Blackhawks Edition

I'm back......and with a NEW blog! It has been awhile since my last blog and i realized since my last blog, 2 things have occurred- i got my 1st tattoo and the blackhawks convention!!!!!

We'll start with the tattoo.....sometime before the Blackhawks got into the playoffs my best friend and i made a little pact. We knew this Blackhawks team was good, actually GREAT, so Mal and i decided to make a pact between the 2 of us. We decided that if the Blackhawks won the 2010 Stanley Cup we would get matching Blackhawks tattoos. We use to always say that our 1st tattoo would be a Cubs logo and then the date of when the Cubs won the World Series. We for sure thought this would happen in 2008, but of course we were wrong. So we shook hands sometime during the season making the pact that if we won the Stanley Cup this year we would get the Blackhawks feathers tattooed on us. FOREVER. LOL. During high school and college i worked at the mall and the manager at the store i worked at has a husband who is a tattoo artist. She gave me his number and i set up an appointment......and yes i was SO nervous. I looked at all my Blackhawks program looking for a picture of the perfect feathers. I wanted something not too big but not too small either. I finally found the ones i wanted. My 2 best friends went with me to get my tattoo done and i think i worked myself up because i went in and i was SO nervous!!! Then when he started my tattoo i was like, "this isn't bad at all!!!!!" Seriously it didn't even hurt. So 30 minutes later i walked out of the tattoo shop with the Blackhawks feathers tattooed (in color) on the inside of my left ankle. And yes, i would do it all over again if given the chance. I absolutely love my tattoo. Everytime i look at it i just smile, it brings back a flood of memories that include everything from Hossa's OT Gm Winner early in the playoffs all the way to being at my 1st Championship parade. I know some people will judge me or my tattoo but you're only young once and this tattoo has special memories for ME. Here are a few pictures of my tattoo....feel free to leave feedback on it :)

(The outline of my tattoo)



(This was the finished product, sorry the camera failed to focus lol)

(And there it is, a better pic of the finished product...my blackhawks tattoo)



And as many of you know last month was the Blackhawks Convention!!!! It was AMAZING!!!! I personally liked Opening Ceremonies best because of all the highlight videos and i got to meet some of the people from twitter! It was good to put faces to names hahaha! That weekend was great because it was really the 1st time since we won the Cup that the team (ahem, what's left of it) was able to be together and talk about what it has been like to win the cup, have their day with the cup and how they've dealt with being champions. I did take some video, if you want to check them out go to my youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/priorsgirl22

(Of course the Cup was there. I'm telling you, it's even better in person.)

(Tony!!)

(Niklas Hjalmarsson!)

(Seabsy Boy!)

(I love this pic of Sharpie! AMAZING!)

(Soup lifting the Cup!!!!)

(Tazer addressing the crowd at Opening Ceremonies!)

(Kaner proceeded to dance, it was NOT good lol)

(My hand in someone's glove, i don't remember who *thats what she said*)

(Aaron Johnson's gloves! I miss him!)



(Duncan Keith's gloves!)


(Dunc's tooth that was found in the zamboni?)



(Benny's jersey!!!!!!!!)

(Conn Smythe Trophy)

(Nichole & I in between convention sessions)



(This was Eager's stick!)

(I later tried on Eager's gear.....)

(This was the result LOL)



(BFF's brawllllllll!)


(My girls & i doing our best Tazer impression. You know what's up lol)




(Went to the BHTV session with Brouwer. He was a little bitter that there was a "I LOVE ARI BROUWER" sign at the championship parade & not one for him LOL!)



(Hjal was there too, toftbo!)

(Who doesn't love his Hawks/IKEA commercial? I mean really....)

(Eddie O hosted the Olympians session)

(Olympians (L to R): Toews, Keith, Seabrook & Kane)



(Proof that Toews does in fact smile lol. This was probably after the guy said, "Toews i love you!" hahaha)

(Seabrook, most likely talking about his love of Pronger *gag*)

(Duncbrook, epic bromance)

(Classic Seabs face LOL! He seriously makes the best expressions haha)

(My fav dman!! Dunc!)

(Captain Serious)

(Toews)

(My gurlllllsssssss!)

(This pic was too funny, i couldn't not post it haha)



(WGN Radio Panel with Toews & Kane)

(Sharpie later had his own session on WGN Radio)

(Patrick Sharp, FTW!)

(Sunday Panel with Keith, Seabs & Sharpie. And yes, Seabs was writing something on a napkin lol)

(Champions............)

(Sharpie!)

(Jordy & Stalberg)

(Ah yes, Viktor Stalberg.)

(Oh hey Viktor!)

(Victor Stalberg)




(Bickell, Skille, Campbell & Kane)

(Kaner, most likely hung over)

(Skille)

(Patrick Kane)

(Hotel Room Keys were AWESOME!)


(Another funny pic, BLACKHAWKS fedoras to close out the convention...)

Hope everyone enjoyed the pictures! Hockey is just around the corner......hope to see everyone at training camp next month =)