Life in North Dakota

It's been a while since I've posted anything about unique things we do in North Dakota so I thought I should do so now! As you know, Ian is playing hockey again this year. It's still with the Parks league but he's moved up a league so now he's playing actual games and even gets to travel for some of them! Yesterday was our first "away" game to Northwood, ND, and guess what?! Their rink is OUTSIDE!! We checked before leaving to make sure the game wasn't cancelled because the temp outside here was -1 (before wind chill)! It wasn't cancelled so we made sure we were bundled up and headed out! The sky was clear and it was beautiful out but BOY was it chilly! They paused the game every 6 minutes to let the boys go in to the "warming house". According to Brian, though, it was just out of the wind, not actually WARM! By the end of the game, the boys were ALL pink and Ian started crying in the car because his feet were finally thawing and it hurt. We told him he's a true NoDak now!

After the game, Josh asked if we could go to the Red Pepper - a local favorite. Since he was leaving the next day we decided to go (even though it really was out of the way). We went to the new one and it had some pretty neat items we got pictures of. Their "specialty" is the grinder sandwhich that Brian and Josh really like. Not exactly health food but it hit the spot!