Hockey

As many of you know, hockey is a huge thing in my life. I love to play it, watch it, read about it...really anything about it, I love! God has given me a pretty amazing gift to be able to play goalie as well as I do. At least, I've been told I'm pretty awesome. ;) I am very thankful for that gift and I try to use it as much as possible. One thing that makes it hard though, is that I'm not on a team. Instead, I have to wait until The Pettit Center has some open pick-up sessions. This can get pretty tiresome and frustrating.

Yesterday I got to play on a real rink (other than the one in our backyard) for the first time since around September. It felt so good! Every time I play, I get a new love for the game and it makes me want to play even more. After I played yesterday, I became so thankful for the Pettit. If they didn't have any pick-up, I wouldn't be able to play at all. The Lord is definitely providing for me!

Playing at the Pettit, I get to meet some pretty cool (and not so cool) people. Two pretty amazing people that I met there are Marc and Joel Rechlicz. We (my family) had played with Marc quite a bit before we met Joel. The first time I saw both of them play, I knew that they were both extremely talented and would make it to the big leagues. Lo and behold, Joel is now playing in the NHL on the New York Islanders! I've never been so proud to say that I'm from Milwaukee. Marc is playing for a CHL team call the Odessa Jackalopes, which is affiliated with the Islanders, only a couple of steps away from the NHL. He has a contract with the Islanders, so I know that one day he will be joining his brother Joel. I wish those two the best of luck in their hockey careers, and I pray that God will continue to bless them.

Showing hope -
~Katie~

SKATING!

Hey everyone,

It's been a while, but there hasn't been a lot going on. We've mostly been getting ready for Alex's wedding, which is in 3 weeks. The most recent thing that we've done is make an ice rink in our backyard! It's not done yet, but it will be either tomorrow or on Tuesday. My dad used to make one every year, but we haven't for a while. The first thing that we had to do was pack down all of the snow in the area that we want the ice. After it was all packed down, my dad sprayed it. My dad and I sprayed it for a few hours last night and then this morning, my dad went out at 4:00 and was out there for 3 hours spraying it. I have such an awesome dad for doing this for us! This afternoon, there were a lot of lumpy parts and holes, so we filled that up with snow and sprayed that again. It should be pretty smooth now, and hopefully we'll be able to skate on it tomorrow. Now my family can shoot on me every day, I can work on my sweet goalie skills (I'm watching Napoleon Dynamite), and hopefully get good enough to play on Liberty's hockey team in a few years. That's my plan, unless God has something else in mind for me. I can't wait to get out on our ice!

Showing hope -
~Katie~