A December Romenesko Wedding and Theo's First Hockey Practice

My dads side of the family used to get together on Christmas Eve. Since Covid they stopped doing that. Mostly because our family is so large, no one was able to host anymore. When we got an invite to one of my cousins weddings, I figured we should go since I hadn't seen my aunts and uncles in a long time.

Our drive to Wisconsin wasn't great. This is why I don't like traveling in winter.

I told Theo he's going to have to sleep on the bed in the office this time. But silly bub said he could still sleep in the crib.

No kids at the wedding so these two would get to hang out all day.

After the wedding ceremony a few of us met up at The Vault in downtown Appleton.

Their pizza was pretty good.

After getting drinks and pizza we went downstairs to check out the vault.

A cute picture of Brooke and me in the 2020s? Didn't think it was possible.

We got one of the Gostishas as well.

This is a cool space.

I didn't want to be a weirdo and bring my camera to a wedding. Only the photographers are allowed to lug around their big cameras.

Before my uncle passed away he worked nights. In the mornings after his shift he would get donuts for his girls. I love that donuts were the dessert.

IDK, but Jeff wasn't having it.

I had to get a picture of the Romenesko ladies all dressed up.

We all coordinate too.

Meanwhile, the kids were busy decorating a gingerbread house.

The Macarena is the only song that I'll dance to.

Next door to the venue was a bar owned by one of Chelsea's friends: Calavera's Fine Fusions.

We have to come back sometime to get their food too.

The kids were also busy making Christmas cookies.

Meadow designed our Christmas card this year. Scott was matching his character today.

We signed up Theo for Minneapolis Parks co-ed rec league hockey, so we drove straight back to Minnesota so he wouldn't miss his first two practices.

When we arrived he was really nervous and didn't have his hockey socks yet, but he sure did look cool.

He was scared, but so confident at first.

He looked super tired out there and kept on giving us angry looks. This made me nervous he wouldn't want to come back. We'll have to see if he made it past the first practice.

When practice ended he came out crying saying this was even worse than what he thought. Some of the other kids were pretty good. There were a few skills Theo couldn't do. Guess we'll have to practice on our rink.

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