Countdown

Its not always such a good idea to put our "Cowboy" elf up so high!!

Aiden's hockey team got the opportunity to skate with the high school boys and Aiden skated with the goalie

Aiden is on the left

Finn was super excited to try on his skates for Santa skate and to go out on Dad's hockey rink

Aiden's team getting ready to skate with the high school boys.  Aiden is second from the left

We went to see Star Wars with some good friends.  They have a middle school daughter who watched Finn for us.

Trying out Daddy's rink for the first time this year

It needs a few more cold days and nights, but overall is in great shape.

Finn trying out his skates

The boys have started their final countdown to Christmas.  Finn, especially is super excited for Santa to make a visit.  He has been following the calendar and searching for the our Elf "Cowboy" every morning.  And, as you can see in the picture above, hiding Cowboy up high isn't always a good plan.

John's ice rink made its debut over the weekend.  The boys were very excited to skate on it.  The rink still needs another day or two of freezing, but overall it is looking good and thankfully all of the water/ice is INSIDE the rink...not on the outside (huge relief).  We are actually hoping for some below zero temps that are expected later this week so it can get a good couple days of freezing.

Aiden's team had the opportunity to skate with one of the nearby high school hockey teams.  It was fun to watch and hard to imagine having kids that old and that BIG in a few years!