Weekend Recap

Our Friday night was soccer practice as usual. And I could pretend like I hate it, but I love it. Monday's practice was rained out and Thursday's practice for Casen was cancelled ahead of time so I was having soccer withdrawals. I got to help do drills with the boys and I really enjoy it. This season of life is very busy, but I also really love it!

They got to end practice with cupcakes to celebrate one of the boy's birthday.

Saturday morning Casen woke up at 5 am and wouldn't go back to sleep. I turned on cartoons and tried to get more sleep but he was in our room every 15-20 minutes until I gave up at 7. Later I was putting away laundry and found Casen working on a puzzle.

He rarely sits still for very long, but he did the 20-piece puzzle by himself and was pretty proud.

Then it was time to head to soccer games. Cooper's game started at 10 but Casen had his team pictures at 10:15 so I missed most of the game. Therefore I also missed Cooper's first goal! I never expected him to get a goal because he plays defense but apparently he was in the right place at the right time. I was so disappointed I missed it but super excited for him.

Adorable soccer cupcakes this week for the after game snack.

Dragons are now 3-1!

Then it was the Firecrackers turn at 11. Casen did okay, but he just wasn't as into the game as he was the first two weeks. Maybe he was tired from getting up so early.

At one point he took a break with his fans :)

Isn't his team adorable! These guys have a lot of fun together.

I also started a 30 day challenge with some of my family on October 1st. Though I skipped that day so had to double up on Sunday.

My college roommate had two extra tickets to the TCU game Saturday afternoon so Kyle and I went.

Funny story about that- Kyle didn't go to TCU and isn't a big football fan. But Friday morning I told him Jodi might have two tickets and asked if he wanted to go with me or if I should take Cooper or my sister. He was noncommittal, but later that day I got confirmation she had tickets so I sent him a text and he said yes. I was shocked he said yes, but thought it was nice of him to go with me. Friday night he asked me which side we were on and I said I didn't know, but should be in the shade. Then Saturday morning I told him I had to find something black to wear.

Then about an hour before we left this happened

D-I don't want to wear black.

K- why do you have to wear black

D- It's the blackout game so people where black instead of purple

K- why would people wear purple?

D-Because it is TCU.

K- WHAT? We are going to a TCU game? I thought we were going to a Ranger game!?!?!?

D- What? Why would Jodi have two extra tickets to a Ranger game?

K- I don't know!!

Then a few minutes later I was talking to my mom because she was there getting the boys

D- He had no clue we were going to the TCU football game

K- Wait!! It's a football game?!??!?!? I thought it was a baseball game!!

Smack my head!! Biggest miscommunication of the year. Or lack of communication.

I couldn't stop laughing and couldn't believe how confused he was. The funny thing is that I replayed multiple conversations over the last 36 hours and each of them could have applied to football or baseball and therefore could have been the Ranger game. 

Kyle did go with me and luckily were in the shade.

I enjoyed catching up with Claire and Jodi. And Claire tweeted this picture and it ended up on the big screen during the game!

While we were at the game the boys got to help Grandaddy haul hay to the barn. I think they liked it :)

Sunday morning I got up early and went to mass. The Tobola kiddos were there so I got to hold Tracen for most of mass and then they had a breakfast afterwards.

Then Melisa and I both needed to go grocery shopping so I let the girls ride in my car.

After the grocery store Kyle and I headed to Granny's to get the boys and have cupcakes to celebrate Babi and Granny's birthday.

Then we took the boys on Grandaddy's mule to check the deer feeders and game cameras.

Here Cooper said 'We are heading into the forrest and I am so excited!!'

Leaves fell inside the mule and Case loved it. He was trying to not lose these two. Unfortunately they were lost, but he handled it well.

On our ride we saw two coyotes, a squirrel, a hawk (with a mouse), 'a vulture', and lots of butterflies.

We got back in the car and ran back to Babi's so Kyle and Grandaddy could look at the pictures. Cooper said 'I made my legos into a coyote.'

When we got to Babi's the boys went straight to the playroom and got dressed up.

These cute cowboys.

That night we had pizza for dinner. Cooper and Kyle were sharing a cheese. Casen and I were going to share pepperoni and black olive. Casen threw a complete fit about his pizza and wanting cheese like Cooper so I took all of the toppings off so it looked like cheese. Well he knew better and was not happy (he had no nap). After a 20 minute cycle of meltdowns and being sent to his room he finally asked to see the box of pizza and said 'that one, with lots!!' It was a piece of the pepperoni and black olive!! He was happy as can be and wanted to push our chairs together and sit right by me.

This stubborn boy wears me out. Good thing he is cute.

That face is trouble!

And then after bath he said 'you lay with me?' Of course I will!

Can't believe it is already October. We have some fun trips planned this month!

Recap of a whole week

One day I unpacked Cooper's backpack and found this book of his family.

For me he said 'you are pulling weeds in the grass.' This cracked me up! I don't do it that often but I do really enjoy pulling weeds. It is therapeutic for me and we have a big yard with lots of weeds (though they blend so most people don't notice). But of all the things he could put for me that is what he thought of.

He said 'Daddy is going to work'. Funny how he remembered Kyle's lunch bag :)

For Casen it is the two of them playing basketball.

And then all of us. I thought these were sweet memories.

My friend Jen posted this picture of something she made. I am thinking Disney!! Less than 5 months!

I picked up these yummy things (apparently I only justify goods from the bakery if they are on clearance. Remember the clearance cookies? If you are deciding between the two, the cookies are better.

One morning Casen woke up while I was still getting ready for work and boy was he in a mood. Rough start to our day.

One night we were playing outside when we met some new friends in the neighborhood. The little girl is in Cooper's class at school. The little boy in the gator is 4 and that is his 8 yr old brother in the orange.

And this is the little girls older brother that is 10. I have decided if we have any more kids I will wait a few more years because having older siblings to hangout with the little ones is awesome. These two big brothers were great and Cooper loved hanging out with them.

Cooper offered Adeline these toys and he said 'here are some baby toys' and I said 'they aren't baby toys just for littler kids' and he said 'yeah, they are for little-year-olds.' So dang cute!!

These kiddos had so much fun and the little guy with the gloves cracked me up. My boys used to wear winter gloves like work gloves so I wonder if he was doing the same.

He loved driving them around, but he also took turns.

One morning on the way to work I had finished my audiobook so I listened to songs on my old ipod. Nothing like gangster rap to get you going at 7:23am!

Friday night the boys stayed with my in-laws. Kyle and I celebrated our anniversary and his birthday by going to Babe's. We actually ended up splitting the larger chicken fried steak. Way too much food, but so dang yummy!

Saturday morning I woke up with one goal. To catch up on my DVR until it was time to meet the boys for soccer at 12:30. I thought I had won the lottery when I received 2 hours of unlimited lives on candy crush. I play games while I watch tv...Oprah calls it multi-taskin (name that movie!)

This is what I sent to my family.

And then this happened...no more levels for 72 hours...wasted unlimited lives. #happenseverytime #firstworldproblem

The boys' soccer games were both at 1:00 so we had to divide an conquer. Casen had one goal and one assist (his friend took it and scored for him). Casen did well but wasn't as into it this week. He was easily distracted, mostly by his shoes.

But when he saw his Grandaddy he lit up and ran straight to him.

Then I headed over to Cooper's field. Our games were delayed from 1 to 2 because of rain and we knew it was just a matter of time before it really started. Sure enough I only got to watch a quarter of Cooper's game before the clouds could wait no more. The games got called and we headed home.

Cooper's turn with Grandaddy. We were thankful for Mimi, Grandpa, and Grandaddy coming to support the boys at their games. Both boys won again!

That afternoon we got the boys down to nap and I received an SOS call from my sister. She had a fun night out planned with friends but didn't know what to wear. So I did what any good sister would do and raided my closet and drove over there to help.

And it helped that I got to see this little guy and his two wild sisters

He loved the surprise visit from his Aunt Nanna!

That night after dinner the boys were dressing up. Cooper was dressed as Iron Man and was running around. At one point Ranger got upset and was barking and it scared Cooper. I explained to Cooper that Ranger reacted that way because he was scared. A few minutes later as I was folding laundry I hear Cooper say 'I am sorry I scared you, Ranger. I didn't mean to. It is just a mask and isn't scary. I am sorry I scared you.' and I peek in to see him hugging and petting on Ranger. Ranger was eating it up and might start acting like that more often just to get the sweet attention.  Later he said 'I love Ranger. And we need another dog.'

Then I also caught Ranger getting more love from Casen. Ranger wears me out sometimes especially as he has gotten older, but I am thankful for these sweet moments and memories. He turned 11 on the 22nd of September.

Later that night this sweet boy hung out with me on the couch watching football.

And then we attempted to let the boys sleep in the bed so we took some selfies in the dark. But that bright light would flash and the boys thought it was so dang funny!

Sunday we went to church and the boys weren't very good.  I was worn out by the time I got home. We had lunch and played before heading to Ennis to welcome Babi back from her trip.

Cooper built this spaceship and was pretty darn proud.

Our weekends are full but we are blessed to be able to do so many things and enjoy our family.