Monday, September 30, 2019

catch up posts



Catch up posts seem to be the norm for me lately.  Last week was a crazy week and although I took a lot of pictures,  I never made the time to save them on here.  I don't really know what happened to the week, it was gone in a hurry.  Quincy played in 2 games last week.  They had a "b" team game at Osage City.  She played really well, and got a lot of playing time in.  She continues to work hard and is having a lot of fun I think.  


Her team got their rumps kicked by Osage, but there was the most beautiful sunset that evening.  Harper took pictures.  



Thursday night, Quincy's team traveled to Iola.  I drove the bus and was so happy with what felt like one of those beautiful fall days.  Sunshine and 80 degrees of perfect weather.  Her team did win on Thursday and she had some great plays that night as well.  My personal opinion is that Iola is too far to travel, and I am thankful I got paid to go!  :)  




Friday, Evie was in a great mood.  I am sure she knows what day it is and looks forward to the weekend.  I was getting a lot done, and turned on the radio while I worked.  She was playing and being good when I started singing to her.  That was a big mistake on my part!  The faces she makes crack me up.  If this kid never talks, I have no doubt we will still be able to tell what she is thinking!  

Friday evening, we had been warned of the possibility of severe weather.  They moved the football game ahead an hour and got it rolling.  I would normally have been happy to stay home on such an evening, but Preston was playing in the band.  Jim and I went out with him to watch his performance.  At halftime, the high school team was getting creamed.  The halftime show was awesome though!  They marched and played "House of the Rising Sun" one of my favs!   I love watching them!  Preston did great!  



Andrew and Madison had gone to Topeka, and Jim, Preston and I were going to the game.  The little girls didn't want to go, and Quincy had stayed home Friday not feeling well.  Quincy said she would watch the girls and they could just all sit around and watch a movie.  We agreed to this and told her to keep an eye on the weather as well.  Right after halftime, the sky lit up with a huge bolt of lightening, causing us to get off the metal bleachers!  The game went into a lightening delay, but the band director said the band kids could go ahead and leave.  As we are heading home, Mallory texted to see if we wanted some caramel ice cream sauce she made.  We said sure, and decided to stop for ice cream as well.  As we are at Mallory's house, the tornado sirens start going off and she gets several weather alerts on her phone.  My cousin also texted me to say that the radar put a tornado right about where we live, and that I should probably go to the basement.  I tried to call Quincy about 35 times and she didn't answer.  I texted her several times and nothing.  I was not feeling too excited about the weather.

We managed to dodge the tornados and even most of the rain and made it home to find that Quincy had gotten a notice on her phone, and she had  paid attention to it.  She had both of the little girls, the parrot, the dogs, the cats and the hedgehog all taking cover in the basement.  They were only upset because the black kitten wouldn't stay downstairs with them!  She did leave her phone upstairs, which is why she wasn't answering.  I am very happy that they were safe!  
My brother's neighbor lost some barns in the mess, but luckily not his house.  I am always thankful when it passes us by!  

The crappy weather stuck around long enough that most of the stuff we had going on this weekend was postponed.  Logical me knows this is just pushing more stuff onto another weekend which will make it even busier.  Exhausted from the last week me was happy about having a little time to get caught up at home!  

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Return to regular programming

Last week, Quincy had a game against Osawatomie.  Her team won, and she got a lot of playing time.  She had a great game with a lot of tackles, and some great blocking.  I didn't get any of the photos downloaded here since I was knee deep in wedding preparations.  I am happy that we are returning to normal craziness this week.  



Sunday, although we spent some time cleaning up, putting away, returning items, and screening 4-H record books, we all took a collective deep breath.  I am happy to report that sitting down and not preparing food was part of the weekend!  :)  

I did get a couple of photos of the wedding from a couple of people that I just loved and wanted to save.  I love that Colin danced with his grandma.  He is a good boy! As it worked out, by the time we got to the dance portion of the night, my photo taking slid to a whole new level of terrible.  :)  

These 2 are honestly best friends.  They are inappropriate, sometimes a little too wild, a lot of the time look unkept, a little too opinionated, hate sitting still and are terrible at going out for a sit down dinner (sorry Aunt Pam).  I am still so happy that they love each other so much, and get along so well.  It makes me feel like I am doing ok as a parent when siblings get along and even like each other.  You might notice the paper towel on Harper's hand.   She was playing bartender at the wedding and sliced her thumb on a can.  Her dad went to get her some bandaids at Dollar general because she was upset about bleeding.  Apparently not too upset to do something else dangerous - like letting your sister carry you around!  
Cameron gives me all kinds of grief about how non-photogenic we all are.  Then he sends me this!  What a bunch of weird in one photo!  I do love me some bad photography!  



Monday, September 23, 2019

Super photo heavy wedding post (Madison's weddin')

This weekend was Madison and Andrew's wedding.  We had a lot of fun getting everything set up and ready!  My sister and I were talking about the hundreds of times we have set up the Coffman Building at the fair grounds and it has never been quite as pretty before!  :)  



We had a ton of help with both setting up and cleaning up.  I am very thankful to my family for all their work!  I am sure we could not have done it without them!

The absolute only detail that Andrew requested was a beer canoe.  I told him I didn't want to buy a canoe for a wedding, but that I would make him a beer boat instead!  He was good with it - because after all the boat holds way more beer than the canoe anyway!  :)  Colin was kind enough to let us borrow his boat.  He even power washed the dirt out first!

I enjoyed getting all my girls ready for the wedding.  It was nice to have a little time together before things went crazy!  


Jim loaned Madison the necklace his grandpa made.  Something old and something borrowed.  

My girls were pretty little flower girl/baby wagon pullers!  Harper's dress did not survive the evening, so I am glad I got some pictures early on!  :) 


I absolutely adore my "new" son and grandkid.  Life is good about giving us the stuff we need.  Even if we didn't know we needed it!  






I thought Cameron did a very nice job as the minister.  He always takes his tasks very seriously!

I got a kick out of them deciding to take the wedding party photos at the lake and loading everyone in the back of the truck, like the true rednecks that they are.  :)  

Madison decided to scrap the traditional wedding cake idea, and went with a cookie bar instead.  Her mother in law did make some cupcakes, but other than that Madison made all the cookies and set this up herself.  I loved it!  Truly a labor of love for her! 

Madison and Andrew scrapped a lot of the traditional wedding stuff.  No flower throwing, no cake smashing but I think it was an amazingly fun evening!  I am so proud of them and of all that they are working towards.  


They did not skip the first dance - and I am really glad.  I love the smiles!  



Stolen from my sister in law's facebook page (thanks Pam!)   I wonder if it is even possible to get a photo where all of us look "normal"?   


I might have stolen a couple of these other photos too.  
I had a great time planning this wedding, and I am very happy that everything worked out well.  I can't wait to do it all again....7 more times!   I hope I get a little break first though!