Weekend Wrap-Up

Here's how we've spent our last few days!

Kase sent some sweet I Miss You picture to my parents, who got home from a long trip this week.  He was excited to see them!

He has spent a lot of time building forts in our living room since our house is still all torn up.  #ForcedRemodel.

Thursday afternoon, Kael and Kylee left for a trip with Keith and Cindy so I took Kase to Chick-Fil-A after school to play.  He and I used to do that a lot and we hadn't done it forever.  He had so much fun and it was great to spend some one on one time with my littlest buddy.

The next day I got to go to his class party.  It was so much fun!

He has some really close buddies in his class this year.

Later that night he had one of his friends over for an "un-sleepover" meaning they played football all afternoon then came in for pizza and a movie and a little Fortnite.  Then his friend when home right before bedtime.  They had a blast! Please also notice that our basement is put back together! It feels SO good to have one level of our house back to hang out in!!!

Saturday morning was cold so we took Kase to Trail Point to run around.  He and Kent had fun in the gym together.

He also spent some time building blocks and watching football.  I think it was weird for him to be an only child all weekend!

Meanwhile, I was getting some awesome pictures from the kids while they were in the Dells.  I'm so happy they got to have a little getaway.  I'm so blessed with such awesome in-laws! And the kids were thrilled to spend time with their grandparents and get out of the house for a long weekend. They ate at some really fun restaurants, played some shuffleboard, got some cool old time photos taken, did some go-karts, did tie-dye and had fun swimming.  I think it was a great weekend for them.

Saturday night Kent and I went out for dinner with my sisters and their husbands.  The kids all hung out together at my parents and had a blast!

 

Sunday, Kael and Kylee got home and Kylee went up to Kase's football game with me.  It was so sweet- at the end of the game Kase came running across the field yelling, "Kylee!!!" and gave her a huge hug.  He was so happy to see her.

We got home from the game in just enough time for the snow to start.  Can you believe it?! Snow on October 14! If you look closely you can see the snowflakes in her hair...

They even played a little football in the snow!

We wrapped up our weekend with a stop by our church's 20th birthday party! Kase loved the jumpy house and balloon sword he got!

I feel like we have one more super busy week ahead then things may start to slow down for us for a little while.  Hope you all had a great weekend! 

Thankful Thursday

I'm thankful for coaches who check in on Kylee and encouraged us to get her ankle checked out.

I'm thankful for my sister who dropped off homemade apple crisp the other day!

I'm thankful the rain has stopped for a couple days! But brrr- it feels like winter already.

I'm thankful the big kids are headed off for a fun weekend wtih Keith and Cindy.  They are really looking forward to their getaway to the Dells!

I'm thankful to have one level of our house back.  Our carpet in the basement got fixed this week so Kent and I plan to spend the weekend putting all the furniture and things back downstairs and I can't wait!

Have a great weekend, all!

Weekend Wrap-up

Friday was our elementary school's annual PTO fundraiser- the Jag Jog! The kids all love this day and I love being able to help out.  It was a chilly, rainy day but the kids didn't mind at all. Kase and Kylee gave it their all and both did great!

Love seeing all these fifth graders take off!

I really love getting to see the kids with their friends.

Kylee adores her teacher.  She even got to tie-dye his shirt for him!

I was glad I caught this sweet moment between Kylee and Kase as he took off and she was cheering him and the rest of the first graders on.

Friday night I went to a jewelry party with some friends.  Meanwhile, Kent went with the kids and some friends to the Iowa Wild game.

Saturday morning Kylee had a volleyball game, then I took Kase and Kylee to Earl May Pumpkin Fest.  I'm so glad they aren't too old for things like this yet! They had fun riding horses and fun in the bounce house and also painting pumpkins.

Back at home, Kael helped Kent with some work around the house.  They moved some furniture around in hopes that our basement carpet gets put in this coming week! Kylee had fun playing on the stacked cushions.

Later that afternoon the kids went for a sleepover at Keith and Cindy's.  They were so excited.  They had so much fun decorating pumpkins and just hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa!

Kael was super excited to get to go on a driving lesson with Grandpa Keith.  I can't think of a more patient and awesome teacher/co-pilot than Keith for Kael. They had fun on the gravel roads up by Collins and Kael drove for nearly and hour! He was so happy.

Kent and I spent the afternoon shopping for a new kitchen table, then we went out for a movie.  It was a nice night.

Sunday we went to pick up the kids and visited both sets of Kent's grandparents.  Later that afternoon Kylee had a Cross Country meet.  It was cold and rainy and she knew the course would be slippery and wet so she was nervous but excited.

She warmed up with her team, then helped cheer a younger teammate on to finish!

At the last minute Kase's football game got cancelled so the boys joined us to cheer Kylee on!

They ended up having all the boys and girls ages 9-12 run together to try and beat the bad weather coming so it was quite a large group!

Kylee looked great and was near the front the whole race.

I had no idea until the finish line that she had slipped and fallen near the beginning of the race and gotten accidentally stepped on by another racer's track spike.  Her ankle was cut pretty badly.  She still managed to get a PR! 12:51 and 5th place which was pretty great considering the tough conditions of the course and also she has moved up an age division and is running with older kids. Her coach encouraged us to get her ankle checked out so we did.  Sure enough, she needed stitches.  She wasn't very excited about it but handled it so well, with no anesthesia, even!

We got home, got cleaned up, and headed to some friends house for Mexican for dinner.  It was just what Kylee needed to get her mind off her ankle.  Also, a little crazy Halloween make-up didn't hurt! 

Kase even let the girls dress him up and put crazy Halloween make-up on him.

Meanwhile, Kent took Kael to the Bucks vs. Timberwolves game! Kael was so excited for the game.

Kent was so excited for the Clone Cones.  Ha!

Back at home, Kylee and Kase made some play-doh. Then we had a nice cozy night in.

We were very thankful for a no school day Monday.  The kids were happy to lounge around in their pajamas all morning and play board games. 

Later we ventured out to Rocket Fizz to do some birthday shopping for friends.

Then later that afternoon some guys came to fix our basement carpet! We were so excited about that.  Then the rain cleared and Kase spent the day playing outside with his friends.  It was some much needed time outdoors! Kylee went to a friend's house to make some slime.  Kael had football practice.  Kent came home early, mowed the lawn, we had dinner, then played some family football in our *new* basement.

Have a great week, everyone!

Thankful Thursday

I'm thankful for a fun but muddy race course for Kylee the other night! She had a good run and didn't seem to mind how dirty and cold it was!

I'm thankful Kael is having fun with football.  Kyle and Cindy came to watch him play the other night and we are so loving the family coming out to cheer him on. 

I'm thankful that the kids continue to hang in there with our forced remodel.

I'm thankful we love the new paint color!

I'm thankful a date is set for cabinet install.

I will be so.very.thankful when our new floors arrive. 

Happy Thursday, all!

Weekend Wrap-Up

Things continue to be off around our house.  Everyone's moods are starting to wear a little thin due to our house continuing to be torn up. I came home from work the other day to this.  At least it means there is progress! We got some bummer news though that the flooring is going to be later than expected but there's not much we can do about that.

Friday night Kylee was at a birthday party sleepover, Kael was cold and tired after football practice, so Kent took Kase to the Homecoming football game and met up with a buddy and his dad there! The boys had a blast!

Meanwhile, I had Kael help me move the pantry back out of his room and back into the actual pantry, which had gotten painted that day. 

The next day, Kael left early for a youth retreat at church.  It was his first overnight one and he had a great time! I'm so happy for him.  Kylee had a volleyball game and Keith and Cindy came down to watch.  We also went out for ice cream after the game.  Later, Kylee was babysitting so Kent, Kase and I ran errands.  Typically Kase hates running errands so we tried to make it fun! He had a blast looking at Halloween things and trying costumes on.

Sunday we spent putting up new lights in the basement, then Kase had a football game.  It was so cold and rainy. But Kase was happy to have family there supporting him! He must have waved at us 100 times during the game!

We came home and had a lazy family game/hot cocoa/watch TV afternoon and evening.

When I woke up this morning I was so thrilled and surprised and impressed to see this on our kitchen table! Kylee had drawn this beautiful rose and made confetti to sprinkle on the table! She snuck downstairs after Kent and I went to bed so we would wake up to this lovely surprise on our anniversary morning.  She makes everything so special.

Today is our 13th anniversary- I'm feeling very lucky to have spent these years with Kent and look forward to many wonderful years ahead.  These last 15 or so months have been a whirlwind and there is no one else I'd rather have spent these crazy times with!

We are very hopeful that a lot gets done on the house this week and that things keep moving right along!