Weekends are for adventures.

We started our our weekend like we do every weekend this time of year.  Friday night lights!  Cameron is doing a really great job of being the mascot and he is enjoying it too!  His marching band also put on a great show!  

Colin's team came up just a little bit short of beating Ottawa.  It was a pretty good game.  

Saturday Preston had a football game and Colin and Cameron had to work at the Judd ranch female sale.  Colin said they did a little bit of everything during the sale and he took a photo of Cameron driving a skid steer to prove it.   This kind of worries me.  

Saturday evening, Jim had KSU tickets for Colin, Cameron, Preston and Quincy to go with him to the game.  It was Quincy's first time getting to go.  She was dressed in purple at 9 in the morning and ready to go.  

She had a great time but I heard a lot more stories about the band and about Mrs. Craft who they went to the game with than I did about football!  

We hosted the 4-H fall party last evening. We had a bonfire, lots of kids, and our boys made a haunted trail through the woods behind our house.  Colin and Cameron, my nephews and cousin Travis, along with several of the boy's friends dressed up and scared the kids along the trail.  The kids loved it.  

After the 4-Hers mostly had gone home, the big boys were playing flash light tag when Cameron comes to the house all covered in what I thought was fake blood and says he had collided with Colin and now Colin wouldn't get up.  I truly thought they were pulling a prank.  But after looking again I realized it wAs actually real blood. Cam had a pretty good gash in his eyebrow.   Colin's friends said he was down and wouldn't get up.   Jim went to see what was going on.  Colin had been knocked out but was awake when Jim got to him.  Jim managed to get him up and Into the house.  That is when Colin started acting odd.  He was confused and didn't know where he was.  We decided taking him to the ER was a good idea. 

He ended up with stitches in his lip and they thought he had a mild concussion.  We will be doing the concession protocol steps this week and hoping he recovers quickly.  He is really hoping not to miss his football game next week! Gotta love my boys! 

One day at a time

I have a terrible habit of trying to squeeze in too many things into small spaces of time.  Monday, Saige had an eye doctor appointment and I had several places I wanted to stop. I dislike Topeka something fierce and so I always try to think of every little thing I could possibly need to do and do it all while I am there.  In the midst of all my errands, Jim texted and said hey  why don't you just stop and grab papa murphys pizza on the way home.  Delighted that I could run more errands since I no longer had to cook dinner, I readily agreed.  I had to be home at a certain time in order to get the pizza cooked and get the kids to 4-H.  Mallory was at home and would cover homework and chores for me she said.  After running a bunch, I grabbed pizza and was rather pleased with myself and headed home.  That's when whack I was rear ended.  I then spent an hour waiting on the police to arrive and then waiting for them to fill out the reports.  I was moderately annoyed as this clearly did not fit into my "schedule."   But then something happened.   I realized that the person who hit me was a cousin I had not seen in a long time.  And the responding officer was a classmate of Cameron's dad.  Nobody was hurt.  No real big damage was done to my vehicle.  I believe in Devine intervention.  I actually enjoyed visiting with Frank while we waited on the police.  

The rest of this week is just as crazy as Monday was.  But I have a different perspective.  One of enjoying my time a little bit more.  Maybe slowing down a little.  I am trying to be more thankful for the little stuff too.  A good reminder.  

The kids were installed as officers at their 4-H meeting Monday.  Hoping for another great club year.  Preston and Quincy were given awards for their success in the pet project.  

Yesterday I had a board meeting.  At the end of the day, all I really wanted to do was sit and stare off into space, but I had to go pick up Jim.  The sunset was beautiful and I love this little one room school house at the end of our road.  

Saige had a great time playing with grandma's new kittens while I was in my board meeting. 

Preston went to the Renaissance festival with his friends on Sunday.  He had a great time. I think it is hilarious that the turkey leg is bigger than he is!  

An unexpected zoo trip

We started out our Saturday at Preston's football game.  Preston's team did not win but Preston played really well.  Jim's mom came to watch the game and we decided to go out for lunch afterward.  

Since Wendy's was full if people, we decided to go eat at Gage park. 

Somehow eating turned into playing.  

And playing turned into riding the train. 

And then riding the train turned into a walk through the zoo.  

I am glad Grandma Chris was there to get us sidetracked, because it was a beautiful day and the kids really had a fun time at the zoo.  

Homecoming 2015

Well it has been a fun Homecoming week.  The kids had fun with spirit week ensembles.  Some things you can just never un-see though. 

The football moms hosted a nice dinner and bonfire party to get everyone fired up. It was a lot of fun to see the kids all together. 

We also enjoyed the parade.  Well...Saige enjoyed it after the fire trucks got by us! She and Clayton picked up a lot of candy! 

Cameron entertained the crowds as the Thundertaker. 

And Colin even waved to us!

The community pep rally was attended by a huge crowd and was a lot of fun! 

Saige only agreed to being photographed with the Thundertaker after we showed her it was Cameron!  

The boys played hard but didn't win their game.  Colin made some great tackles! 

And alumni band night was a great success. Mallory, Madison and Grandma were all there to "take the field again" during the band's halftime show.  I should have gotten a little closer to the field so I had better photos!  Overall it was a fun night and a great week of Charger pride!