Weekend Wrap-Up

Here's how we spent our weekend. Friday after school the Power Four played some backyard football, per usual.  Kylee was at cross country practice, which she LOVED and Kent and my parents were on their way to Sioux City to watch Kael's football game! Later Kylee had a youth group open gym night and had the best time. I love how much she enjoys being there and she has a great group of friends to hangout with there. 

Kase and I went to Geisler Farms for an Edward Jones thing.  So great to see some of the families and it was a beautiful night!

Jags won easily! There was a humorous amount of flags thrown I guess.

When we got home, no one was more surprised then me that of all the things Kase would want to do, he chose to work on his math times tables.  

After we picked up Kylee, he even convinced her to join the fun- ha!

The next morning Kael went to work and I had registered for the Jag/Hawk 5K for our family, thinking that we could do it or not and either way it would be a donation to the School Foundation.  At the very last minute we decided to go for it! 

So proud of my runners! First place for Kylee in the 29 and under division and Kase was the first male finished under age 18!

I ran with Kase and we had fun.  Several times during the run he would slow down to a jog and ask me to hold his hand. 

I was actually trying to catch him here...that's me a ways behind him.  Ha! I kept telling him all race to pace himself thinking he would get tired but he had a huge burst of energy at the end!

A well-deserved massage after the race!

We went to the after party so we could get the medals for Kylee and also won a few raffle prizes!

Later twe went to watch our neighbor play ball at Miracle League- so fun! That afternoon we got a few things done around the house then Kase and his buddy watched the Iowa game while playing some games. 

Kent and Kael left for the Slipknot concert- more on that later- but Kase and his friend had fun hanging out then his mom took them to Pizza Ranch for supper and to play games.  They came home with all sorts of fun stuff including Invisible Ink which they had a blast with.

Later they sat in the hot tub. 

Kylee spent the entire afternoon and evening hanging out with her friends.  They met up at the park, then came back here to jump on the trampoline.  Eventually they made their way inside to watch some football games and play ping pong.  Later I picked up pizza for them then they made s'mores and hung out around the fire pit.  Much later in the evening they included Kase and Clay on a game or two of Capture the Flag then Knockout.  Fun group of kids.

At the very end of the night somehow they all ended up in Kase's room with Clay and Colby playing Madden against each other on the xBox.  Hilarious.  Kylee's friends all left by 11:00 and Clay stayed over. 

Meanwhile, Kent and Kael were having the time of their lives at Knotfest in Indianola! Kent sprung for VIP passes for them both and said it was totally worth it.  They got to stand in a special, not so crowded area plus they got sweatshirts and posters.  They both had a blast. I could not be happier for them that they had such a great time and that they have each other to enjoy it with.

Sunday morning everyone slept in then Kent and I went for a long walk. Then Kylee and I went for a drive, Kael worked on his PSAT and ACT practice tests and Kase played with his friend.  After lunch Kylee had Driver's Ed and Kael had a choir concert that he begged us not to come to.  "Seriously we sing a song in German that will last about one minute.  Please do not come." It kinda broke my heart not to be there but that's what he really wanted. He did come home like 10 minutes later!

Later he had lifting and a walk through for the JV game tomorrow and Kylee went to a friend's for birthday ice cream. Kase had football team pictures then a game! We lost, but I'm super thankful for a friend from the other team who sent me these awesome pictures of Kase! He played well.  Another dad sent me all the videos of Kase's touchdown passes and his touchdown run!

We rushed off from Kase's game to quick change at home then head to Jester Park for family pictures.  As you can see, Kase was excited. 

Ha- he may not have looked happy on the way there (jeans- ugh! a football loss-double ugh!) but pictures went so smoothly and we had a great family night grabbing pizza then ice cream on our way back home.  Family pictures are so easy with my kids' ages! And one of Kase's best friend's aunts who also happens to be a neighbor did them for us and she was great. 

Whew.  Once again we fit a lot (too much?) in this weekend.  We are all tired, but happy.  Hoping Monday is kind to us because I think we're all going to wish we had another weekend day! Ha!