Weekend fun

We had a fun weekend around these parts.  Cameron was able to get Preston a ticket to the sunflower showdown.  Preston was so excited!  He really wanted to be allowed to drive himself out to Manhattan.  Jim and I were fairly uncomfortable with this idea.  After all, he’s only been a legal driver for a week!   We did let him go.  He was required to text upon arrival, and before leaving!   He had an absolute blast.  Thank you to Lauren for the pictures!  And the best part?  KSU dominated KU and it was a fun game to watch! 

Grandpa was moving cattle this weekend.   They took Evie over to watch.  She absolutely loves cows!  I’m glad they took her!  I’m also glad she could watch from the car!  It got stinkin’ cold!  

Jim, the younger girls and I had a much needed relaxing day at home.  We did clean some stuff and got the pantry and food cabinets all cleaned out, and Jim was able to fix my lazy Susan, which has been off its nut for a couple weeks.  I am sure happy to have that thing functional again!   We watched the KSU game on TV, which I am convinced was the only way to go with the weather being so cold!   

In the late afternoon, it dawned on me that this is Halloween week and the girls did not have their costumes yet.  So we made a trip to town!  After multiple stops, we are all set!  Of course we love the spirit of Halloween store and had a good time looking at all their stuff!   We were gone a lot longer than I planned, but it was really fun!  

Proud parent moment when your high school student spends all her money on a party pooper costume!   I did laugh at her.  What she doesn’t come up with. Crazy girl!  

Colin was home for a few hours today to get his truck.  It was good to see him!   He was even able to stay for Sunday dinner.  I miss this kid.  He is doing great things in his life. I am thankful that he’s not too far away, but still.  

Before Sunday dinner, Evie got to go to the pumpkin patch!   She had fun!   I was planning to take the girls yesterday, but we never made it, and they thought it was cold enough they just wanted to buy their pumpkins at Walmart.  

This little girl is a pure joy.  She put on her hat, grabbed her backpack and told me bus!  I guess she didn’t know it is Sunday!   I love her little personality.  She is pure energy, orneriness, and a whole lot of sweetness.  

The girls waited all day for Evie to get here so they could carve pumpkins with her!  She dug right in there.  Not even a second of hesitation!   They tried to get Preston and Colin to do some carving, but football!  

When Colin had to head back, Saige was pretty sad.  She thought he was staying for a few days.  She loves her Colin.  

Besides cooking, laundry,  cleaning and carving today we also got the pool winterized.  We would have done it sooner,  but the chemicals we needed were delayed.  We definitely waited too long.  Messing around draining water and adding chemicals would have been better if it was 50 degrees warmer!   The pool winterization kit came with this giant pillow.  It floats in the pool under the cover and supposedly absorbs some of the movement from ice, protecting the side walls.   Or something scientific that I didn’t actually read. The kids really didn’t want to put it out there.  They thought it would be fun to play on.  I could foresee broken bones, so I nixed their plans and  the thing is now in the pool. We will see how it works I guess!   It is a lot more fun to open a pool than it is to close one.  Pure sadness at the coldness!  

Also sad how fast weekends fly by!   The kids are convinced that there will be enough snow tonight for a snow day.  I tried to tell them there won’t be snow days this year. There will be stay home and do remote learning days.    Poor kids!