Christmas 2021

Sledding on a very cold and snowy day during break

Finn and his cool flannel shirt/jacket from Grandpa Morse along with pants from Grandpa and Grandma Carrithers, sweatshirt from the Weigels, shoes from Mimi!

Gingerbread Houses (Luke and Finn on the right; Liam and Aiden on the left)

Lincoln Log building when we visited Santa at Cabela's

Luke got the opportunity to help at a House goalie clinic with his goalie partner.  Both of them have younger brothers (Josh and Finn) who also have some interest in being goalies.

Liam's reverse retro Connor McDavid jersey

Snowy day for sledding

Christmas Eve church service

Luke's new Carey Price jersey

Goalie training with the House goalies.  Luke and his goalie partner led the goalie clinic

First skate on Christmas Eve!

 In a very competitive house, its a big deal when you win a game of Spoons!!

Liam had a HAT TRICK!

Our visit with Santa...slightly blurry picture of a picture they gave us.

Aiden's St. Pat's Auston Matthews Jersey

 

We had a nice Christmas break and enjoyed being off of school and having a break from hockey for a few days.  The boys received some amazing gifts from Grandma and Grandpa Carrithers, Grandpa Morse and Jane, and Mimi as well.  We didn't take a lot of pictures of them opening their gifts, but we did get a picture of their jerseys.  Each of the boys got a fun jersey for skating on the outdoor rink.  Along with some clothing and hockey gear, Luke got some iPods, Liam got some hand weights for the basement and a massage gun, Aiden got some lacrosse gear, and Finn some hockey cards, legos, and a pastel wax type coloring set.  We enjoyed a very nice day with no agenda or schedule and John prepared a nice steak dinner on the grill.  We made twice baked potatoes and the Carrithers cranberry apple jello salad. 

Shortly after Christmas, Aiden started a hockey tournament and Luke and John left for a tournament up in Roseau (near the Canadian border where the temps were -25).  It was a busy and fun couple of days celebrating Christmas.  We hope you had a wonderful holiday with family and friends!

Late November/Early December

Liam's team in Bemidji with Paul Bunyan and the Blue Ox

Liam and Friends

Liam and his good friend, Luke

Luke's team in Duluth

Finn and his buddies at the State Football Championship where Maple Grove played for the first time in history and finished as runner up.

Finn and his buddy, Josh, at Bentleyville light display in Duluth

Aiden and his buddy, Anders, after their first place win!

Finn enjoyed some swimming in Duluth

Aiden's hockey team before a game

Finn and Lucy at Thanksgiving at the Weigel's house

Finn and I at Bentleyville in Duluth

I have a couple fun action shots from Luke's game

Flying puck that he redirected with his stick.

Liam made a few trips to the penalty box!

Diving save in OT!!  We ended up winning and advanced to the chip!

John And Finn in their Islanders gear.  Finn is on the Islanders team in house hockey this season.  

It's been a busy month of hockey for us, but we are happy to be playing and happy to have fans in the stands to watch!  Luke, Finn, and I made a trip to Duluth in early December while John went to Bemidji with Liam.  Both of the boys had great tournaments and played some very competitive hockey.  Aiden stayed home with our neighbors who also have a son on his hockey team.  We are very thankful for their willingness to help when our travel tournaments coincide.  

Finn has been asking to do at least one of the travel tournaments this year.  Last year, we only sent one parent and many of our tournaments were cancelled.  This year, Finn made the trip to Duluth and enjoyed swimming in the hotel pool, hanging out with Luke's teammates, and visiting the Christmas light display called Bentleyville.  We stayed in a hotel in downtown Duluth so the proximity was perfect for walking to restaurants and access to the rinks where we played.  

I am still working on the Christmas cards for this year, Christmas shopping, etc... in between hockey games and tournaments.  The boys are counting down the days until we fill the backyard rink.  It's getting colder each week so it should happy pretty soon.  

Happy Holidays!