Weekend Wrap-Up

Kylee shared a few more Barcelona pictures from her trip- Kent and I were able to take her out for dinner Wednesday  night and hear all about the trip so that was really fun!

Friday Kylee and I went to her orientation at Iowa. It was great to spend the day with her and I also got to meet her roommate and her family.  

Kylee's boyfriend had been coordinating a plan with me since earlier in the week and he was able to meet us in Iowa City as orientation wrapped up and surprised her to come spend the weekend with her! She was so happy and so surprised.

Meanwhile Kase was at his friend's lake house just having the time of his life.

I made it back in town in time to meet up with Kent and his high school friends at Keith and Cindy's.  So good to see them all- they love reliving their glory days and telling (and retelling) their high school stories.

Keith and Cindy took Kael, Emma and Kase out for dinner and Kylee and Carter were also out for dinner and somehow we all ended up back here at the same time (Kent's high school friends too) so we had a full house and lots of laughs Friday night.

Kase had a tournament Saturday where we were happy to have one of his good buddy's Pierce subbing for us. Love him and his family. We went 2-0 which was just awesome! 

Kylee, Carter and Kase went fishing when we got home and Carter caught this monster catfish! Then Kase went to the pool with a friend, Kael went to play poker with his friends and we drove Kylee and Carter by the house. Later those two went out for dinner.

Sunday Kylee was baptized! The rain canceled baseball for the day so Kent and Kase were able to be there too. Such a special day for her.  Very proud. 

Since we were the 1st seed after pool play yesterday and all games were canceled for today that means our baseball team were the champs! First time all season!!

We had a lovely lunch at Grimaldi's after church then Kael headed off to work. Kase spent the day hanging with a friend. Kent and I went for a walk once the rain cleared and grilled steaks for dinner. It was a great day!

Weekend Wrap-Up

These pictures uploaded in a weird order and I'm too lazy to fix them so please enjoy this brief synopsis that explains all the photos:

Kase has been living his best life. He took some friends to the lake on Friday and they had a blast tubing, fishing, getting ice cream, playing wiffle ball and walking to Dollar General for Pokemon cards. Love this group of boys. Kase also has been obsessed with skimboarding.  When we get these huge storms and giant puddles form in the green space by the school Kase takes his skim board out and rides through the puddles.  It is hilarious and awesome. He has also been trash bagging, fishing with friends, gone to the pool and just summering so very hard.

Kylee loved her time in Paris! She is getting the full French experience and even (kind of ) tried escargot. Ha! But she just looks so genuinely happy every time I talk to her or see a picture.  Studying abroad looks good on you, Kylee!

Took Kase and his friends fishing at the marina the other day and look who I ran into! So fun!

I don't have a lot of pictures of Kael to add to the mix as he has been busy lifting and working pretty much all day every day.  So proud of his work ethic and his drive to continue to get stronger! We did have the best night with him and his girlfriend last night- drove by the new house then came back home to play Black Jack with them. It was a great night! 

Sunday Kase and his team played an absolute gem of a game against the team that beat us 12-0 the previous day. We lost to them 12-10 in the final inning and just played great baseball all game! Kent and I both said the game actually felt more like a win than a loss. Happy for our boys. Kase had buddies over to watch the UFC fights so it was a great night here. 

Weekend Wrap-Up

My boys have been looking forward to this week all year! Kent, Kael, Kase, Keith and Cindy went fishing in Canada and they had the best time and caught tons of huge fish.  Everyone got a trophy!

They get home later today so I'll hear all the stories then, but sounds like Kase caught the most fish and got the most trophies but Kael was the big winner this year with a 43 inch Northern!!! Couldn't be happier for all of them. 

While they were gone Kylee had her senior breakfast at Ashland Ridge- such a sweet tradition!

We also went out for dinner, caught a movie, and just had fun spending time together but she also nannied all day so I had lots of free time to get things done around the house! I also took Kael's girlfriend out for dinner one night and that waws super fun too.

Speaking of house, our new one is coming along so nicely!!!

Four trophies in one day! Don't worry, Grandma Cindy got hers the following day!

One morning I woke up and Kylee was out on the deck at 5:30 AM- she had made muffins and was out reading so this was a big surprise to me as she usually looooooves to sleep. Ha! She was so cute with her jammies inside out and wearing Kae's hoodie.

Hot chocolate (coffee) Kase is one of our favorite versions of Kase.

How pretty is this picture?! Kase out paddleboarding one night.

Kylee took a weekend trip to St. Louis to visit Carter.  They caught a Cardinals game and went to the zoo and sounds like they had a great weekend! Meanwhile I was at the lake with my family. Had such a nice, relaxing time! Thankful for my little weekend getaway too!

This is the one.  The big one. Kael was just so happy. What a huge fish!!!! I think Grandpa Dean would be proud of all the fishermen in his family.

Cute couple.  Kylee takes off for Europe tomorrow! And Kase hits the ground running with camps and all the things so I'm really thankful everyone had such a great first week of summer!