wow

this weekend has been a busy one

but there have been so many fun things to do

first homecoming ...

then tonight we spent the evening at northwestern

this week was their homecoming

and the celebrate they had a worship night

that included an illusionist ...

harris III

as i anticipated ...

the boys thought he was very cool

he did several tricks

while incorporating a theme of not always asking 'how' in life

but sometimes just saying 'wow' ...

how our society has become so skeptical

that even kids are so quick to lose their sense of wonder

loved it.

plus ... an extra night of worship with the fam ...

never gonna turn that down :) 

running the game ball

this week has been homecoming week

with the game tonight

the cross country team was in charge of running the game ball

from champlin park high school to blaine

 for the game

alex and i tried to catch them en route

and spotted them just before they got to BHS

once at the high school

they ran the ball out on to the field

and then joined the football team

for the national anthem

although it wasn't TOO cold

alex and i may not have stayed too long

because we were hungry and decided eating dinner

sounded better ;)

drew and ben stayed and watched blaine take a win

XC * elm creek * 2017

so ... i may have a problem

but i think alex does too :) 

today we decided before going to ben's meet

we should stop and get another jamba juice

i mean ...

we both were starting to feel cold's coming on

and this HAS to help, right?!

today's meet was in maple grove at elm creek

stacey is in town

and was able to help us cheer

even drew got to meet us to help cheer

i LOVE watching you, ben!

you're getting closer and closer to your goal

and i'm so proud of you!

mr. inchworm

remember that time that i went to pick a leaf out of my new raspberries from costco

and i pulled it out

and it wasn't a leaf

but a little inchworm?

ya ...

i'm STILL trying to forget it ...

yuck.

secret 'appointments'

this past week has been alex's week of doctor/dentist appointments

today started with a trip to the dentist

which then led to a pre-school breakfast at chick-fil-a

THEN ...

because we had time to kill after school

before we could pick up ben

we decided to run a few errands

which might have included jamba juice

and cafe zupas ...

but shhh...

don't tell anyone else

or they're all going to be requesting dentist and dr appointments :)

see ya at the pole * 2017

drew is helping lead FCA this year

so i encouraged him to try to get a group together at BHS for see ya at the pole

it may not have been the biggest group around

but you have to start somewhere ...

it's more than last year

AND

a local youth pastor drove by and brought them donuts!

nice work, drew and ben

and everyone else that showed up early on a late start morning!

patriotic ben

all ready for red white and blue day

101 uses for duct tape * part 63

when the boys ask for duct tape

and then disappear for a while

you never know what you're going to get ...

today we got a weapon

and a shield

XC * megameet * 2017

today we drove to milaca for a mega meet

the largest one day high school cross country meet in the world -

there were 137 schools represented

and these 11 were some of the 438 freshman that competed

carson's sister, maddie, was there cheering

and she made every one of the boys laugh

with her GREAT cheering

ben continues to improve

and although it was 90 degrees today

he had a great race!

keep it up, ben!