Winter Wonderland

It was a gloomy, cold winter day. The wind was blowing against the trees and the snow was glistening on the frozen ground. My dad had just gotten home from my grandma’s house and he was in a better mood than usual. It was making me a little nervous because he never acts like that. He called my brother and I into the family room and he asked us if we wanted to go the Red Wings game that night. Of course we said yes! I mean who wouldn’t want to spend the night downtown at The Joe. It made it even better because it was New Years Eve. Everyone would be downtown at parties waiting for the ball to drop and the New Year to begin. It was 4:00 and the game was set to begin at 7:00. I rushed up the stairs to get ready. I put on my black skinny jeans, my grey tank top with my red wings zip up hoodie with my grey boots. I was all ready to go when my uncle stopped by. I didn’t know that he was going to come with us to the game. We got into the car and we left Livonia and for the busy city of Detroit. When we got to the arena, we parked the car and went inside. This was my brothers first time to a Red Wings game so it was really special for him. When we found our seats my brother got even more excited because we were two rows away from the glass. He sprinted down the steps and watched in awe the players as they skated for warm-up. The crowd went wild when the puck was dropped by a former red Wing Chris Chelios to start the game. It was about five minutes into the first period when the wings scored the first goal. My brother stood up and just started screaming as loud as he could. In the second period they scored again and another right after the third period began. We left the game a little early but the wings won the game 3-0 and jimmy Howard got the shutout. We got home just in time for the ball to drop and the New Year to begin. I will never forget that New Years Eve and I know my little brother won’t either.