Weekend Getaway.

We took a little weekend get-away to the lake. 
Reserved a cabin and some kayaks and r-e-l-a-x-e-d. 
It was such a treat that we went ahead
and booked a cabin for next summer.

Rewards

After a long night of lecturing at class, it was such a treat to come home and find this.

Cousins

Love these moments.
Cousins bonding.
(Hannah, Maxton, and Haisley)
 

LifeHouse Bowling Night



Our church had a family night at the bowling alley.  Todd, Matthew, and I were unable to attend but Mallory and Hannah went with some friends.  The girls had a wonderful time.  Mallory had quite the crowd cheering her on every time she bowled.

Mallory with Pastor Kerry

Hannah

Wreck It Ralph

Hannah had a day off from school and got to spend the day with her friend, Taylor.  They headed to Salina to see the movie "Wreck It Ralph". 

Union Pacific Railroad Museum

We took some time while in Omaha to go to the Union Pacific Railroad Museum.  Being the train buffs that we are, we killed a whole afternoon at the museum.

Omaha Air Show

We headed out last weekend to Omaha for the air show at Offuit Air Force Bases.  We have attended before but Matthew was a toddler at the time.

The show was rained out for Saturday so we stayed the evening with family hoping that the weather would improve for Sunday.

The weather was overcast and warm.
There was a large crowd attending with long lines to everything.
We still enjoyed the day walking the base and viewing the aircraft.

All about my First Grader.

Faith Rocks.

Hannah and Mallory's faith based horse lessons group aptly named- Faith Rocks- is growing! 
It is so exciting to see this ministry provide valuable lessons to a pretty remarkable bunch of kids. 

Gone Fishin'

Todd and I took a vacation day and drove Matt & Hannah to Washington to go fishing.
The weather was absolutely beautiful.
We started off with a picnic and then headed down to the boat dock for a little fishing.



Hannah's trophy fish.

First Day of School!

Hooray! The first day of school has come.
The whole family was ready to get back into the school routine.
Especially Mallory. Especially because she started middle school.
Yikes!  Not sure if this mom can handle her babies growing up so stinkin' quick.

Our first day of getting around for the school bus went remarkably well.  The kids were eager to get ready and were even being a bit goofy while waiting.

Matthew moved to a different school this year.  This will be the first year since he was 3-years old that he will not be in class with his dear friend Lilly.  I'm sure they make up for lost time at recess.

Hannah's off to 1st grade.  She was so ready to get back to school!

Hannah loves to take her lunch.  She hurries up to get ready and then packs her own cooler with lunch for the day.

Even Dot was ready for the school routine.
She took to her duty of bus watch immediately.

Mallory was eager to see her bus driver, Wanda.

She even made sure that Wanda knew to take her to the middle school since she is a big kid now.

Matt and Hannah stayed busy while I finished getting ready for work and then we were off to start the day.

Hannah was disappointed to learn that 1st graders still go to daycare after school.

Too much.

This is what happens on the ride home
when you've had an extra fun day!

Hannah's Dream

Miss Rodeo America.
That's what Hannah is aspiring to be.

Cowgirl Up.

At Hannah's request, we signed her up for Mutton Buston at the Central Kansas Free Fair Rodeo.
We were at a loss of how to prepare our cowgirl for this event.

She was pretty excited to wear her number and you have to admit that she makes a cute little cowgirl.

Hannah never backed down from this opportunity.

Getting ready to head into the chute.

And here it is.  Her attempt at mutton buston.

Not an 8 second ride, but I admire her for getting out there and trying this.

The bonus for the night was the belt buckle awarded to all the participants.

We stayed for the rest of the rodeo and enjoyed our evening.