Our Week in November

Liam was a "brick wall" (i.e.goalie) this week at hockey.  Not sure he has a future as a goalie considering he is pretty small, but he had fun doing it so that's all that matters!

Finn and his Buddies (Left to Right: Cole, Landon, Andy, Finn) at playdate

Finn at Whole Foods lunch.  Mom loves to go here and Finn likes to play in the kitchen area they have for kids.  Finn's hair is losing some curl with having to wear winter hats and no humidity in the air.

Handing screws to Daddy for the hockey rink

Its that time of year again....

More work to do to build the rink

Luke and Liam at Crazy Hair Day for school.  Luke's hair has blue dye, but its hard to see.

Crazy boys on a special bench

John's running group had a bench made at one of Greg's favorite parks.  

We had a busy week of school, hockey, friends, etc...The pictures are a few of the highlights from this week.  Finn had another playdate at our house with a few of his close friends.  He talked about his "friends coming over" for several hours before they arrived and was very tired after they all left so I think the playdate was a success.

The big news this week is the hockey rink.  Yes, its that time of year again and the hockey rink construction is in full swing.  We had a fair amount more work to do this year since we were starting from scratch and we had to clear out an area of the yard in order to even begin the construction process.  In our new house, the previous owners had a small fire pit.  It was more of less thrown together without a lot of organization and it took up a large part of the yard.  John hired a young college age guy to help him revamp that area of the yard and level it as much as possible for the rink. We opted to go with a pre-made kit with all the supplies needed for the rink so that John's work would be slightly less, although still quite time-consuming!

We have had a warmer than normal fall so the ice rink won't be up and running quite as early as it has been in previous years.  The boys are counting down the days and are ready to skate.  Finn, especially, doesn't quite understand why we can't skate yet.

If you have been reading the blog for awhile, you are familiar with John's close friend who died suddenly last January and left behind a young wife and two young kids.  We continue to celebrate and remember Greg's legacy and this bench was a gift for his kids and wife to honor Greg.  The bench is situated in a beautiful area near a park where the boys and I visit frequently and near the running trails where John and Greg met frequently to run.