Weekend Wrap-Up

 It's been awhile since I've posted anything!

Here's what we've been up to. Got another round of snow and Kase was so happy.  He got home one night and couldn't wait to get outside and play basketball in the snow and then help me scoop.

Kase wrapped up his basketball season with another win and also got to play for the B team where he drained two 3's in a matter of a couple minutes and just played so well.  I was really happy for him.

Kase and his friend decided at the last minute to do a Slopestyle competition at our local ski hill. They had watched one a couple weekends ago at Sundown and I'm so happy they decided to participate in this one!

Honestly it was such a cool event and fun being there late on a weeknight!

Everyone got 2 runs.  Kase landed a 360 and also went all the way on the rails (each portion- jump/rails counted for 50% of your total score).  Some participants were doing the craziest stunts! Flips and all sorts of things.  SO cool to watch. They announced top 5 for a podium run and we were all so surprised and happy when Kase's name got called! Even though he hadn't done like a wild trick, the ones he did he landed cleanly which I guess got him the points he needed so that was cool! 

Kylee has been keeping busy with friends, track starting and just general senior year stuff.  Saturday night she ended up with a free night and we already had dinner reservations for 4 when Kase got invited to go somewhere so Kylee's good friend joined us.  It was such a lovely night with the two of these beauties!

Meanwhile Kase was back at the slopes...until 1 AM!!! You guys- Kase is not a late night kid but when some friends were going to the special event night at Seven Oaks Kase went along and got home at 2 in the morning! He had a blast, of course. 

Haven't seen much of Kael lately so Kent and I are really looking forward to Spring Break when we got to spend a whole week with him!!!

Weekend Wrap-Up

Kase and his friend were badminton champs!

Kylee had a fun Galentine's night with her friends on Friday. 

I took Kase and his buddy snowboarding/skiing at Sundown in Dubuque. I had never been there before- such a cool place.

Beautiful views, cool ski lodge and the boys just had a blast.

We made a quick stop to visit Keith, Cindy, Kellen and Krue at the waterpark hotel nearby and had dinner with them- so fun! Meanwhile Kylee was in Iowa City meeting up with a friend to go to the Hawkeye game.  Kent went to Grinnell to watch Kael throw- he made finals but his back is bothering him so he still wasn't quite pleased with how he threw but I just want his back to feel better so I hope he takes good care of himself.

Kent made his way over to us in Dubuque after watching Kael and hung with us through the next morning.  It was another beautiful day on the slopes!

Nice enough for short sleeves!

My buddy was so happy all weekend. 

We got home Sunday evening and Kael and Emma were over so it was great to see them and get to spend a little time together! Kent had come home earlier than Kase and me so he grilled steaks for everyone.  

Today is a no school day and it looks like it's going to be another beautiful day!
 

Weekend Wrap-Up

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.

Kase has been keeping busy with basketball. It's been an interesting season but I think he's having fun!

Saturday Cindy and I went to watch Kael throw at Wartburg. He didn't do as well as he hoped but he has a lot of season left and we were happy to get to see him! 

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!

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 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! 

I represented his Farm Credit days, Mandy represented Sheffield/pig farming and Tam was a pickleball player!

Kylee for Clear Lake and Boat Captain!

Kase the world traveler!

Kael representing Central and football!

Thankful for such a fun night with the family.

The rest of the weekend was spent as weekends have usually gone around here- Kase hits the slopes and hangs out with friends, Kylee worked and also hit the slopes.  Kael threw in Grinnell and lots of the fam got to go watch him. Kent and I had dinner out Friday night and Kase and one of his best buddies joined us. I had time to watch my niece play volleyball and I also got to take Kase shopping for a new snowboard- we didn't buy one yet but sure had fun looking! 

Have a great week everyone! 

Weekend Wrap-Up

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! 

Weekend Wrap-Up

 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.

Kael ended up staying over and it's always great to have him around he's just so happy and chill all the time. After church the boys watched a movie and Kylee worked.  Later Kent took Kase to 7 Oaks for a couple hours and Kael went back to school. Kase is getting really good on his snowboard!

That night he spent the night at a friend's house and Kylee hung out with her friend Will. Monday morning Kase was a zombie when I picked him up from the sleepover so I sent him straight back to bed when he got home and he slept most of the day.  Kylee went to the gym and had dinner plans with a friend.  Kase got a workout in but otherwise it was a pretty low key day.  

Thankful for a short but busy week ahead!

Weekend Wrap-Up

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. 

We spent the rest of the day watching football and having one last family dinner before Kael heads back to school!