Weekend Wrap-Up

We had a great weekend.  Want to see?

Friday Kent was home super early from work and took Kase to a park alllll afternoon.  It was a beautiful day and Kase ran into a friend from preschool there so they had a lot of fun.  Later that night Kylee spent the night with a friend and the boys hung around the neighborhood having Nerf gun wars with friends.  We celebrated with a good friend who is starting a new job soon! 

Saturday morning we picked Kylee up from her sleepover early then headed off for a fun fall adventure! The kids are such good travelers, the weather was so beautiful and we had an awesome trip.  We started off the morning with a stop at an old school soda fountain.  The lady there said she had worked there for thirty years and Kael's was the first ever banana Coke she'd ever sold.

One of our good friends is from Strawberry Point, so we stopped in at his Dad's shop and found this cat that our neighbor girl had told us to visit!

Then, we headed to Osborne Conservation Center.  We had heard they were having a festival so we stopped in and saw all sorts of fun things- candle making, chili tasting...also we saw all the cool animals there- even a bear and a wolf!

From there, we went to Pike's Peak (in Iowa, not Colorado).

Kase fell asleep on the way there so I had a picture of just Kase and Kylee, then he woke up and wanted one too.

What an amazing view!

We hiked around a little- found Bridal Veil falls.  So pretty.

While we were walking the kids kept wanting their pictures taken.  I can't blame them- it was so picturesque!

Back at our picnic spot the kids had some Pom Wonderful- a nod to our favorite show, American Ninja Warrior.

Then we crossed the river to Wisconsin and stopped at Valley Fish and Cheese- a shop we had seen on another show we used to watch.  Kylee was so in awe that we actually got to talk to one of the guys we see on TV!

Next, it was on to Spook Cave! I totally remember visiting here with my family when I was younger so it was great to go back.  At first, Kase didn't want to go in the cave, but he warmed up and we had a great time.

The campgrounds there are so pretty and the kids LOVED the old school slide down the side of a hill on the playground.

Finally, we headed to Backbone State Park.  We had fit a lot in by this point in the day so we didn't spend a ton of time here, but had a blast anyways!

My fun-bullying partner in crime.  

We got home around 8:00 Saturday evening with tired, happy kids.

Sunday after church we had lunch with my family and hung out at our place a little bit.  Just love when the cousins all get together.  Later, Kylee and I visited my grandma, then went shopping for Halloween costume ideas for her.  She's always so creative about them!

Then, Kael had a football game and afterwards we went for ice cream with Keith and Cindy.  What a great end to a fun-filled weekend!

 Today, there was no school.  After being on the go all weekend, we had plenty of things to get done around the house this morning, then later we went to Geisler Pumpkin Patch with my mom.

Kael and I conquered the corn maze together! We had so much fun and I was glad my mom was there to hang with Kylee and Kase since they hadn't wanted to do the maze.

I just love this time of year and love family adventures. How was your weekend?