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What a crazy weekend we just had! We kicked in about 1200 km in just over 12 hours of driving to head on down to see my sis in Toronto.  You see, it was an important occasion, as my nephew was being confirmed.  Now, Melissa and I were both born and raised into Catholic families and you could say we were practising Catholics until… well until we reached the age of reason Folks, folks! Settle down. I like to joke around remember? Lets not get off track here eh? Ahem! So, my sis was throwing a party after the ceremony on Saturday and had invited us to go along.

We, of course, said No.

We were too busy, Sam was sick and I left a camel in the oven… Whatever excuse I came up with, my sis bought it.  So the stage was set for a nice little surprise.  We packed up Thursday night and left mid-afternoon on Friday, finally getting to her house at around 10 pm.  We were a little cautious about having Sam stuffed in his car seat for six hours, as he had been a little under the weather the last couple days, but he was a trooper! He cried a little when he was hungry midway into our trip and again a little at the very end because he could not get into his normal sleeping position while strapped into his chair. We got there and snuck up to the house…

Looks like our lying worked! She was happy we came down, and so were we!  It was a very fun filled, if short weekend, but we had loads of laughs, some great food and an epic street hockey game, as is custom when our families meet.  As per every year, my brother and I take on my nephews and their friends to a Montreal Vs. Toronto street hockey game. The prize: Unquestionable Domination… And bragging rights. We’ve never lost a game as my bro and I really put it to them… no crosschecks or anything like that, just good hockey. We clean ‘em out… because, well, they deserved it! The trash talking these kids do is legendary.  Whenever we talk on the phone, there’s always a comment like:

“I gonna beat you down when we play man! Your goin’ down!” or the old “I’m gonna kick your butt dude!”

So my bro and I take it upon ourselves to… what’s the word? Teach. Or impart our wisdom of life upon them… and totally crush them! Our last game ended 52-23 in our favor. This time, however, we modified some rules to make it a fairer game… and it was.  We ended up playing to a 9 – 9 tie because it was past 10 pm and we lost the ball in a yard. Visibility was close to none, so we called it there.  Close, I know. They almost pulled off a victory after what, 7, 8 years?!?  Hehe, nice try boys, but you’ll have to do better next time!

My sis really oudid herself on this one. Food galore! Her famous canellonis and lasagna were great once again (and we even got some to take home!).  Everything was just perfect.  My nephew is now one rich kid… With all those confirmation cards exploding with money, he got excited before opening each one to see what color bill was inside. Pink. Pink. Brown! Hey hey hey!

We headed back early on Sunday morning and got in, after a side stop at an uncles house for lunch, around 5 pm.  We were as pooped as, well poop!  We ate, then slept. End of story. But here a re a few pics that I took of the weekend… I HOPE MY BROTHER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW WILL SEND ME SOME OF THEIRS… AHEM! HINT HINT!!!