DRAPER — A family with a deep passion for hockey brought their newborn twins home from the neonatal intensive care unit with a themed homecoming timed perfectly with the start of hockey in the Winter Olympics.
Lone Peak Hospital staff dressed the identical twins, Teddie and Scottie, in miniature hockey uniforms ahead of their release. The girls were born Jan. 29, just days before the Olympic opening ceremony.
Their parents, Maggie and Hunter Fields, said the gesture made the moment even more meaningful for their older children, 8‑year‑old August and 5‑year‑old Nora, who had been anxiously waiting to meet their sisters.
"I thought it was the cutest thing ever because the kids haven't met the twins yet," Maggie Fields said. "It made them feel a little more included in what was going on."
August, a self‑described superfan of the Utah Mammoth and hockey in general, has big dreams on the ice.
"I would like to play for the Mammoth or Team USA," he said.
August has even bigger plans for his siblings.
"I'm going to brainwash them with hockey when they're young," he said.
The second‑grader's room is decorated wall‑to‑wall with team gear. His sister, Nora is already warming up to the sport in her own way.
"I like getting stuff from the jersey shop," she said.
The family describes the pregnancy and the twins' two week NICU stay as a long stretch.
"This whole pregnancy, postpartum, has felt like a small eternity," Maggie Fields said. "I really look forward to the opportunity to be chaotic in my own home."
August and Nora were quick to notice when the twins arrived wearing the hockey uniforms. Their first big event together as a family of six will be something familiar: watching Team USA compete in Olympic ice hockey.
