pictures in another blog.  It was such a good experience for us all.  Dana had a blast and meet some kids that she had fun with.  Nick made some new friends who he cant wait to see next year.

PEI sites around the hotel

We have been having so much fun so far.  Here are some things we saw as we were driving and walking around finding somewhere to eat and then finding a parking spot.  I love PEI but there are very few places to park.

We found this cool little place to eat, the food was super good. 

We had fish and chips and Paul had a hamburger, then he asked for a double burger and the waiter was like it is huge are you sure?  Paul said yes, the waiter said I will be amazed if you eat it all.  Guess what he did.

When we got back Dana and Nick went swimming.

Dana and I went for a walk and we went to the same places when we were there a couple years ago with Justin, Jodi and Mattayha.  Some of the places were not open though.

I thought this building was cool, it is the oldest brick building in the city and the sign on the door says 1001/2.   The lighthouse that was here before is not here anymore, either tore down or moved.

Our room is the 3 row down 2 window from the left in.  You cant see from the picture (too small) but Dana has her stuffies in the window.

This table is in the lobby by the elevator.  It is beautiful.

Nick's game is not until 2:00pm so we have been killing time.  One of Nick's team mates Brad came over and the three kids played Mario Kart on the DS's.

So hockey starts at 2:00pm then a break and another game.  Dana and I found the place that makes Funnel Cakes but they are only open from 11:00 to 5:00pm.  There is always Cows ice cream too, which you can only get here.  It is really good icecream.