Weekend Wrap-Up

 We had Edward Jones Summer Regionals this weekend! Kylee and Kael had work and plans with friends all weekend so they stayed home.  Kent, Kase and I had a great time! I thought Kase looked so grown up here!

Between meetings and dinners Kase kept himself busy so Kent and I had some nice time together including walking for ice cream one evening!

Kase had a squad of about 4-5 boys he hung out with all weekend.  They had a blast and this Riverwalk area was so cool! Thanks Tam for the heads up on it!

We also did the zoo.  Getting these three to take a picture turned out to not be worth the effort- ha!

A real highlight for them was that the High School Baseball Championship tournament was going on right by our hotel so they were able to walk there every night to watch games! They caught foul balls, met players and just had an awesome time.

One of the guys even gave Kase this arm sleeve!

One of the days we went fishing and walked around this cute pond.  Kylee wasn't with me so her friend Marlee had to stand in as substitute daughter for me that morning- ha! She was so sweet to hang out with.  

The boys caught some nice fish! 

We also did TopGolf and then later had our theme night trivia.  So fun and festive.  Can you guess that our theme was Team USA?!

It was a great weekend- I love our region so much and was glad to be back after I had missed a couple summers of getting together with them! 

Kylee went to Garrett's baseball game and also to pick flowers at his grandma's house. She also had friends spend the night. went to church with a friend, nannied and had cross country.  

Kael had plans to go to a live music thing in The District with his girlfriend but it was raining so they had fun doing other things.  They went bike shopping for her and guitar shopping for him and out for lunch and to the arcade.  He also worked his new job at Hy-Vee and enjoyed that and also he hung out with his friend.  A great weekend for everyone!

Thankful Thursday

 I'm thankful that I was able to go see Kent sworn in as Rotary President! I'm so very proud of him- he puts so much time and effort in and I know he's going to an amazing job for the club this year! He gave a great speech and it was great to see him in his element.

I'm thankful Kase was able to get a cast that he can wear while swimming.  It would have been even a bigger bummer if he couldn't play baseball AND couldn't swim.  He's taking it like a champ though and I'm praying for a speedy recovery! 

Weekend Wrap-Up

 Well this weekend didn't go how we expected.

Friday afternoon started off great- Kase went to Urban Air with cousins and a friend and then later the pool- a great day!

Friday night Kylee was at a pool party with Garrett so the boys and I went out for dinner and stopped at Sips and Sounds in The District- super fun night!

Saturday we had baseball in Ankeny and Kase slid into third base and got his hand stepped on.  We rushed to Urgent Care for an x-ray before they closed and sure enough he had fractured his pinkie.  It was super swollen so they put a splint on it and recommended we come back later this week and likely will have to put a cast on it.  Super bummer.  Kase handled it really well though and even though he was in a lot of pain he went right back to cheer on his team. Very thankful for all the people who reached out to check on him and also very thankful Kylee had come up to the game in her own vehicle and was able to rush to drive us to Urgent Care and back! She told me later she felt like a getaway driver!

So, instead of sitting around pouting all afternoon we loaded up and took off for the pond.  Kase's day was made when he got this giant pike!

Kylee and Garrett were so happy to be available to go along to and G got the first fish! Kylee had some really nice ones all day too.

Kase was happy to bring some buddies along and had a fun day.  We missed Kael being there with us but he was doing his last shift at Fareway and then headed to the gym and then hung out with a friend so he had a good night too. 

Sunday we had later games so Kylee went to church in Ames with a friend.  Kent and I went for a walk, made a big breakfast on the Blackstone then we went to late church.  Kael mowed for us and went to the gym. The Crew played two games and Kase was the BEST bat boy and hype guy but we still went 0-2. 

Kylee got her nails done with a friend then went to a friend's pool then had more afternoon plans with friends- something with flower bouquets and then out to Saylorville to watch the sunset.  Kael had some college friends over then went for dinner and bowling with them.  So happy that my big kids both seemed to have a great weekend and so thankful for all the friends and family who checked in on Kase! 

Thankful Thursday

 I'm thankful Kase got invited to the lake with his friend and their family!

I'm thankful for some really cute pictures from Kylee's XC retreat.

I'm thankful Kase learned how to waterski!!

Happy Thursday!

Weekend Wrap-Up

It was a full, fun weekend! Kase and team played in Omaha and went 3-3.  Such a cool experience for the team and Kase pitched really well all weekend! 

Top Golf was a hit with the boys too.

One of the biggest highlights of the weekend was the College World Series that Kent and Kase went to with a few friends and Keith and Cindy.  Kase got the home run ball from Christian Moore that was only the second time in CWS history that someone had hit for the cycle! 

Seriously so, so cool!! What a memory!

Meanwhile Kylee was home having fun with friends. Sunset photo shoot on the beach, sleepover, an attempt at the Farmer's Market (too rainy) and later a movie with Garrett. I think she had a good weekend! Kael was busy with work, running/biking with a friend and late night steak grilling- ha. 

I split my time between home and Omaha so I could see the boys play.  So proud of what Kent has created with this team and I love seeing Kase do his thing.

 

Today we celebrate Kent and what a great dad he is! He's the first to make everyone laugh, he shows up to every kid's event as often as he can which is almost always! He works so hard for our family and we're so lucky he's ours.  We had a surprising free afternoon and everyone was up for an adventure so we took off for the pond! Had a great afternoon fishing and swimming and my parents came up too.  Later we went to Clear Lake to have dinner with them and walk uptown to get ice cream and people watch by the water! Beautiful night and love making memories with my people!

Kylee was the lucky fisherwoman of the trip! She caught a lot of bass!

Loved getting to spend time with my dad on Father's Day in one of our favorite places!

Great teamwork here! Kase loved being a helper in the water.  The flies were biting so he swam almost the whole time to keep them away!

I'm the luckiest.  Love this guy so much.  Really excited to be in the same city as him for the rest of the month after spending much of our late May/early June going different directions for trips, baseball, etc.!

What a great weekend.  Love our life so much.