Homecoming Friday

Although I thought it was a little bit early, Friday was Homecoming on the Trail.  They loaded up all the kids and brought them to Overbrook for the Homecoming parade.  The kids were a little wound up!  Evelyn and I managed to get them over here in time to meet Madison, which meant Evie only had to endure one bus ride with the wild children.  :)  

I went over and watched the parade, and part of the pep rally.  I wanted to catch Preston in his first Homecoming parade, and I did, but I was too slow with the camera, and so I got a photo of his back!  :)  

Quincy and Saige went with me to work at the Tuba Toss fund raiser and to watch Preston in his first football halftime show!  The Tuba Toss ran out of prizes, the football team won, and most importantly - the band sounded amazing!  It was a fun night!

We also had Friday the 13th puppies.  We were not home when most of them were born, so I am glad Blitz did not have any trouble with her delivery.  There are 8 sweet little puppies!  We already have a couple spoken for!   Friday was a busy day to start off a busy weekend!  

One week out

We are one week from the big day.  I am getting really excited to see how all the planning, thinking, strategizing, and ideas come together!  Evie is excited too!  

It has been a very busy week.  We have not seen the inside of our house for more than 14 minutes at a time, and even then, we are so busy it is insane.  I am looking forward to life slowing down a little bit.  (Yes that is sarcasm). 

We have heard a little bit from Cam.  He is doing great at KSU.  The College of Business served ice cream this week.  I am not sure how he was selected to be an ice cream scooper, but he did it like he does everything else - with humor and good times.  He also knows how much his mom loves photographs and indulges me where the other adult children do not!  :) 

We are looking forward to Cameron and Lauren being around next weekend.  I haven't seen them in forever!  Cameron recently told me he has an affinity for caffeine...yes I gave him the warning speech.  He promises to use caffeine with caution.  I think if I was pulling his schedule, I would probably do the same thing.  :)  

Quincy was supposed to have a game last night.  I was supposed to bring the sack lunches and drive their bus.  I left work, gassed up the bus, flew home and made 53 sandwiches (in the half light because our power was out due to some storms that rolled through early), got the sandwiches packed up and loaded on the bus, started to leave and got the phone call that the game was being cancelled due to the weather.  The rest of the day wasn't too good either.  Luckily, I got my Friday the 13th luck out of the way yesterday!  

playing catch up

We have been caught up in the coming and going that always happens when school starts back up.  The house is chaotic, and with all the running in and out to the next activity, the housework had taken a back seat.  Looking ahead at the next couple of weeks, things look crazier than ever, so I proclaimed this weekend was catch up weekend.  The kids grumbled, and the husband had a look of dread, but I will say they all rose to the occasion, and we accomplished a lot!  I am now catching up the blog, and a few other minor emails, and I will feel totally accomplished!  :)  Ok maybe not TOTALLY but closer than I have been for a while!  

Quincy's football team had their first official league game on Thursday evening.  They won, and they played really amazingly!  Quincy plays special teams mostly, but she did get in quite a bit this time as left guard.  She was excited about it.  She amazes me- no fear in that kid at all.  

I know my photography isn't the most amazing, but Quincy is number 62 in blue.  :)  

In addition to a lengthy list of projects, we also spent some much needed time at home as a family.  We lost our PJ last week, who was a pretty loved member of the family to Harper, who loved the bearded dragon.  She has set her sights on being friends with a grumpy old parrot who is slowly coming around to having a bunch of kids playing with him.  Honestly, Frankie may be the coolest animal I have ever been around.  He knows so much stuff and responds correctly!  We all just love him!

Aunt Mall was out to take some pictures!  Harper took these on my phone while Mallory was working with Evie!  They are frame worthy!  After the wedding, I have a couple projects planned and these will be perfect!

We have found that our children are incredibly motivated by fire, and s'mores.  Jim loves having them help in exchange for cooking over the fire!  Of course, when Jim builds a fire, it takes a while for it to burn down enough for cooking!  My husband the pyro!  After stuffing ourselves, we enjoyed family game night compliments of Andrew.  Perhaps the most exciting thing of all was Andrew and Jim getting my dishwasher installed and running!  Happy day!  

My weekend list was long, and included a couple of things that I have been meaning to do.  One was the shirt thing.  I didn't lose the shirts, but just hadn't taken the time to dig them out of the closet and get the photos taken.  It is still the first month of school....close enough I guess!  Saige was happier about participating than someone else was!  :)  

This is meeting week.  I always sort of dread it because the other stuff doesn't stop, so it makes for a week of insanity.  It will end fine, but I am glad we took the time to get started off right! 

Labor Day Weekend shenanigans

I had so many photos on my phone from the weekend, and just hadn't had a chance to blog for a few days!  It was a crazy one!  Friday, we noticed that there were dragonflies swarming around our house.  I have never seen them swarm before.  It was honestly one of the coolest things ever!  Trying to get photos was not the easiest thing though.  Friday, Evie was in a super terrific mood.  It was almost like she knew it was a 3 day weekend!  I love this little sweetpea!  She is now sitting up on her own and has 2 teeth!  :)  Crazy to think how far she has come, and we are beyond thankful!

Friday evening, Quincy had her first game.  Not an official game, but the annual blue/white scrimmage.  Quincy was on the white team (#62).  She did a great job!  We saw her make several impressive tackles.  I love watching her do her thing!  

I am very proud of her.  She is a tough little cookie and found something she enjoys!

Recent storms had Colin doing his thing too.  I am proud of him for finding something to do with his life that he likes so much!

Saturday, Mallory had a bachelorette party for Madison.  It was a lot of fun!  Grandma may or may not be still feeling the after effects though!  

The wedding plans are coming right along, and we are getting really excited about the big day!  :)  

While we were at the bachelorette party, Jim took Preston to Manhattan to tailgate with Colin, Cameron and Uncle Jay and then to the home opener for the KSU game.  I got a text from Cameron that said "tailgating with Father" and when I looked at it,  I laughed because this was not the father I was expecting!  :)  All the boys had a great time.  Jim said the Cats looked pretty impressive and he is looking forward to the season!  

On Sunday we attended a baby shower for our niece and nephew.  I had to laugh when Harper said "why didn't I get any gifts for my food baby?"  :)  She is a hot mess!  

And what does every weekend need?  A BONUS DAY!  We were all pretty excited.  Except for Preston, who had to work at the Judd Ranch!  

Madison had to get a lot of school work done, and with the kids being home, the house was less than quiet.  Andrew decided to strike up a deal with me.  He would take the girls fishing, I could watch the baby.  One of the best, most amazing deals I have ever made.  The girls were excited because they actually caught a lot of fish too!