Weekend Wrap-Up

Friday night we had a chill night here.  Kase had a social after school and had fun there with all his friends.  He came home happy. Garrett came over and did some baseball work in the garage with Kent while Kylee got all her track stuff ready. Then Kael came home! So great to have him around and Kent took one look in the garage/driveway at some point in the evening and just looked at me and said, "My heart is full" and he couldn't have been more correct.  It was a beautiful night, Kael was home, Garrett and Asher were also over and we just were all having fun together hanging around together.  Kael was tossing a football over the house to Asher, Kase was playing Garrett in basketball and Kylee and I sat on lawn chairs in the last bit of sunlight watching them all.  Love our people so hard. 

Saturday morning was Kael's birthday! Kylee was up early and off to the bus to Drake. Kase slept in. So for the first time in as long as I can remember, Kael opened his present with just us watching- ha! He was so happy and thankful for each gift.  He's the best to give gifts to- always gives a great reaction.  And he was anxious to open them too! He didn't want to wait for Kylee and Kase- love that he still gets excited about gifts.

Then we picked up Garrett and all headed to Drake! The grandparents were all there too! It was starting to get warm but Kylee and her team had a GREAT race! They all PR'd!

Kylee anchored and came in with a 2:23.6! She was thrilled with her time.  I could watch her finish an 800 race every day of the week.  Her kick is so strong. I couldn't be happier for her. 

Love so much that Garrett was able to come along! And I love, love LOVE their pink uniforms!

The whole fam.  So thankful for Kael making it a priority to come cheer on his siblings on his birthday! 

Kylee breaks it down with Cog.  He's such a great coach.  (Also I tried to get a picture of how cute her hair looked- her friend did it and it was awesome!)

We came home and Kael went for a birthday lunch with Keith and Cindy.  Kase relaxed and Kent and I went for a walk. Then we loaded up and headed for the ball fields- it was a hot, windy day.  We got off to a bit of a rocky start but we never gave up and ended our first game in a tie and came from behind to win our second game! 

We had a HUGE inning the last game and Kase was just living his best life- so happy and just dancing and joking around.  I love to see him love the game so much.  I told him the very best thing I saw him do all day was encourage some teammates and talk them up and really believe in them.  He hit a couple triples and pitched well, but being a great teammate trumps all of that. Couldn't be happier for my guys. 

Kael had come to watch the first game then went to hang out with his girlfriend.  After a long day at Drake, Kylee grabbed a quick dinner then met up with friends to hang out.  

My parents were able to join us to meet up with Kael and Emma after Kase's games for Kael's birthday dinner! I am so thrilled we were able to have a special night with him amongst all the spring sport busy-ness. 

Love these two.

Kael was proud to show her how to grill the perfect steak!

Grandpa Terry loves Rubes as much as Kael does. 

The birthday boy with his dad.  These two are peas in a pod.  Kent mentioned several times over the weekend how refreshing it was to have someone around the house who "shares his humor and taste in music."  Love that and it's so true!

Emma gave Kael the sweetest photo collage gift of the two of them and we were just so happy to all spend the night together celebrating Kael. 

Sunday morning was Kylee's Walk Celebration! I'm so proud of her in her faith journey and happy so many of us were able to go support her.  

Kylee and her mentor Joy. She has been a big part of all my kids' church lives!

Love, love, love this girl.

Proud of these two both for having done The Walk and love that Kael was able to be home to come watch Kylee!

The whole gang (plus Kael had been there- just left before the photo).

So sweet of Garrett to come.

Confetti finale!

A group of us were able to take Kylee out for lunch and she got some sweet and thoughtful gifts.  Kase's team won their first game of the day- a close one to a very good Johnston team.  Love that the timing worked out for Kent to be able to come support Kylee between games! Kase's team ended up losing their second game and Kylee went to a friend's house to lay out- it was so sunny and hot! Kael went to the gym before heading back to school. Later Kylee went for ice cream with a friend then to play sand volleyball.  We had some Crew dads over to chat baseball and the kids all played around- it was such a nice night out.  

Ready for another busy, fun spring week!