A quick hello!

Last weekend Ragnar's parents and sister came into town. The kids were so excited to see them. They had been waiting at the door for 2 hours. Unfortunately by the time they got there I had distracted them with a movie so they would stop waiting and then when they came they wanted to finish..I guess you can't win everytime ;)

Saturday we were supposed to go watch Cavin's soccer game, but it was rained out for the 3rd time. The weather has been so rainy. We went to the store and picked out pumpkins to paint instead.

The kids looked online to figure out what they wanted to paint and then got to work! They spent several hours on them.  

Channing painted Piggie from a book she liked called Piggie and Gerald that she had to do for a school project as well. Daphne helped Deacon create Pikachu which he was excited about. Ella painted a unicorn, and Cavin got pretty creative with his spider accessorized all the way up with a top hat! I loved to see the kids creativity.

We played some games and Ragnar, his dad, and sister played Skat. We celebrated Daphne's birthday and then had a BBQ.

Ursula sewed Ella's hole in her cow costume and then tried it on for good measure. ;) 

The next morning they joined us for church and lunch and they were off. It was such a short visit, but I am glad we got to at least say hi.

Ragnar turns 41!

Ragnar celebrated his 41st birthday on September 25, 2018. He was lucky to be able to share his birthday weekend with his father and sister Daphne. 

We were scheduled to have a soccer filled Saturday, but we have had relentless rain every weekend, so the games were cancelled and our day was open! He chose to go bowling and we headed to the ally! Ragnar BARELY beat Ella for the win on the first game and he also won the second. Birthday luck I suppose ;) 

We watched a movie and then headed to Saltgrass for dinner. Good food and good company. 

He loves bundt cakes, so we bought a chocolate bundt cake to share! 

Sunday we went to church and the big "kids" seemed more entertained by the toys ;) haha I guess at any age you gotta keep people entertained!

We had a nice short weekend with his dad and sister. On his actual birthday he had to work and then go to coach soccer practice. We got in another small bundt cake and celebrated with him a little in the evening. He was thrilled to get an apple watch. 
We sure love this guy and are glad he had another birthday to celebrate him. He is a hard working, dad joke telling, sports lovin, kind man and we are lucky to have him in our lives. I know his 41st year is going to bring amazing things!