Kings Parade and Rally

On June 16th, my mom, Debbie, Sabrina, Hudson and I went to the Kings parade and rally. The streets were jam packed which made me nervous being preggers and we definitely weren't going to be able to see the parade very well, so Sabrina suggested we call our account rep just to see if she could help us out. She ended up getting us tickets to the viewing area right in front of Staples. It wasn't crowded at all and we had a perfect view! Hudson was so cute! He kept cheering and waving his blankie! I even spotted us on the news! haha.

After the parade, we went into Staples Center to do some shopping and to watch the rally. It was great! One of the best parts was when Darryl Sutter asked Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown which ring is their favorite. They answered in unison, the next one! ;) Everyone was cheering so loud and Hudson wanted in on the action so he kept doing this extremely loud scream thing. Of course when we told him to stop, he took that to mean do it more. Thankfully, it was so loud in there that it didn't bother most people. Hud was very overtired and was such a trooper through the whole event.

One of my favorite parts was a video they showed that highlighted all the records the Kings had accomplished that year:
* 4th team in NHL history to come back from 0-3 down in a series
* 1st NHL team to win Game 7's in first 3 rounds on the road
* A perfect 7-0 record in elimination games
* 1st NHL team to win 3 consecutive games trailing by 2 goals
* NHL record 64 playoff games played in last 3 years
* NHL record 26 playoff games played

After the rally, Hud took a well deserved nap in the car, then we went to Gourmet 88 for lunch. It was a really fun day and I'm glad I was able to attend the celebration this year (last time we won the cup I had to miss the parade and rally because of all the contractions I was having).