Football/ Birthday Weekend.

Caleb, now 8, has started playing flag football. He has games on Saturdays, and last weekend I wanted to go so bad, but the game was canceled due to the down pour or rain that started Saturday morning. This weekend I was destined to make it! The game started at 10 so I knew I had to leave by 9:30 to make it on time. I left around 9:40. There are many ways to make it to the North land, my favorite being the 35N to the 169N because I like to cut through the city and smell the fresh Folgers aroma that surrounds the blocks around Broadway and 6Th St. The first times I smelled it I thought I was hallucinating. So running 10 min late already I started my journey towards the north. Knowing that I can't take my usual route because of road construction on the 35, but you can take the 35N to the point where I needed to go. Last weekend I could do this, this weekend I found out this trip wasn't going to be happening. My exit was closed so I kept going and exited on The Paseo to turn around and try to figure this out. I ended up calling Dionn, who handed the phone to Marc b/c her city savvy doesn't extend much past North KC. SO I FINALLY GET GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I start going on I-70 W and was distracted at one point, of course it had to be the point where there are 3 directions to go, left is 70, middle 35S, far right 35N. I slipped up and took the middle, 35S. By this time I am heading back towards my apt in Shawnee and about gave up and headed home. Stupid road work. I got to Caleb's game around 10:30 and got to see him pull a flag off. I can't wait for the next ones! I know I can't make it to next weekends because I picked up some hours for the weekend.

Here he is ready to get a flag! (by the 2 orange things)

In front of the ref eyeing the target.

I don't know who won, but I do know that he had fun. After the game they get snacks. Hes such a good big brother because he made sure to bring Payton a juice. As you can tell it was another gloomy day, but pretty nice if you can get past the high humidity and pollen count... great another summer in KS is approaching.

Payton turned 6 on the 22Nd and her little birthday party was Sunday. This time I took the route completely around the city to avoid any slight complications. She had some of the neighbor girls, "Little" Red (Eli), and cousin Cameron. She had wanted her ears pierced for her birthday.

Dionn had told her many times that it does sting for a while. Dionn said she didn't even cry, just that her pretty eyes got big when they went through and that was it. What a big girl! Of course in the picture she couldn't put down Dionn's phone, which she was playing a bowling game on while at Caleb's game.

She had told Dionn that she wanted to make an Earth cake. Blue sprinkles for they sky and something for the grass.

Melania, Caleb, Michele, Stella

Another gloomy day with rain sometime throughout the day so They just stayed inside for some of it and made bracelets. It wasn't raining for the party so they did get to run around outside and play on the swing set in the back yard.

:-D My fave 3! Can't wait till 4!!!!!