Weekend Wrap-Up

 The Christmas Break fun continues- Kent and Kase went with some friends to Branson for a couple days.  They had a great time and saw some fun shows!

My favorite part of all was that they hit up the Boot Barn and got all decked out in country gear!

We spent New Year's Eve with our friends and always have a great time with them. They got new kittens we got to meet also- Kase loved that!

Kylee celebrated with friends.

Kase hit the slopes with a buddy.

The gang went ice skating.

And we all cheered on Berkley at volleyball- the cousins even got to help with score table and line judge!

While it has felt like a long break, it is still hard to believe the kids head back to school tomorrow. We are thankful for time with family, including Keith's side of the family who we don't see very often as we celebrated the life of Grandpa John. I think everyone is finally on the mend and with no colds or sickness as they head back into routine and Kase starts basketball and baseball this week! 

Weekend Wrap-Up

 It was a really interesting Christmas.  Kylee was still down for the count- she really rallied on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to be part of the fun but poor girl just didn't feel well and Kase was still on the mend too.  We still made some great memories though!

Kase needed to finish up shopping for his siblings so we hit Target early one morning and he didn't even feel good enough to walk through the aisles- ha.

Christmas Eve we spend together and look forward to it all year.  We take turns picking things we want to do- play games, Wii, etc. But one thing we always do is a family walk! Kylee made it about a half mile before she was ready to go home. She just didn't feel well.

Kent surprised me with a Christmas tree charcuterie board! Honestly it was just a nice, lazy day with the fam and the kids enjoy giving gifts to each other and we have a few gifts for them too. 

Kylee gave Kael a Waygu steak- hilarious!!!

Sweet Emma joined us later in the day. She's always a joy to have around.

Christmas Eve church is regularly one of my favorite moments of the entire year.  So thankful everyone felt well enough to go. 

Keith and Cindy joined us this year too!

Then the six of us went to Ruth's Chris for a fancy dinner. We love doing this since everyone is already dressed up from church!

Kase loved his steak and lobster.

Kylee told Kase he could wake her up at 8:30 for Santa presents and honestly the boys weren't awake much before that anyways. Gone are the days of the kids waking at 3:00 AM!

More protein for our favorite heavy lifter.

Kase was cuddly and wrestle-y all break.  I didn't even get any pictures of Kylee and Kase alone with any of their gifts that morning but we had a really nice time.  Then we headed to my parents!

The girls.

The whole squad!

These three had a lot of fun together!

Beautiful Kylee even though she didn't feel well! 

Central clothes for Kael buddy!

Kase was sooooo excited about his Tech Deck pro and Comfrt hoodie.

And Kent was thrilled about this Pocket Vac!!! He literally charged and used it immediately on my car! Technically it was my gift but Kent will be using this all the time.

But this. THIS!!! It was the highlight of the day. My parents put together a grab bag exchange for everyone and when Kael opened this we all just died.  And he was such a good sport about it posing so funny!!! What a memory.

And my parents made these fun wreaths for everyone!

So awesome! 

As I said it was an interesting year for Christmas.  Before time I just wasn't that excited- the kids are getting older and I just didn't have any fun ideas to surprise them or gift them with and everyone was sick and it just kind of felt flat.  But as I look back at all of our pictures I see we really did have a great time and made some awesome memories.  We spent the next couple days just organizing the house and putting things away and now Kent and Kase are on their way to Branson with some friends for a little getaway! Can't wait to hear all about their trip. Kylee and Kael have been working a lot and we have also made some time for family movies and sitting in the hot tub.  Hope you all had a wonderful holiday.

Weekend Wrap-Up

 We had a great family Christmas with the Patterson side this weekend! Had a blast playing games and spending the whole day with the family.  So thankful for all that Keith and Cindy do for us.  The kids all loved their gifts too! 

Kylee was on the mend from her wisdom tooth surgery and was finally able to eat some real food! She especially loved these little cheesecake and brownie bites.

Emma was able to join us for the day and she's always great to have around.  Kael loved his new Central sweatshirt too!

The only bummer of the weekend was Kaser not feeling well.  He rallied long enough to open gifts but then we took him home and Kent and I took turns going home to check on him and hang out with him.  

Happy Christmas week!

Weekend Wrap-Up

 Kylee got the Spirit of the Jag award last week! So proud of her for being recognized. She is so very deserving of this award.

Kase wrapped up his wrestling season with a big win on a big stage- they got to wrestle at Centennial and Kase beat a guy who got second place at state last year! 

Friday I got to go watch Kael throw at his first meet of the season! He PR'd!!!! So proud of him. Love that so many of us were able to go watch him- Keith, Cindy, Kent and I all went and my Aunt Connie even came to watch too!

Saturday Kael got home! So excited to have him here for a few weeks.  Kase was back on the slopes with a buddy that day and the rest of us had a lazy day here besides Kylee who basically worked all weekend! 

Sunday we had our annual girls cookie baking day.  Had the loveliest time with my parents, sisters and nieces- and Kylee and Emma too of course!

Got to see Brooklyn's new car! It's so cute and perfect for her.

Kael hung out for a bit too. He and Grandpa took a walk out back and he also joined for a few games. He's a good sport joining our baking day so that his girlfriend can be a part of it!

Weekend Wrap-Up

 We had alllll the winter and holiday fun this weekend!

Thursday after Kase's wrestling meet we got back into town and wanted to grab dinner at our favorite neighborhood Mexican restaurant only to find out there was a long wait because they are going out of business today! So, we ventured to a new spot and loved all the Christmas decorations! 

Friday Keith and Cindy took a whole gang of boys to 7 Oaks as Kent and I had plans with his high school friends. So very thankful for Keith and Cindy for taking the boys! They LOVE snowboarding under the lights and Kent and I had a great night too.  Rudolph's Rooftop downtown is so cute!

Kylee was busy all weekend with work.  She did manage to squeeze in a little time with friends at the tree lighting in The District! Kase was back on the slopes with his buddies again all day Saturday so Kent and I went to Dazzling in the District and had fun walking around all the cute shops and then the snow started to fall and it looked like a Hallmark movie! So fun and festive. 

Saturday night Kase went with his buddies to a hockey game.  He really was living his best life this weekend. 

Sunday we went to Kael's concert in Pella- he did so good! It was decorated so nicely for Christmas too.  So thankful for the family that all came to support him! Love that he is involved with music at Central!

We took Kael and Emma out for dinner after and it was lovely to spend time with them as always.  And we got some cute pictures- the lights in the square in Pella are so pretty!

Thankful Thursday

I'm thankful for a fun shopping day with my parents.  Nearly every year we find a day for me to go with them to some cute, fun shops and just get in the holiday spirit.  We didn't find a lot to buy but we did have a great morning and lovely lunch together and a lovely!

I'm thankful Kase is still having fun at wrestling.  It's a mental battle for him for sure but he works his heart out and I love to see him have some success. Also thankful that when he lost his mouth guard between matches the other night, his opponent happened to get injured and had to scratch so Kase didn't have to forfeit.  That kid.  Man, if we can just get him to keep track of his stuff...he's really going places I just know it!

Happy Thursday!