The Weekend Headlines

We are wrapping up a super busy and fun weekend!

Our daycare was closed on Friday so I enjoyed some one-on-two time with Kennedy and Chase. We headed to the Children's Museum for some M&M time (and to burn off some energy). After getting a free smoothie from McD's, we headed home to make lunch.

While Chase napped, Kennedy and I cleared out Corbin's room and painted his closet! I crossed my fingers that I would get the rest of his room painted over the weekend.

His old decor..."Things that move"....two tone blue walls with red accents. Helicopters hanging from the ceiling, cars, trains, 4-wheelers, etc. He is ready to "move" on!

"Bring on the paint, Mommy!"Friday night we headed to the ballpark with my co-workers to cheer on the home team Saltdogs. I don't think we've ever made it past the third inning with our crew at this annual staff event...so I'm happy to report we made it through the 7th inning this year! The kids were still having a blast but it was getting late so we called it a night.

Chowing down!Homer was a hit with our kids!Kennedy stomped off at one point in search of her Daddy...made my heart stop! It didn't take long to spot her bright stripes, but still, UGH!

Saturday morning we headed downtown to help out with a food distribution. My kids have done pretty good with this volunteer opportunity...but if you have any other ideas I'd love to hear them!

Kyndal and I left early to head to the Coliseum, for the Husker Volleyball Clinic for JV Team members. This is a Husker club for kids with some pretty cool deals. The cost is $35 and with that they get some great perks: Husker t-shirt, the opportunity to win more prizes by attending events, free entry into the VB clinic, free ticket to the VB fall scrimmage and FB red/white game, as well as free tickets to all Husker sports events minus VB, FB and Men's BB. Worth looking into if you have a kid that's a big fan!

The clinic was run by the Husker players and parents were able to sit above and take pictures. After 90 minutes of rotations, they gathered for a group photo and then the girls stood in line for autographs.Learning to set with Lauren Cook (Kyndal is 2nd from the left with knee pads on.)

The new volleyball court

High 5 from Hannah Werth, her coach for the session

Hannah Werth, outside hitter

Head Coach, John Cook

Later in the afternoon we headed to the outdoor pool at the Y. We had rented it for the evening for Kyndal's softball team. We went an hour early since we were planning to leave early. It wasn't very warm out, so we were ready to be done swimming by the time the party started :)

Upset when her "friend" left and took her toys with her!

Kennedy had a blast jumping in to Kyndal!Loving my waterproof camera---see the bubbles!

After eating a quick bite with her friends, Kyndal and I headed to the Red/White Scrimmage. She had been pretty whiny earlier.....knowing she had to leave her party early in order to go. She wanted to do both things and was bummed about having to miss one or the other. But I am happy to report that she snapped out of it and we had a blast at the scrimmage. She was being super goofy, and I really enjoyed the quality time we had. She asked me a lot of questions about the different positions and rules....makes me so excited to coach her VB team again this fall. She also reported that Hannah Werth is her favorite player. Maybe has something to do with Hannah being her coach at the clinic, and Hannah actually remembered Kyndal's name when she was signing her shirt!

Sunday we enjoyed a really good service at church....we are starting a new series about Loving God and Living Strong. Today was about "saying YES to God".

Timing was good in the afternoon. After lunch Casey laid Chase down for his nap and I grabbed the paint brush and got busy! I've been working for months on planning Corbin's Husker room, and ready to start putting it together finally :)


This will be another busy week for our crew. Corbin has a little homework every night, which we've been doing really well at staying on top of. He also starts flag football Monday. I am also hoping to squeeze in some M&M time with him.

We will be camping next weekend with the Pair's and Leader's, so gotta start preparing for that as well. Have a blessed week, thanks for dropping by!