The LONG Weekend Report

 

Starting with Thursday because... why not? A beautiful night for soccer.... 

The ONLY time they were smiling.... 

On Friday after they had practice they came over to the one and only HOME XC meet to support their buds....I brought popsicles and THAT got smiles!

We cheered on our PINK LADIES!

Oh my SWEET C-LINE!

Photo by Allyn

Photo by Allyn

Love these track girls!!!

Photo by Allyn

AND these soccer girls!

Photo by Allyn

CountryMouse and Husband sighting! Say WHAT?!

Photo by Allyn

Saturday and Sunday the gals reffed all day both days (Miss B's day was a little shorter on Sunday)

and when we picked her up after church we took a walk down to the water... it was FREEZING cold

on Monday NO one had to BE anywhere....

clearly we ALL took advantage of that....

Why are the 3 day weekends the shortest??? 

Labor Day Weekend

Kicked it off with a WIN vs Biddo on Thursday and had FRIDAY OFF from work/school. Whoop Whoop!!!

MIL brought some peaches for Husband to use for jam...

We had Husband's favorite day of the year and I thought the logos on our shirts were so funny for the day....

Breanna was not there so these two were on kid-care duty and loving every second of it...

The chaos around the table... all food and peep CALEB WAS THERE! HOORAY!

Ended the afternoon with some chicken catching, wrangling and snuggling....

Lotta SUMMER happened between this picture....

and this one....but so grateful to have the moment captured by SIL L while I stayed home with Husband...

and we put the house back together. SIL L said "it doesn't even look like anyone was ever there..." I said 25 years of doing this....Husband and I are a great team and we have a pretty good system going....

Beating the Heat

Just no other way to beat the heat than lakeside or poolside... we have been upwards of mid 90's and in fact they CANCELED the summer track meet for the week because of the heat index. This has not happened in ALL the years we have had a team that Husband or I can EVER remember.... crazy hot...

These two had a sleepover in Abbey's camper and went paddle boarding at sunset...

(Pics courtesy of Wes/Kel or Minnie/Abbey)

These two had a sleepover and then we grabbed her siblings and hit the local pond where Minnie met us...

Jumping into a pool post soccer practice with all your clothes on in the summer at 9PM....it's what childhood is made for!

Hanging at L&L's with 42 bottles of sunscreen and 86 water bottles... obvi!

Best place EVER!

 

Mostly Wordless Wednesday: Easter Sunday

Pic for Tamarah of the gorgeous necklace she gave me and earrings she handed down to me... whatever would I do without her!? :)

 

This is 13 and 16 years old... I have given up on outfits.

It was fun while it lasted....

The LONG Weekend Report

 They are my favorite... an extra day... a shorter week... just my favorite! We crammed a LOT into those 4 days!

Kicked off Saturday AM with a sick kiddo but she dug deep. Tamarah told her to find her "beast mode" for the game and Minnie and I both laughed when I sniped this pic of her from across the gym! :) love it!

It was SUCH a good game!!! We were down by 9... 

But we came back and ACTUALLY HELD ONTO IT! 

(pics below by Flics_sarah)

Peep MIL and Clay? :)

My girl was on fire in the 4th quarter and made some CLUTCH foul shots and jump shots!

The "zoo crew" went CRAZY!

IT WAS sooooo fun! Winning is FUN! :)

After the game Husband and Miss B headed to set some traps and do a little night fishing....

Bonus that Sky came!!!! She says she's done with ice fishing because it is SOOOO COLD.... SO please note she is bundled and sitting right next to the stove! :)

They were jigging for "crappie" and unfortunately unsuccessful in the shack but Miss B caught THIS ONE on a trap! WOW-ZAHS!

FUN!

Minnie opted to head to Abbey's 6:00PM!!!! track meet... to hang with her peeps! :) She rode up with Chelsey and had the BEST time cheering on her buds WITH her tiny people!

Monday the gals had dentist appts at 9:00 (much to their chagrin) and we had gotten dumped on with a few inches of snow and it was still coming down... Husband offered to take them because I was supposed to have an appt with Loretta at 12:30 but by 8:40 they had left and she canceled. A WHOLE DAY STAYING HOME IN A SNOWSTORM!?!? YES PLEASE!!!

I texted Tamarah that I got to stay home in my snow-globe... just too bad it was so DIRTY! ACK! But... that meant, laundry, cleaning the bathroom, kitchen, vac, homemade bread made, quiche for breakfasts for the week, meatloaf put together (not baked but in the fridge for dinner Tuesday), potato/sweet potato mash made, also for Tuesday night, bacon for the fridge and a soak in the tub!!! It was a VERY productive day! 

The only picture of the day... BLT on homemade bread Minnie took because they had to watch the boys game at 3:00 and stay right through until 7:30 because they practiced after... and she ONLY ATE 1/2!! (Good thing for Serenity :)

A fun and FULL four days!