Thankful Thursday

I am SO thankful for Spring Break! 

Spring break has been so much fun this year.  I feel like we have fit in a lot of family fun and friend fun! 

Monday we went to Perfect Games with my mom and my nephew.  The kids had so much fun together and with Grandma. I'm so thankful for moments like these and just want to freeze time.  We did bowling, pizza, laser tag, arcade games...all the fun things! 

Kylee had a friend sleepover who we had been trying to connect with for a long time! These two girls keep a busy schedule and it's sometimes tough to get them together but when they are together they are just the sweetest.  They had fun twinning and playing volleyball at Trail Point!

Kase wasn't sure he wanted to laser tag but when Huston did it, Kase convinced himself to try it! They all had a blast! (And beat the ultra-competitive red team. ;)

Tuesday we packed up and headed north.  We stopped by my grandpa's house for a visit.  Kase LOVED these pictures he found of Grandpa Dean holding a huge fish and wanted to hear the story of how he caught it.  Such a special time just getting to listen to my grandpa talk all about some fun memories!

After a visit with him, we headed to Minneapolis to Great Wolf Lodge! We knew several other Ankeny families who were going to be there so we decided to head up for a day. The kids loved these fun bunk bed rooms!

And they really loved the water park.

We also had some fun playing cards in the room!

And just enjoyed spending time with our friends.

When we got back, Kyle and Julia came to visit! The kids were SO excited and surprised to be asked to be a part of their wedding this coming August! They had the sweetest gifts for the kids- a Ring Pop for Kase (to be the ring  "security", a flower headband for Kylee to be the flower girl with cousin Kellen, and an Orange Crush for Kael, who is going to "crush" it as an usher).  We had the best night with them- had some pizza for dinner then spent the gorgeous evening outside playing basketball and football. 

The spring break fun continues today, then we head to the state volleyball tournament this weekend!