I took Kase and his buddy snowboarding/skiing at Sundown in Dubuque. I had never been there before- such a cool place.
Today is a no school day and it looks like it's going to be another beautiful day!
We kicked this weekend off with dinner at our favorite place with our favorite friends. We had a family Fantasy Football league against them and we lost so we owed them dinner out. Missing Kael and Kaelyn but had a fun night with our crew and did a little duck pin bowling after.
Sunday was my dad's birthday. We went to church with my mom and dad then took them out for brunch to celebrate. Fun start to our day and I was so happy to get to see my dad on his birthday! Later that afternoon it was nice enough for Kent and I to take a walk outside. Thankful for the sunshine. For the SuperBowl we had a few plans- Kylee was with her friends, Kase was invited to hang out with his friend and we were all also planning to go watch the game with our best family friends. It was a great night!
We had a fun weekend celebrating my dad's 70th! His actual birthday is next weekend but it was really important to us to find a time where all 15 of us could be together and Sunday night was it!
We had the best time dressing up representing different times in Dad's life! My mom also had set out a bunch of scrapbooks and photo albums and we loved looking through them and sharing memories. We enjoyed Dad's favorite bundt cakes before heading out to dinner at Jethro's. Such a fun family night and there's no one who deserves to be celebrated more than my dad! He's just the best!
We had another long weekend here! The cold temps forced school to cancel Friday and Kase also had come home from school early on Thursday since he hadn't been feeling well so we are certainly clocking a lot of together time this winter- ha!
Thursday I had dinner with the XC moms and Kase felt well enough to hang out at a friend's house for a bit while Kylee worked and Kent had Jiu Jitsu (he's loving it by the way!)
Friday Kael was supposed to have a meet but after a crazy start to their morning and frozen fuel pump problems they were forced to bow out of that one. They rescheduled for a meet on Saturday in Illinois and Kael got fourth place! Friday Kase spent the day at the gym with his friends and later had a friend to our house while Kent and I had dinner with friends and Kylee worked.
Saturday we woke up and surprisingly neither Kase nor Kylee had plans so Kase somehow convinced Kylee to go to 7 Oaks with him and Kent and I decided to go along. Fun, spontaneous random Saturday afternoon and it was great. The chilly temps kept many people away and they had the slopes almost to themselves for the first part of the day!
That night Kylee had friends over for charcuterie, cookies and to sit in the hot tub. Kase also had friends over to watch the UFC fights. It was a full house which I always love.
Sunday Kael stopped by on his way to meet up with Keith and Cindy to go to the Hawkeye game. He and Emma had a great time with them! Kylee worked a double shift and Kase's friends had stayed over so he hung out with them most of the day. Later he went to the gym and did a baseball workout with Kent in the garage. We watched football and had a great day!
It was a fun long weekend here with the kids out of school both Friday and Monday.
Friday Kael had a meet! Kent and I and Kase and Keith and Cindy all went to watch him and I'm so glad we did because he PR'd! He broke 15m too which was just awesome! He made the finals and ended up 5th overall and ranked in the top 100 for DIII. Couldn't be prouder of him- he works so hard and I'm so happy for him to see great results!
Friday when we got home Kase hung out with one of his buddies- they grabbed lunch at Mexican and then went to Sephora to smell colognes. And wowza when they got in my car it seemed as though they tried every single cologne in the place. Teenage boys are wild. Later those two went to the high school basketball game and Kylee was working so Kent and I were able to go out to our favorite date night spot and enjoy the evening together.
Saturday Kase had a 7 Oaks trip with the youth group. It was chilly but he had a great time as always. Kent and I did some planning for the new house and Kylee had lunch with one of her friends then she and him hung out here. Kael and Emma came over too! Then we all went bowling to celebrate the January birthdays on the Patterson side. We had a great time bowling! Huge shoutout to Kase for being such an awesome big cousin- he is so kind and helpful to Kellen and Krue and I'm just so proud of him. We had a really fun night together.
We kicked off a fun weekend by having dinner at Wig and Pen on Thursday with Keith and Cindy and Kylee was our server! She did a great job.
Friday night Kent and I had the Edward Jones holiday party and it's always so good to catch up with everyone. Meanwhile Kylee was at a youth group retreat and the boys hung out at my parents' house with Emma too. They had a fun night playing cards and hanging out!
Saturday was pretty low-key. The boys are so into the show Stranger Things and are determined to finish it before Kael goes back to school. Kase did some hitting in the garage, the boys went to the gym and we watched some football.
Sunday afternoon Kylee got home. She'd had a nice weekend! Kase went to the slopes with a friend.
I'm thankful for an impromptu lunch with my aunt and uncle, parents and Kael the other day. So good to see everyone!
I'm thankful Kent is enjoying his new Jiu Jitsu class. He's so good about trying new things.
I'm thankful Kase is having fun with 8th grade basketball. We can't for games to start.
I'm thankful for my new workout class with my friend.
Have a great day!
