Weekend Wrap-Up

Wow are we keeping busy and having fun.  Fall sports seem to be taking over our life in the best possible way right now.  Here's how we've spent the last few days.

Kylee had a volleyball game on Thursday at SEP and they won! She played great and her new club coach even got to come see her play.

 

Kase has been so agreeable going along to all of his big siblings' games.  Road trips are a good time for him to get his school reading work done and he always seems to find a friend to play with at the games and has been doing a really good job actually sitting and watching the games too.  It doesn't hurt that he knows all the girls so well after having watched them for so many years! My dad and Keith came to watch this day too and I'm always so thankful for the big cheering section my kids always have!

Friday afternoon Kent and I left town around noon to head to Cedar Falls for the Jag football games at the UNI Dome! We had the best little date day- doing a little shopping and wandering around then grabbing an early dinner before the game.  

My favorite guy to watch the games with!

Kael got to play SO much and even got a tackle! We had a great view of the game and I know Kael thought it was so cool to play there.

I could watch him play football all day! 

Go #98!

I took a lot of pictures.  Sorry not sorry.

I am so, so thankful for Kase's friend who offered to let Kase go home with him after school so that Kent and I could head up to the early game and also super thankful for Kylee, who took over after her volleyball practice and watched Kase the rest of the night even though she wasn't feeling great.  She made him a pizza and hung out with him and even had him Face Time me on her phone when he asked if he could, "Just see Mom real quick before I go to sleep."

Kael was happy they got pizza from The OP on the bus ride home- Kent and I had stayed through about halftime but we were getting beat and knew we had an early morning the next day for a fall baseball tournament!

It felt great to be back with our Crew families. The boys only had one practice so we had set our expectations fairly low as the teams we were playing against all had been playing fall ball and one of the teams was even up a level from us all summer.

But we bounced back without missing a beat! First pitch of the game, Kase rips a triple! I just missed a photo of him flexing his muscles as he reached Kent on third. 

We had a great cheering section again!

Kase pitched during the second game and did great.  His hitting was the best I've seen from him- I think he had four or five triples, got walked once, had several singles and never struck out.  Top to bottom, every Crew player had a great day. We 8-runned two of the teams and almost 8-runned the other one but got time called. 

Winners! More medals for this awesome group of athletes. We had a new player join us and he and his family fit in so well.

These two are the best buddies. This is how they walked off the field after getting their medals.

Kael had been at work all day so when we got home and got all unpacked and cleaned up, Kent and Kael went to dinner at Johnny's Italian Steakhouse! Kent had gotten a gift card for his birthday and I knew he and Kael would enjoy it the most- plus Kent wanted to celebrate Kael for a job well done Friday night.  He even let Kael drive his truck there! 

Meanwhile at home Kylee wanted to go for a drive so once she got some practice in, we stopped at Orange Leaf to celebrate a job well done on driving and a job well done at baseball!

Kent and Kael had a great time together and a great meal.

When they got home we played some twilight backyard KanJam then watched a movie.  Family nights are the best nights.

Sunday after church we got a few things done around the house then Kylee had Driver's Ed, Kase played with a friend, Kael had lifting and team film then went to work and Kase had a football game. 

His team played great! They won easily.  He loves playing QB.  He also had a pick today! We had time to stop by my nephew's game after Kase's game and got to see him make a great play! A super long run. 

Kylee hung out with some friends (boys- insert nervous face emoji here) at the park then they came back to our house to jump on the trampoline. Just kidding about the nervous face mostly. They are good kids and Kent and I know them fairly well and honestly I'm just happy she likes hanging out at our house with them. 

After that my dad took Kylee on a nice long drive.  Or rather, Kylee took him for a drive.  They had a great time together and Kylee got a lot of good practice in! Meanwhile, Kase was at basketball skills camp.

Another busy, fun, sports-filled week ahead.  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend too!