The Weekend That Was...Supposed To Be A Trip To Hastings, Nebraska

This past weekend, we were supposed to take a road trip to Hastings, Nebraska with the Craig family. The plan was to drive half of the seven hours on Friday night, the rest of the way Saturday morning, watch football and volleyball Saturday afternoon, swim and eat pizza at a hotel Saturday night, then spend all day Sunday driving back home.

Well, we got as far as the first half of the seven hour drive on Friday night.After a quick stop for dinner, it started snowing. And blowing. And getting icy. Notice the ice monsters that were growing on the side of our car.After seeing several cars in ditches and squished under semi-trucks, we decided that it woudld be best to cut our losses and turn around. By 11:30 PM, we had booked a room in Sterling, Colorado where we hunkered down for the night. Before heading back the next morning, we enjoyed our complimentary breakfast and dip in the 5 x 5 foot indoor pool.After a cold and snowy drive back home, we ended up hanging out with the Craigs Saturday night. So, a slight change in plans, but a good weekend overall.

Chester's Visit

Remember Chester the Raccoon? Well, he is making his way home with all of the kindergartners in Mrs. Dissler's class. At the end of each day, Mrs. Dissler picks a student who gets to take Chester home for the night. Today was Payton's special day. She was SO excited to get to bring Chester everywhere she went! There is a notebook that travels along with Chester so students can read about all of his adventures. Here are the pictures and stories we added to the notebook for Payton. I think he had a great time at our house!

Payton was SO excited to take Chester home on October 8. We had a very busy day and kept Chester very busy. Right after school, we went to CiCi’s Pizza for lunch. (SIDE NOTE: Cici's is our Thursday lunch outing. It's my day off, so we always meet there as a family) He LOVED the pizza and brownies! He also liked to play the games.
Next, we went to the Arapahoe Volleyball Game. Payton’s mom is the coach. She is on the bench wearing black in this picture. Molly’s big sister is on the team too! The Warriors won the game. Chester helped cheer them on!
Finally, we headed home to get some rest. Before we went to bed, Chester and Penny the Bunny had fun playing together. They hopped and jumped all over Payton’s room! Then, it was time for bed. Good night!

Lunch At CiCi's Pizza + Silly Faces + Camera Phone

Brady's "Silly" Face

Payton's "Mean Old Lady Face"

Girls Day Out

Payton and I had a good time getting our nails painted this afternoon...any guesses on her color of choice?Bright Blue!

Labor Day 2009

We spent our much-needed Monday off up at the cabin with the family. We decided to go on a hiking adventure and climb the "mountain" just south of the cabin. Both Payton and Brady did an awesome job climbing all the way up by themselves! Payton discovered some animal bones and Brady said that he could see the ocean from the top! Thanks Ernie and Kim for taking pics.

A Good Day.

Today was the official start of 2009 college football. Between College Game Day at 8 AM, Notre Dame's 35-0 victory over Nevada, and father/son matching jerseys, Wes had a pretty good day. His dreams of Brady being the qb in South Bend 15 years from now only make it better...

The Ladies Man...

School and volleyball are in full swing...thus the start of non-stop madness and the drastic decline of blog posting. We had a team feed last week to kick of the season. PR and Brady joined in the fun. As you can see by the look on his face, Brady truly enjoyed his time with the ladies. He spent the entire next day telling Oma "I had fun with the girls..." Is this a sign of things to come?FYI: The green water wings just broke. All we have left for this summer are the pink ones. Oh well, girls like guys who are in touch with their sensitive sides right?