October 20, 2019

Keagan is N.I.N.E!

It can't be true. My oldest toot is only one year from double-digits. Wow, time flies and flies. For Keagan's birthday this year I let him invite 4 friends to go to the movies and then supper. We kept it low-key and simple but it was a lot of fun. We went to see Toy Story 4 and had plans to go eat supper but the kids wanted to come back to our house and play so we just ordered pizza and then did cake and presents.

Back row: Keagan, Nick, Finn
Front: Maeci, Madden, and Charlee


















I love celebrating this one. He is a good boy and is always so thankful for every present he gets, every friend that shows up, and every little thing we do for him for his birthday party. Makes it super easy to make his day extra special. Happy 9th Birthday Keagan! (on June 22, yes...I am that behind) 

Best laid plans

One day this summer I took off work and took the girls to MeeMee's and had all kinds of plans for "something fun" with the boys. There is a place called KY Shores that has all kinds of fun adventures, including GoKarts and the boys were both dying to go GoKart racing. So we got all ready and dropped the girls off then went to breakfast to begin planning our day. We got all hyped up about going to KY Shores since we had never been. But when we got there, BAM, we were told the GoKart track had to be repaved the day before and they were waiting for it to dry! So check back later and see if it is operational. Well, I called every couple of hours and it never did open that day. I had two very disappointed boys on my hands.

So, I tried to make things better on a whim by finding other stuff to do. We started in Aurora at an old fashioned soda tasting store. Then we got sno-cones while we brainstormed about our next adventure since my phone call to KY Shores about the track was met with disappointment. So we decided to just drive back that direction to see what we got into. As we were heading that general direction we stumbled upon (and I say it like that kind of tongue-in-cheek because these places are all in our town and all visible and easy-to-get-to, we just don't) a place called Forgotten Past. And Lo-and-Behold they had Go-Karts! And bumper cars! Oh boy! Keagan was big enough to drive himself, luckily. but Finn was not, and, as you can imagine, this caused a small issue. After the Go-Kart desire was out of their system, we still had some time left in our day so we decided to go to Maggie's and do the jungle run. And then with my remaining cash, the boys split nachos!
Keagan threw the soda shot back like he knew what he was doing!

Finn is more old-fashioned and sips and savors the sodas


Because my parenting is stellar, I allowed the boys to get a 6-pack of sugary drinks and candy cigarettes. (They called them "smokers" and "smoked" them in the back of the minivan on the way to our next adventure.)


Pretty sure Finn and I won. Just Sayin'.


I had zero intention of doing the bumper cars with the boys. But Finn couldn't go alone. The guy let him steer, but I had to do the accelerator. 

I'm laughing, but I'm frightened.













I had to feed these animals after we fed the other animals!

We had a fun day acting as tourists in our own town, spending all my money on sno-cones, Go-Karts, and nachos.

Summer Fun with Church Friends

We love our church! At the beginning of summer, our children's minister put together an outing for the kids at Maggie's Jungle Golf. We get to go here often with school field trips, church, or just because, but it is always so much fun for the kids. This trip was no exception. Maclyn was able to participate this year and, boy!, did she have fun!!

Ostrich or Turkey!? Hard to tell... haha









This is Joanie, she is in 5th grade. I remember when she was Maclyn's age. My favorite thing in the world is how sweet she is to my Mac. And look at how Maclyn is looking up to her already. 




Everyone should have a church family like we do. If you don't, and you're local!, come join us! We have a great time!!