Boy Things, Holiday World, Pep Assembly

It's fall which means we have some sort of activity just about every night of the week, so I'm gonna keep this short and sweet. I have such a love/hate relationship with this season....love the cooler temps (at least in the morning), hate that winter is coming, love that my kids are doing the things they love and enjoy, hate that we are rarely home all together.  

Charlie got a Mahomes jersey in the mail for his birthday from Papa and Teresa and it has been a HUGE hit. I can't hardly keep it washed. 

Johnny picked out a new pocket knife at the scouts store and sent a pic to John to show it off...he was pumped!

My view at night when getting into bed... :) 

These girls were headed off to a high school football game and I couldn't help but think they looked like high schoolers themselves....time is such a thief! 

Johnny went to a friend's birthday party a couple weekends ago at an escape room an loved being with friends! 

This girl got in the car and shared that she was awarded dance team captain!!!! We couldn't help but squeal! So incredibly proud of her and her leadership! 

Last Friday after school, we loaded up and headed to Southern Indiana for Holiday World to celebrate Charlie's birthday!! It was such a fun trip! Short, but it was fun! We spent the day in the park riding roller coasters and having the best time. The weather was a bit hotter than we anticipated but the crowds were low and that was amazing!

Mellany's bestie, Charlotte, is running cross country this fall so we decided to watch a local race this past week. It was pouring rain but we still had fun supporting her! 

Mellany's school had a pep assembly this past week and I snuck in to watch because I love a good pep assembly! Mellany loved the surprise and I enjoyed seeing her in her element!

LOTS more fun to come in the next few weeks! 

Cheering for the Home Team!

We are in the swing of school and activities and while we don't love being back in school (things are going really great though for everyone!) the activities that come along with fall are so fun! We aren't living where our favorite teams reside (Chiefs, Royals, Mizzou), but cheering for the home teams (Colts & Purdue) has been pretty fun!! 

Charlie's teacher has been so great about sending me pictures of him....he has been loving the magnetic tiles!

We ventured to a Colt's preseason game to not only cheer on the colts, but to cheer on Mellany's dance coach too! 

        

More magnetic tiles....he even pulled them out at home and started building on the fireplace! 

      

Just two 5th grade boys hanging outside the school building ready to go in...

Raiderfest is a tailgate for the first home football game at Harrison High School and Mellany got to perform with the dance team again this year. She even found one of her good friends after; she's a high schooler now so they don't get to see each other in the hallway anymore. 

First Middle School Football Game! 

The 8th graders....can't believe it's her last year!

Mel is still doing dance, Charlotte wanted to try something new and is on the cheer team. It was so fun cheering her on!

The boys got the best seat in the stands....

Mellany and some of her close friends celebrated a birthday. This group of girls is just the sweetest. 

Johnny's 5th grade class took a field trip on the Wabash River and rafted. I met them when they pulled out of the river for lunch and he was having the best time! 

Overwhelmed with homework one afternoon, Johnny took a little break with his chickens. So thankful he has this outlet. 

First Chiefs home football game = RED FRIDAY!!!!

Just a pic of the boys' epic battle taking place in my house!

Winston loves some snuggles

We loved going to the Purdue football games last year so much, that we decided to go again this year! It happened to fall on Charlie's birthday weekend so we even had cake! Our seats were perfect, the weather was amazing and Purdue came out with a WIN! Best kind of Saturday! 

We found the girls dance coach/teacher!

It started getting a little chilly...so Johnny wrapped up in a blanket and the boys couldn't resist hugging him to help keep him warm too... :)

Charlie's class took a little trip to the Battlefield to learn about insects! He even got to use a net to search for some bugs....he had the best time!