After a fabulous Christmas, our plan was to head up the the BH to ring in the new year. But before we could leave, Gret had his first hockey tournament to play in. Originally we talked about skipping the tournament and spending a whole week up north, but Dan's coaching skills were needed and Gret was actually excited about playing in a tournament, so we stuck around for it. THANK GOD!!! Not only did the Mighty Rangers win all 3 of their games, but they made it to the semi-finals and won and then went on to win it all! Tournament Champions!!! It was an amazing experience and it truly changed Gret. Somewhere around game 3, it was like a bell went off and he turned a hockey corner that you can't ever go back from.
So, with trophy in hand, we headed up on Dec. 31st. Just in time to get settled in and whip up a london broil dinner before the Utley's arrived. Matt, Nora and the boys drove over to spend a few nights and celebrate new years banging on pots and pans, Radomski style!!!
The kids had a blast together, per usual.
After ringing in 2009 in grand style, there was lots of Wii playing, sledding, ice fishing and skating. 
This year, the boys tried using their sleds as snowboards and when I say boys, I'm referring to Matt and Dan, of course!
The grown ups got their fair share of game playing in too, and in between reading Twilight (Nora) and A New Moon (Beckie) we taught Nora how to play Euchre. This time Walker wanted to learn as well.
He was a pretty quick study. By the time he hits college, he'll be ruling the dorm! The 4 of us also got in a good game of Stack-o-derm with Dan and Nora tying for the win.
We spent one more night before cleaning up and heading home.
Dan actually left his laptop at home this trip and it was so nice to really get away as a family. Of course...he'll have h*ll to pay when he goes back to the office come Monday morning. But right now...I'd say it was worth it!
