Our Hockey weekend

Ice cream with boys on a day off from school.  

Our nephew, Jacob Barnes (hockey uniform) with his family.  Ann (left) is John's older sister with  her husband Dan and daughters Ella and Caitlin 

John and his godson Jacob

Back at home...Aiden and his buddy Keaton having lunch between hockey games.  We probably did a little too much eating out in between hockey games while John was out of town!

Finn entertaining himself with Elmo at hockey game #2

Finn at the carwash.  Apparently too loud!

It was a weekend full of hockey for all of us even though we were in different areas.  John travelled home to Cincinnati to spend the weekend with his family and to see his godson Jacob play in his final hockey games as a senior.  John had a great time visiting with everyone and really enjoyed getting to see Jacob play and celebrate his senior season.  Congrats to Jacob!  We are all so proud of you and can't wait to see you grow in this next chapter of your life.

Back in Minnesota, we survived with the generous help of many friends.  When you have hockey games at different places at the same times plus a two year old who really needs to nap, it is nice to have a village of people to help.  We traded off rides with friends, hired a babysitter for one of the days for Finn, and did our best to manage without John's help for the weekend.  At one point when I was taking Aiden to meet his carpool to another hockey rink (we were meeting at the rink where Luke and Liam were playing), I sent Luke and Liam to the locker room to begin dressing for their game.  I told them I would return shortly to tie skates and fasten helmets, but they were on their own to get all the pads on.  When I returned shortly before the game, I found a good friend on the floor tying skates for me without even having to be asked.  Luke was apparently looking for me and she went to the locker room to help out.  Thank you friends, you mean so much to the boys and myself!