The April Blizzard and AAA tournaments

Liam's team on the ice in their third place game

Fun games at the hotel

Trying to balance a cookie on their forehead then move it to their mouth!

Big win in game #2 for Liam's team

Fun at the hotel!

A picture from inside the snow globe

Snow and more snow

Finn is working hard doing something

Lots of wind and snow

Covered in snow

Aiden is pumped for his game

Hockey tournaments are so tiring

Aiden and his team mate

Playing at the hotel with Liam's team

Third place win for Aiden's team

Third place for Aiden's team

Pretty excited about the trophy

April has been an interesting and record setting month in Minnesota.  Its has been a lot colder and snowier than average and it has felt more like January than April.  Last weekend, we spent most of our time at home during the blizzard that hit our area.  Maple Grove ended up with the highest snowfall total of 22 inches!  It was a crazy amount of snow.

Fast forward one week and we are finally thawing out.  Over the weekend, the temps made it to nearly 60 degrees.  It was amazing.  We spent the weekend in a hockey rink so we sadly didn't get a chance to enjoy the warmer temperatures a lot, but it was very nice when we stepped outside after being in the rink!

Liam had his travel tournament to St. Cloud with his AAA Euro Blue team.  They finished third in their tournament which is a big step forward for this team.  They are young and many of the kids are new to the team so we have a lot of growing to do, but by the end of the weekend they looked 100% better.

Aiden had his first ever AAA tournament so John and I had to divide and conquer to manage both tournaments for Liam and Aiden. His team also finished third and Aiden managed to score a HAT TRICK (three goals in one game).  He was so so excited.  John promised him a tournament t-shirt if he scored a hat trick so guess what Aiden reminded him of after the game!?  Yep, he got his t-shirt.