time for football!

Our family attended our first ISU football game a couple of weeks ago. 

It is fun to gather with family and friends to tailgate, enjoy good food, company and cheer on our beloved Clones. 

 

Sweet siblings ready to cheer!

A beautiful day.

This was as close as we could get to a good family pic.

The Cyclone Experience on gameday is a great family feature. 

Bounce houses, mini golf, team autographs, face painting, balloon animals, and more. 

A fun place to hang out and let the kids play.

 

Ellie, Matt, Hannah and Kate.

 

Football boys - Luke, Dan, Lucas.

They played and played and played...

Dan, Hannah, Kate.

 

Lucas, Luke, Hannah.

Happy boy. 

Happy girl.

 

Lucas is one of 5,300 kids (that's a BRIGHT Cyclone future!) who belong to the Jr. Cyclone Club.  They get all sorts of neat perks by being a club member.  At this game, the club kids got to go onto the football field with the marching band and watch the team come out.  Very. Cool.  Lucas talked about it for a days beforehand.  So. Excited. 

 

 

Brent, Lucas, Matt, Kate, Luke and Dan had a good view.

(blue circle)

A few days after the game, Sara sent me this picture of Josh & Jacoby. 

Look who just happens to be in the photo with them? 

It's a little like Where's Waldo...

Lucas is on Brent's shoulders, behind the cheerleader.

Here comes the team!

 

 

Hannah, Gramma and Papa.

 

 

 

A big day of fun, a great win and time spent together.  It couldn't get better!

Both kids were asleep shortly after getting on the interstate to head home.  :)

 

We are headed to another game today... more family and friend to catch up with.

summer days | photo dump

Summer is officially over, but boy, we had fun!

 

 

Celebrating our 9th wedding anniversary.

 

Squirt bottles = endless cool off fun!

Visits to Great Grandma.

This must have been in the drought stricken heat of summer - her flowers show it.

 

 

Great Grandma's pelican, Frederick, gets hugs, kisses and lots of head-patting by Lucas & Hannah. 

 

Chic.

 

My monkey on the monkey bars.

Oh so many pool days!

And lots of pool snacks.

Pig tails.

 

Picnics.

Charlie and Lucas.

 

Grown up time = golf.

Lots of walks that had a mid-point at a park.  Any park.

 

On this day we were in Ames running errands.  Lucas spotted the park from a block away and asked if we could go. 

I had no reason to say no, so I drove around the block, parked and played. 

Fun to have that kind of flexibility to say yes.

 

Rock climbers at another park.

I bet we saw a dozen different parks throughout the summer.

Wishing Cameron a happy birthday on FaceTime.  Hannah kept trying to sit next to her!

 

Chillin'

 

 

One of the best summer treats! 

 

Ella and Hannah.

 

monkey see, monkey do.

World's best helper.  Loves to clean the garage. 

 

Lucas and Jonah, best buds.

Celebrating Jonah's birthday.

 

 

More golf.

Library Legos = entertainment for more than 30 seconds.

 

 

Library Train = entertainment for more than 3 minutes.

 

 

 

Hannah tackles, hugs and drags this bear around the library.

 I can only imagine that 50 other kids do this every week, too. Poor bear.

 

 

Trip with Maggie and Dave to celebrate Dave's completion of Graduate School of Banking. 

 

 

This picture just makes me laugh. 

 

 

Walks at the Lake.

 

 

Making a wish.

 

 

Summer swinging.

 

Riding a pretend horse at another park.

 

Ready for fall...