Weekend Wrap-Up

Friday evening Kael had a basketball game.  His team won and he had fun but he did hurt his finger! It seems a little better today though.  He is having fun with the season and has just one game left!

 

 

Kylee was scheduled to have a tournament the following day in Tipton, and the weather forecast wasn't looking good so we sent her on ahead Friday night with a couple of her teammates and her coach. She had a fun night!

Saturday morning my mom came to hang out with the boys so Kent and I could get on the road early, ahead of the rain, to Kylee's tournament.

Kael made breakfast!

And we got there just in time to see the start of Kylee's first game!

My parents also took the boys to see my niece's basketball game and it looks like Kael is catching Aunt Mandy in height!

Kase had fun finding giant icicles!

And at the tournament, Kylee's team was playing great and having lots of fun.

They played another CVA team in the semi-finals.

Back in Ankeny the boys were having fun in the snow!

Love this giant snowman!

Kylee's team ended up winning the championship! And we made it back to town just as the weather started getting bad so it was perfect timing.

We ate a quick dinner with my parents and the kids then headed home to cozy up for the night and wait for the blizzard to set in!

We woke up the next morning to very windy, snowy conditions.  After breakfast Kent and the kids went out to move snow.  Then Kent headed to church early as he had parking duty- what a tough day for that! The rest of us joined him at church where there wasn't a very big crowd.

After church and lunch we went to see the dragon movie that Kase has anxiously been awaiting! We decided to give the 4D a try and it was pretty cool! The seats really moved a lot! So fun hearing the kids reactions each time something new happened.

After that we headed to the gym and Kent and the kids swam.  I ran into my parents there and walked for awhile with them. Then we came home and had a fun family game and movie night.  It was a great end to a fun weekend!

Thankful Thursday

I'm so thankful my mom came and did laundry while I was at work Tuesday.  Best surprise ever!

Kael is thankful his choir concert is over.  They did a pops concert on Tuesday and Kael was not looking forward to it as they had to do a few actions with the songs.  The rest of us really enjoyed it though and thought it was an awesome concert! Plus he looked so handsome and grown up!

We were thankful for another late start on Wednesday! Kylee took the extra hour to play some racquetball with my dad.  She's getting pretty good and she loves spending time with Grandpa.

Kase and I were thankful to have the entire gym to ourselves! That NEVER happens!

It has been a good week and we are looking forward to another fun weekend!

Weekend Wrap-Up

Whew- lots to write about this go 'round.

Valentine's Day was fun.  The kids know they always get their annual photo books and I love that they look forward to it so much. 

They also get a few other small gifts.

They spend all morning looking at the books.

And they have the sweetest gifts for Kent and me too! Kylee always makes handmade cards and presents and encourages her brothers to do the same.  Kael this year added some "coupons" (good for one "scoop the driveway" and "do the laundry" and things like that).  It was so sweet and thoughtful! And, of course, Kent always comes up with something perfect for me.

We are so lucky that we got to see both sets of grandparents on Valentine's Day and they also had fun gifts for the kids!

Kael had a game that night and it was the perfect way to spend Valetine's Day- together! We went out for dinner afterwards and had a great night.

The next day Kent had lunch with Kase at school.  Also that day we got an email from Kase's teacher saying he was "Secret Student of the Day" and she had been secretly watching him to see if he was being a responsible first grader and....he was! So he got to pick a few extra treats- one of which is having a special lunch with a friend tomorrow at school!

Saturday Kael volunteered with our youth group for Day of Love and spent the day serving the local community.  He looks forward to this day every year! Meanwhile, Kase hung out with my mom and also went to see my niece's game while Kent and I were at Kylee's volleyball tournament.  It was a tough tournament and Kylee hurt her knee and had to sit out for awhile, but in the end she was just fine and her team played some great volleyball!

Kase and Kent went to his basketball game and Kase played awesome! He was so excited to tell me about the long shot he made. They got back to Kylee's tournament in time for the final game.

That night Kael had a friend spend the night and the rest of us had a family movie night.  We woke up Sunday morning to lots of snow (again) so we had a cozy morning in just reading books and such.
(That's both Kylee and Kase and a few books there under those blankets.)

Then Kent and Kylee went out to make another amazing snow fort!

The rest of us joined later for some snow fort tag which has become the favorite game this winter.

We also headed to the green space behind our house for the most giant game of fox and geese ever!!

That night Kylee stayed over at a friend's house and they did some cute crafts.

And kinda creepy unicorn masks. Ha!

The boys played in the snow with neighbors.

The next morning the kids didn't have school.  Kent went into work for just a few hours.  Kase rediscovered his love of Legos!

Then we all hit the gym and Kent and the kids had so much fun doing family swim lap races.  We had a lazy afternoon, then played outside in the snow for awhile.  Later we did a little shopping and had an early night in! Love long weekends!