THUNDER!!

We won 4 tickets to a Utah Valley Thunder (and matching t-shirts, awesome!) game. It is a local indoor arena football team. It was suprisingly a LOT of fun. Arena football is a lot more fun to watch (you are closer to the action, the field is smaller, there is more scoring) and I totally recommend it- it was very kid-friendly!

We went with our friends Mike and Stacy and their girls who happen to be close to the same age as our girls. EJ and Emmy have been best buds since they were about 10 mo. old.


The guys had fun watching and talking football together.


Stacy and I cheered the loudest of our entire section! EJ and Emmy loved watching the "Thunderbolts" - I can't decide if they are drill team or cheerleaders- they had pom poms, but they didn't cheer... Hmmm. Anyway, after the game we got to go on the field and meet some of the "Dancing Girls":
The music played over the loudspeakers provided plenty of dancing music. Birdy had her own stage and "bar" to use to practice her ballet moves and bows:

EJ and Emmy were either copying the cool "show team" tae kwon do moves EJ saw before her gymnastics class, or she was channeling the dear departed Michael Jackson. Either way, it required much seriousness as you can see: