Welcome Back...

Uh, yeah. Kind of fell off the blogging bandwagon, didn't I? Sorry about that! With Christmas, and hockey, well, time has gone so quickly, and all of a sudden my 7 year anniversary is tomorrow, & the boys will be 5 & 7 in 2 weeks. Shocking isn't it?? Here is a quick summary of the past 4 months!

Christmas was great! The boys (and us!) were spoiled rotten. Except for my poor father in law with the flu, it was a great couple of days. Garth's mom spent Christmas Eve at the house with us, and Garth's dad came over first thing in the morning, feeling a little bit better. The next day, we went to Bigger to see my mom, stepdad, sister, aunt, cousins, & and grandpa. We also stopped to see my other grandparents in Saskatoon. All in 24 hours no less!! It was good to see everyone, & to celebrate my Papa's birthday with him (Dec 27).

New Years we spent at some friends of ours. The boys had a BLAST playing with their friends, & staying up until after 1am!! We were lucky & they let us sleep in the next day until 11. It was nice!

After that, hockey kept us hopping! There were tournaments just about every weekend, and if we didn't have a tournament, Anson would have a game, after practice. And then sometimes a game on Sunday as well! The season ended this past Friday night, with the TMHA Awards Banquet. We had a fabulous catered supper, the boys got some great goodies (they both got certificates for playing on the Initiation team, & personalized waterbottles, and Anson got a penant from Novice, with all the kid's names on it, & a scrapbook that includes all the newspaper clippings & some pictures from the year), and they had a blast playing with their hockey pals!

We did have some sad news a month ago. A close friend/neighbor passed away. Not going into details, but it's been pretty rough. It was Anson's hockey coach (and he had been for the past 3 years), and the father of Anson's best friend. That has kept us busy as well. We've been down the street quite a bit, just hanging out & keeping them company.

We have already celebrated Anson's 7th birthday. Last weekend, we rented the ice for 21 little munchkins to play hockey! They all absolutely had a BLAST. We got many "party of the year"comments, which was great! We didn't make it long enough however. It started at 4, and the kids were on the ice until 5:30. The party ended at 6! So we had cake as parents showed up, then Anson opened his presents at home with his best friend, & we ordered in pizza for supper. All in all, it was a great day, Anson got spoiled, & he had a fabulous party!

So, now that I've caught you up, I will end this mini novel & let you all what is going on in the next couple weeks coming up! Welcome back everyone :D