REAL SALT LAKE

This last Saturday we headed down as a family to Salt Lake to watch a Real Game. The kids were super excited when Dan told them he had tickets for the game. We went early so that we could participate in the Carnival Royal that they have for a few hours before the game starts. The kids got to play a bunch of games and won some really neat prizes. They were also running a deal that if you were in 15 minutes early you got a $5.00 food voucher which covered our ice cream treats we got about half way into the game. Dan had made all the kids learn the Real song before he would take them to the game, so all three (even Dreyken) knew the entire song - every word. They were also celebrating mother's day and they had the first 50 moms sign up to get to do a "Mom's Dash" I was one of the lucky 50 and got to head out on the field to "race" for some scrapbooking prizes. Some of them were Really Good! I ended up getting a really nice Scrapbook and a few other things. I also got to High Five the Lion! My kids responded with Kalli - "mom you looked funny out there" to Tarek - " You were AWESOME!" That is the difference you get between a kid who still thinks you are cool and one who is old enought to be embarrassed to be around her mom :) Real ended up winning 2-1 and it turned out to be a super fun family activity that we will definately be doing again.

Here is a video of the kids (mostly Dreyken) singing the song at the end of the game. Several people commented on the fact that she knew - and would sing - the entire song. She would sing as loud as she could anytime the song was played which was at the start and the end of the game and anytime they scored a goal.