Weekend Wrap-Up

Long weekends that start with an unexpected early out are the absolute best! 

I got a text Friday morning from Kael saying they were getting out of school early because of the impending snowstorm. He was so excited. We were looking forward to a fun family night IN!

Kylee and I started off by baking cookies. 

And made some guac.

 And the kids even went outside in the blizzard! Just kidding.  The storm turned out to be underwhelming but we certainly weren't complaining about an early start to the weekend!

We spent the evening playing cards, garage ping pong, using our new popcorn maker and just hanging out.  What a great night.

We found out that Kael's ski trip was cancelled and he was a little bummed, but I think he was glad to not be out in the freezing cold all day long.  Kase's basketball game was even cancelled!

We started our morning off early with a game of Fox and Geese.

It was cold but we had a great time playing in the snow!

We had a lazy afternoon, then hit the "slopes" at Froggy Park to do some sledding and snowboarding.

That's Kael waaaay out there.  He definitely set a distance record!

The kids went down together several times but a real  highlight was when we all five went down the hill on this sled together! I can't believe we all stayed on! It must have been hilarious to watch.

We came home in just enough time to get cleaned up and ready for a cousin sleepover! Mandy and Justin had plans so Brooklyn and Tyson were planning to spend the night.  Then Tammy's family's plans fell through when her in-laws decided not to come for a visit due to snow, so Tammy's crew all came over too! My mom and dad joined in the fun and we all had pizza, played ping pong, darts...all the fun things.  Tammy, Rob, Berkley, and my parents left around 7:00 and the rest of the crew stayed.

The kids had so much fun together and really were just so sweet all night and morning.  They're all growing up so much which makes having six kids stay over easy peasy!

Kent was Super Uncle and made popcorn for all the kids.

We had a fun movie night and they all slept great.

Early morning crafting.

And Lego-ing.

Followed by a big breakfast.  Love this whole crew so much.

Sunday afternoon Keith and Cindy came down and we tried out the new restaurant at the movie theater. Then we did some bowling! So fun.

 

They came back to our house to hang out and play cards for awhile.  So nice to catch up with them.  Later Kent went out and built this awesome fort with Kase!

 

Kylee couldn't say no to joining in the fun!

 

 

We spent the rest of the evening having a family movie night and also watched a little of The Masked Singer.  My kids are loving this new show- have you seen it?!

 

There was no school Monday.  The kids started off with a fun and lazy morning playing Wii together, then we decided to hit the gym so Kylee could meet up with her triathlon group friends to do a spin class.  I love that these kids keep in touch in the off season and Kylee loves having friends to go to the gym with!

 





What a fun, motivated group of kids.

Meanwhile, the boys and I played some basketball, foosball, ping pong and Kase even swam for awhile.  It was a fun morning!

We picked up lunch on the way home.  Later Kylee went sledding with a group of friends and the boys and I stayed here and played in the snow fort.

 

 

Later a friend came over to play with Kase in the snow fort while Kael had basketball practice.  Kylee had volleyball practice then our long, fun weekend finally came to an end.  No one is quite ready to go back to school tomorrow but at least it's a short week!