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!