soccer shots {grayson}

Here are a few pics from Grayson's game this weekend. He continues to play left defender, but has also been playing right midfielder as well. He scored two goals on Saturday! :) 

In other Grayson notes, his feet are officially bigger than mine and he comes up to my nose. Will he be taller than me before he starts middle school?!? 

ku football opener

We headed up to Lawrence on Saturday for the opening game of KU's football season. It was crazy hot, sticky, and humid... but we had lots of fun!

 Hi there, Baby Jay!

 playing some games on the practice turf

 Carter got his face painted...

 and Grayson got a cool football balloon hat!

 But, our poor Jayhawks couldn't quite get the job done, losing 41-38. Bummer. :(

sunflower state

We have a huge field of sunflowers behind our neighborhood and it just burst into blooms!

 here's an idea of just HOW TALL the sunflowers are!!

the boys have picked two bouquets for me this week... so sweet :)

carter lost his 4th tooth!

Carter lost his 4th tooth last week with the help of Grayson! I loved watching both of their faces...

academy affiliate weekend {2015}

Grayson's soccer club headed to Kansas City for the Academy Affiliate weekend in mid-August. They played two friendlies against teams from Arkansas and Omaha, and we were able to go to the Sporting KC game on Saturday night. It was an action-packed fun weekend!

 G doing a throw-in -- see the ball way up there?!?

 sporting (no pun intended) the new uniforms this year

 with one of the Sporting players after a friendly -- Ike Opara

 Swope Soccer Village is where the friendlies were held. It's also home to the Sporting KC practice facilities, and where the FC Kansas City (girls) play. It's a beautiful setting, with lots of trees and foliage surrounding it.

 That evening, we headed out to Sporting Park!

Carter was trying some barefoot shooting here ;)

 G standing below the Sporting Wichita Rojos logo that is now at Sporting Park

 Jerry and Carter look like they belong with Dom Dwyer ;)

 Teagan and Grayson posing with Zusi and Dwyer

 We were sticky and hot, but had a great night rooting on Sporting! They came from behind in a dramatic finish, and beat Vancouver 4-3!!

first day of school!

This has been a year of big changes in our family! Grayson started 5th grade at a new school --Wheatland Elementary in Andover. Here he is on his first day, excited but a little nervous...

And when you're in 5th grade, your Mom doesn't walk you in (sniff, sniff).

She drops you off at the door -- you can see G walking in with his buddy, Will.

 Our other big change is that Carter started first grade!! He is still at CCA, but he is going ALL DAY! For the first time in over 10 years, I don't have a buddy with me at some point in the day. It's kinda weird...

 Here he is, at his desk, on the first day. He looked at the worksheet, and said, "What is this all about?"

Time to switch your summer brain off, and turn on your school brain, Carter! ;)

 Looking forward to a great school year for both boys, and their teachers, Mrs. Sander and Mrs. Nooe!

end-of-trip pics and lots of golf balls {san antonio}

Two evenings after dinner, we all walked out onto the golf course. The kids ran around, the adults talked, and it was beautiful as the sun was setting. Then we realized that Jerry and Grayson were off exploring on the golf course.

We then made bets about how many golf balls they might bring back.

10, 25, maybe more than 50?!?

 Try close to 200!!!!!

Grayson's soccer jersey was stretched and sagging, but he found some golf balls! :)

 And then Jerry arrived back with his shorts' pockets full too.

 The uncles ended up paying Grayson for several of the balls because they were really nice, and Grayson cleaned them all that night in the bathtub in our room.

 a few family pics from the last night

 Nana and Gramps with all the cousins

 AL treated the oldest three cousins to painting a fun canvas in the downstairs lobby!

Grayson chose a golf ball (wonder why?), Carter painted a sock monkey, and Olive and AL did a cupcake.

 a panoramic view of the back of the Marriott (while standing on the golf course)