September 2022

 September has been a fun month!  The weather has been great and we have enjoyed plenty of fun:)

Kids had no school on a Friday during state fair, so we were able to go out on a Thursday night and ride LOTS of rides because it was not that busy!  

Mike and I finally purchased property!  This has been a long time coming and something we have dreamed of.  If everything wasn't so expensive we would go ahead and build.  But due to the price of things we are likely waiting a few years.  Below is where we will place our pond and house.

Took a stab at homemade sourdough rolls and they turned out great!  I need to make them again:)

On a whim we got tickets to FloRida at the state fair.  We had never been to a rap concert so we thought we would take advantage of going since it was here in town.  It was honestly okay for us.  It took forever for FloRida to come out and then it got a bit R rated at one point.  We decided it was time for us to go.  Either way, it is always great to spend time together!

The next day we had Quinn's baptism and then spent some time at the river with some of the Schumachers.

Reeve earned student of the week!  Super proud of her and this acknowledgment:)

Enjoyed a fun outing to the Lincoln Zoo for Brew at the Zoo.  We missed Mike's oldest sister, but were grateful that those of us who live out this way were able to go!

We had a staff tailgate at GISH prior to a home football game.  It was a tad chilly/windy, but we had a good time.  Feels good to be working on our climate/culture!

School pictures turned out great for both kiddos!

My seniors are out at practicum and it makes me so happy for them!

Finally got my hair done!  It feels good:)  Cut some long bangs also, which is fun.

Joden's team picked up a win for A team and a tie for B team at Columbus.  The boys wanted a picture after the game:)

Always proud of my boy!

Got to sneak away for a quick overnight date with my girlfriends!  We had a great 24 hours:)

Got home from fun with the girls to enjoy some cards on the patio with my family!

Got to watch the Borowski girls for an overnight date for mom and dad!

Dinner group appetizers and drinks included a quick visit out to the new property!  Can't wait to create more memories here in the near future:)

Kat is doing on the go basketball clinics to create the love of the game!  I have been able to make a few.

The last week has been windy!  This was me at Joden's football game this last week.  I should have totally brought a pony tail! 

Met my family for a quick beer for Nick's birthday:)

August 2022

 August has been a fun month!  We have enjoyed fun with friends/family and have adjusted to the back to school life:).  Excited for some of their games/events to begin here soon!

For a fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters the boys did a Putt Putt event at the bars downtown Grand Island.  They had a blast and likely had one too many beers, but were not too out of control:)

Meanwhile Joden was camping with his good friend Aden!

Reeve and I enjoyed our annual back to school shopping trip.  We go to Kearney for Target, coffee, Old Navy, a theatre show, and lunch or dinner.  This year we saw Sister Act, which was really good and ate dinner at a Mexican restaurant.  We usually do sushi and decided we wished we would have kept with the norm.  Mexican was just okay.  

We have a tradition where we go get coffee and play a board game on my last day off before I return to work.  We always have a great time:)

My sister works for GISH virtually, but came down for the back to school events.  It was super fun to have her around the first few days back to work!!  Maybe someday she can live here full time:)

This is my niece Charlee who passed away at birth.  She would have been 11 this August.  It is always heartbreaking knowing she isn't here, but knowing we will get it to reunite one day give us all something to look forward to. 

Team builder for dance at the lake.  The girls had fun!

Reeve always helps me in my classroom before school and I love it!  I will be sad when she doesn't want to help me anymore.

I bottled my kombucha for the first time and it was soooooo good!  It makes it carbonated and taste delicious.  This first one was pineapple turmeric. 

Back to school pictures:

Mom-16th year and currently teaching high school

Reeve-6th grade at Westridge

Joden-8th grade at Barr

Can't believe my babies are both in middle school!

Celebrated Mike's birthday at the fair for the bull riding event!

The next day was the marathon relay with some fun friends!  We ran it in 3:39, placing first for women:)

After party was at Kinkaider to watch the Huskers play in Ireland.  It was a fun day for sure!

That night we had dinner group and celebrated Mike's birthday there with a peanut butter cake!

July 2022

 July was another great summer month! 

Fourth of July fun!  We enjoyed the annual party at the Olsen's house, a spur of the moment party at our house with the Borowski's and Dan, Lisa, and Liv, and then enjoyed some time with the Halpines on the actual 4th!

 

Also, made some festive dessert, sourdough bagels, and snuck in a quick date to Kinkaider with my man:). 

Wrapped up little league with two much better games!  We lost both, but it was a lot closer than most of the season.  

At the same time, Mike was in charge of the district little league tournament for 12 year olds.  He worked his booty off and was pooped!

Sure do enjoy my workouts with friends in the summer!  It is fun to workout with others:)

Took Joden on a romantic date to the Odyssey.  Trying to teach him how to treat a lady someday:). We had fun and had some great conversation!

Reeve has been doing some dog sitting, cat sitting, and babysitting this summer.  She got paid for her first babysitting gig down the street and the Loschen's.  Also, we get to watch the Borowski girls quite a bit!  We love it:)

The end of the baseball journey for Patriots this year!  Love watching my boy and cheering him on.  We also get to talk a lot about adversity and fighting through the challenges that sports bring.

He is definitely turning into a young man!

Reeve had a sweet opportunity to attend a camp here in GI with some of the Husker women's basketball players.  She loved it!

Family pic from state baseball and end of the year party at the Sodbusters game. State went decent. Won 1, lost 2. Proud of their growth this year! Also, at the Sodbusters game they got to go out and warm up with the players.  So cool:)

We stopped to see cousins on the way home from state!

The Monday after state, de-tasseling began!  He did awesome and we are proud of his ability to get up in the morning and really not complain much at all.  

Fun with friends and family!  We enjoyed dinner in the field with Andrew and stopped at the Wood River bar.  Then below I went to Lincoln for some fun with some of the Schumacher girls.  We did the Farmer's Market and then went out downtown that night.  Rob and Grant met up with us.  I was reminded that I am definitely getting older.  

Finished up open gym!  Sure did love opening up the gym once a week for any girls that wanted to join us.  Looking forward to hopefully growing our program and the amount of girls that love basketball in our community!

Got to enjoy dinner with my family one night!  It was great to all be together:)

Reeve had a busy week with Jumpstart for middle school and a week long basketball camp.  We went to lunch to celebrate her hard work!

Fun with Baylor and Karisa at their place!  Also, fun with friends at dinner group at the Keaslings:)

Tried to copy Reeve--it is much harder than it looks!

Got to go out to the river a few times and had a good time.  Mike leases this property for hunting and wanted to enjoy it now that baseball is done.  We even invited the Borowski's once and Blair loved it:)