Happy Halloween!

Lucas had his Halloween party today! He is the creepy unicorn! Luckily the rain stopped, a little chilly but still a good Halloween!

 We are ready for trick or treaters! Unfortunately we didn't have any boo! Lucas and Eli were all ready to scare the kids with the chain saw! Hmmm maybe it's better that we didn't scar any kids for life! The boys had fun and that's all that matters!! Be safe!

9-0

Noah had his final game tonight and the freshman team ended their undefeated season strong! It was wet and cold but well worth seeing them win 50-0 against SMNW!! Go Vikings!!

Noah is in the middle holding the ( - ).

Way to play Noah!

It's been a great season! Until next year!

Homecoming parade

Today was Noah's homecoming parade!

Let the parade begin!

Marching band. Gotta find Noah!

There he is. Supporting his pink football socks for October!!

Let's go Vikings!!

A few of the homecoming court.

The guy homecoming court.

Go Vikings!!! The varsity team.

It was perfect weather for the parade!! Hope it holds for the weekend!

First concert

Eli had his first concert of the year! I always enjoy hearing him play!

Lucas's redecorated room!

Lucas and I got his new furniture all put together and set up in his room! Looking good!

Happy birthday Lucas!

Today we celebrated Lucas's 11th birthday. He turns 11 next Sunday. When planning his party, I asked what dessert he wanted. He said " . . . . Umm vanilla cake?!?!?" When I told him he could have whatever dessert he wanted he decided on a pumpkin pie! And boy was he excited! He had several friends come over and they played and played and played! Hopefully all the boys will sleep well with all the running around they did!

Waiting for all the guests to arrive, the boys started off with some Xbox.

Fred and Julie and their clan were quick to get out the trains!! Unfortunately my dad and brother Andrew were out if town. My niece was under the weather so my sis in law Jennifer and their kids couldn't come. Feel better Cassi!

All the kids love the trampoline! After some yummy lasagna ( sorry Andrew!) we opened presents.

Doesn't Eli look so cute!

Some clothes!

Money money money!

I love the faces Trevor makes!

Nana wrapped lots and lots of little presents! Lucas's main present was some things to decorate his room. So he got a new rug, bookshelf and a comfy chair for reading. I will post pics of his completed room after we get it all arranged!! After the kids left, Eli, Lucas and I took my nephews Trevor and Tyler! I am beat - have a good day!

Go Vikings!!!

Noah had his first game. They beat south 34 to 6. Go Vikings!!!

Back to school

All the boys are back in school. They were ready to see their friends but not so much the school work! All the boys are in different schools. Poor Lucas has to wait till high school to be with one of his brothers again and then it will be just one year together. Looking at all the upcoming events- our busy life isn't going to slow anytime soon. 

Noah is a freshman in high school this year! Man it makes me feel old. He will be playing football again this year! Go Vikings! He will also be in band and jazz band. He will be learning German and will have some honors classes to keep him challenged.

Eli is in 8th grade and hoping to enjoy his final year of Middleschool. He is in orchestra again but is thinking he won't be doing jazz band. Although Noah has been talking up to his jazz teacher since the high school is short a bass player. Hmmmm. Eli is continuing with French this year and has a couple honors classes to keep himself challenged too! 

Lucas is starting 5th grade. He is excited to still have one of his best friends in class again. Some how they have been in the same class since 1st grade. He is still taking guitar outside of school but is not sure if he is going to join any clubs or activities. His teachers does a lot of projects through out the year so it will be interesting to see what creative things Lucas can come up with. Summer seemed to fly by without a lot of blog updates but I will hopefully be able to keep you up to speed on what's going on with us!

Staycation day #3

We had plans with my brother's family today but a sick nephew caused plans to be rescheduled. Hoping Colin feels better soon!! So instead of an early morning- I let the boys sleep in. And of course all the boys wanted to know why we didn't get up early.

Look Eli is still sleeping and it's after 1pm.

Noah watching tv.

Lucas on the Xbox.

The boys wanted to get their back to school shopping. Doesn't Noah look happy to have more shopping to do.

After clothes now we need supplies! I am very thankful for all the time the boys and I got even if our original plans got rained out.

Staycation day #2

 The boys wanted to go to Worlds of Fun for our next family activity. It was a perfect day! Slightly overcast, not too hot and not too crowded. In fact Lucas and I were able to ride several rides twice while Noah and Eli were waiting for the ever so popular first car.

Lucas and I took a selfie before getting on the first ride of the day.

I didn't take many pic, just tried to enjoy the day.

Finally got one pic of Noah and Eli!

Lucas won this hat! They tried to guess his birth month and they guessed January. He wanted to have one like his brother. Eli still has his sombrero that he won at Worlds of Fun several years ago.

Eli was my driver.

Lucas was driving Noah - this was the best pic I could get since Eli kept trying to talk to them which would cause our car to bump the track since he wasn't paying attention :/. We are all beat and ready to call it a day!

Staycation day #1

The boys and I were supposed to go on a vacation today to a ranch in the flint hills but unfortunately the recent rains have caused some flooding so we decided to do a staycation instead. Hopefully we will be able to go to the ranch next year as it looked very fun! We are needing some family time before school starts as this crazy busy summer has flown by. So the boys and I went to incred-i-bowl.

Laser tag the boys gained up on me but I got the highest score. The fact that I had three targets and they only had one is not lost on me but I will take my win!!!

On to mini golf.

The boys did several rounds through "the vault" which is a laser maze. I am thankful to know the boys do not make good bank robbers! :) After two more games of laser tag- we called it a night. Now for a movie marathon! Stay tuned for more pics to come!!!

Nana and Papa Adventure 2013

Since its summer- it was time for another Nana and Papa adventure. With everyone's busy summer schedules - they did just one with all the older kids. The boys begged to know where they were going, would they have fun- so many questions. And I of course had no idea where they were going until after they left. But Nana and Papa pulled through with another fun adventure.The salt mines. As kids we went to the salt mines in Germany but I didn't know that there were salt mines in Kansas. Noah and Lucas liked this best.

Getting their tickets.

       

All aboard!

Lucas really liked the red salt.

Day 2 the cosmosphere- Eli's favorite.

Everyone with the Titan rocket.

Lighting liquid oxygen on fire.

Noah doing a space simulator.

How much does Eli weigh on the sun, mercury, mars, Jupiter, the moon. . .

They had a great time and loved their souvenirs. Have a good day!