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This year we made our way over to Buffalo to celebrate Christmas with family.

Even Mac endured the long car ride!

First stop, Christmas Eve at Nonno and Nonna’s!

Thanks Aunt Julia for setting up a scavenger hunt for the kids!

Visit from Santa!

Gabby taking Margo for a horsey ride!

Foosball!

Then, we made our way over to Grammie and Papa’s house for Christmas Day!

Thanks Aunt Jess for setting up some fun games for the kiddos!

So happy to meet Ruth 🩷

Open Skate at Canalside!

Shaun taught Leia how to ice skate!

Grammie and Papa pulled out some of Shaun’s old hockey jerseys and Gabby got to take one home 🥰

The kids enjoyed spending time with all their cousins!

Margo always had lots of smiles for Uncle Shaun 😀

Our favorite lady is one year older today! ❤️

The kids were so helpful with wrapping.

Mac even had a present for Mommy too.

Sammy was first to pass his out, but then he ran off instantly so he’s not pictured. 😂

And we had a nice evening out at one of our favorites, despite a small snow flurry. ❄️

It was so nice to attend Sam’s holiday celebration in his classroom. He was a bit too nervous to sing in front of all the parents but we were so proud of him for staying with the rest of his classmates through the whole performance!

It was also a great opportunity to see some of the work he’s been doing and found out he was the “Bee of the day”!

His teachers surprised all the kids with a gift too!

Time to decorate the tree!

Burlington’s Annual Tree Lighting!

Finally got some snow lol

These two can’t wait for Christmas!

Thanksgiving is such a great holiday. Especially when life gets busy, it’s an excellent excuse to slow down and spend a day together as a family. Mac always likes that! 🙂

What’s the best part? Starting with the Macy’s Parade?

Or the amazing treats, like peanut butter pie, pumpkin decorated brownies, pumpkin bread, and cinnamon rolls? (Cinnamon rolls, not picture; consumed instantly.)

Or the big family dinner?

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!

This weekend Gabby had some awesome fans come to support her! Their cheering must’ve been a boost because she scored her first (two) goals!

Since the games are so early, there’s ton of time for breakfast afterwards. 😂

Some bonus footage from warmups.

Sam was all smiles for his last day of Mighty Mights!

Lots of silliness during warm up lol.

Red light, green light!

So proud of you Sam! Look out U6!

The pumpkin carving timelapse!

Gabby had a blast cleaning out her pumpkin.

Random Daddy smooches!

Sammy was a bit more delicate this year .. but he did a great job working with Mommy!

He drew his own face on the pumpkin and really liked how it turned out. 🙂

Trick or Treating was a two-neighborhood marathon, thanks to the stronger kid legs and wonderful weather!

Started in Fox Hill, rolling deep, with about five families. One of which were the Shannon’s, keeping the tradition going!

Rendezvoused with the Carolines!

Got stopped by the BPD!

Then picked up Eva!

And then started our jaunt down Fox Hill.

Got some spooky selfies!

And some not so spooky selfies ..

Chels and Gabs were having fun!

So we hopped over to Sparhawk to run the horseshoe with just the big kids.

This week was Gabby’s first chance to try goalie play. She was pumped, did a great job, and had loads of fun!

She even earned the game pick! Proud of you Gabs!

Gabby’s first game was this morning!

And we were heading to the rink before the sun came up!

Where was Daddy? Running the clock. 😆