Weekend in Review

Last weekend we had a quick soccer filled couple of days. On Friday night we went to my nephews football game. The girls had fun playing together and watched almost none of the actual game. Saturday morning Everly had a soccer game. She played really well and scored 1 goal that she really had to earn. After her game I went straight out to my soccer game. I played in a 4v4 tournament at Octoberfest in Tempe. It was fun but pretty hot. We started out really well and won our first 4 games and then lost in the quarterfinals. After we lost we headed over to get some beers. It was fun having some German beers and hanging out for a bit. Saturday night Justin took Everly to her first Coyotes NHL game. They got free tickets, free hats, $1 hot dogs and $1 beers so they had a fun night. Aspen and I met my dad at Freddy's for dinner since he was in town. She was funny and kept saying "look at me Grandpa." Sunday morning I got up and knocked out an 11 mile run and then kept it pretty low-key the rest of the day. We went grocery shopping, did some cleaning and homework and watched the Cardinals game. It was a great little weekend!

Apple Picking on Aspen's Birthday

A couple of weeks ago we took the kids apple picking before the season was over. We should have done it earlier in the month but better late than never. The farm we went to was Date Creek Ranch and was outside of Wickenburg and about 4 miles off the freeway. It was on a dirt road which was interesting, but kind of cool once we got close to the farm. They had cows and you had to maneuver the one way road as the cows just roamed. We were the first ones at the farm that morning so we had the orchard to ourselves. The kids had fun picking apples and even got to see some pigs. Aspen inherited my sensitive gag reflex. She started gagging just due to the smell of the pigs. It was kind of funny because she had no idea what was happening. After we finished picking apples we packed up and headed to the mall on our way home to spoil Aspen at her favorite store, the Disney Store. She actually calls it the princess store. Since it was Aspen's birthday but her party wasn't until the next week, we also treated her to dinner at Freddy's. That girl was happy with some French fries and chocolate custard. She also got some presents from her Aunt and Grandma so she was definitely spoiled. It was a great Saturday.

Had to stop at Starbucks to treat Aspen to a birthday cake pop before we hit the road.

Aspen picked out a tiny snow white house. She loves all things tiny.

I think she had a good birthday!

Weekend in Review

We had a great weekend. Justin left Thursday night to camp and run at Ragnar Trail AZ so we didn't see him until Saturday afternoon. Friday night we met my mom and the boys at Freddie's. Teddy and Ev were being so cute and playing and Aspen and Cameron were much too busy eating EVERYTHING. Those two were shoveling food in. Saturday morning Everly woke up with a hive-like rash all over her legs and on her arms and so I gave her Benadryl and a shower and she seemed fine. I packed the girls up in the jogging stroller for my first time actually running with it. I usually run before they are awake so I never use it for that but with Justin gone this was my only option. I ran 2.5 miles to Home Depot where I met my sister for the kids workshop. My brother-in-law was nice enough to come and help because it is hard to do that without your husband. Basically the adults to the building and the kids do "some" painting. They love it though and its free so we keep going. After the kids built their planes I ran the 2.5 miles back with the girls and they both fell asleep. I was surprised at how well I ran (about a 9:20 pace). My arms did get a little tired but the stroller really is pretty easy to push. We have THIS double jogging stroller. Saturday afternoon after Justin got home, we went to open swim at Hubbard. It was free if you brought in some canned food so we took advantage of that. My girls don't take year round swim lessons so it was fun to get back in the pool. Saturday night we went to Justin's sister's to watch the Nebraska football game and Everly started to spike a fever. We only lasted half the game before we had to call it a night but my sister in law made some yummy chili! Everly's fever was off an on all day Sunday but she wanted to come to my soccer game so we all went as a family. Sunday night she worked on her homework project of decorating her Turkey with Aunty Kim (who has all the teacher-y crafty things). Aspen and Mae also got some play time in Sunday night now that Mae can sit up. At one point Aspen sat on Mae's head and she didn't like it so much but other that that they played great. Everly turned in her homework Monday but is still fighting her fever/cough so hopefully she can kick that soon!

 

Thanks Uncle Mark!

 

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Having fun at Mama's soccer game.

A photo posted by Justin Larkins (@justinlarkins) on Nov 8, 2015 at 10:53am PST