Katy's College Graduation!

Last Friday we celebrated my youngest sister Katy as she graduated from college in 3 1/2 years with a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Grand Canyon University. She also played on the women's soccer team for 4 seasons as I have posted about many times before so she was very busy. Everly was at school and Justin was working so my sisters picked up me and Aspen to head out to the graduation. It was a risk, since it was right during Aspen's nap time but she did pretty good, especially considering the graduation was kind of long. The speaker was wacky. He was the drummer for Pink and he basically talked about himself for an hour. Super weird. Once they finally started calling people's names though, it went by pretty fast. We met up with my sister outside and took some pictures after and then headed back home to get ready to house a little open house for her. We only did appetizers and drinks and still had way too much food, but better than not enough. My sister's boyfriend graduated from ASU two days earlier so the cake was split for him, too. Now I am not the only ASU Alumni! My sister's boyfriend is already a teacher, but my sister is going to be going to P.A. school sometime next year I think so it is basically just a little break before going back to school! We are proud of both Katy and Alex!

Katy with Alex and his family which have always been soo supportive of her.

Katy and Teddy

Katy and Aspen

4 college gradates and almost 2 with masters as well.

Sill sisters and a mom h

ASU and GCU

December graduations are very festive.

Weekend in Review

Last weekend was a little bit crazy in terms of being busy! On Friday I picked up Everly from school and went straight to Katy's soccer game. It was still so hot on Friday but the kids had fun. Teddy and Everly were even the fans of the match! On Saturday Justin was working and I had a lot planned in the morning so it was non-stop until about 1:30 p.m. First, I got in a run with my sister before Justin had to leave for work. That is always a must. Then we headed out to see Teddy's soccer game at 8:00 a.m. Teddy did really good and Everly loved cheering him on. It is so funny how at such a young age the boys play so much differently than the girls. We were very proud of how well Teddy did. After Teddy's game we headed to the opposite side of the valley to go to Touch a Truck at Westgate in Glendale. We only had a limited amount of time there before we had to go to Everly's soccer game but they had a lot of fun and I will be sharing a video from the event tomorrow. After Touch-a-Truck we went straight to Everly's soccer game. She did really good and is really improving on her defense. She scored two goals and also totally ran into the wall while stopping a breakaway from the other team. She was a little shaken up but there was no blood and she went back out and played just a couple minutes later. Proud of her for not getting overly worked up or embarrassed by it. By the time Everly's game was over we were exhausted. Aspen passed out in the car and me and Ev grabbed lunch and headed home. I didn't want to do anything the rest of the day so we stayed home and watched Hocus Pocus. Sunday morning I had a makeup class at Sephora with my sister in law which was fun. I could play with makeup all day if someone let me. After my class I went back home to change and head out to Katy's senior and final home soccer game. It was an odd game to say the least but I am glad I was able to go and support Katy. We are sure going to miss going to watch her games! It was also really hot again on Sunday. Come on Fall! Sunday night we went over to my sister's for pizza and to watch the Cardinals game. We recreated a picture of Cameron and Everly from 4 years ago with the younger kids. It was difficult but I think we got a good enough shot. It is definitely crazier now with some many kids running around but I wouldn't have it any other way. Also, glad I only have to take two of them home, haha.

Love these two!

Action shots of Teddy and Everly thanks to Tony.

The whole crew at both Teddy and Everly's games.

ughh...her auntie's gave her candy!

They wanted to watch Hocus Pocus with us.

Putting on Makeup to go sweat it off at Katy's game!

4/5 Yancones

Supporting Katy!

These four crazies!

 

Cam and Ev on the top from 4 years ago and Ted, Aspen, Mae and No

Labor Day Weekend: GCU Soccer!

We had a great long labor day weekend which included 2 visits to GCU to watch my sister play soccer. On Friday night we packed dinner and picked up Jimmy Johns on our way out to the game. It was still pretty hot and Aspen was a little fussy so that made things a little more difficult but they were playing NAU which is usually a decent rivalry so we wanted to go. Also, they were giving away Nike cool towels so we were excited to get those. The lope mascot was at the game Friday night and Mae seemed interested but as soon as she gave him a high five she freaked out and started crying and shaking. It was sad but also funny. They ended up killing NAU 5-0 which was crazy because it was their first win of the season. On Sunday night they had another game I decided to go just alone with Everly since Friday night was a little more difficult with Aspen. It was a little bit cooler and that made all of the difference. It wasn't a blowout, but they did win again which was nice. This weekend she plays in a tournament in Flagstaff and we are excited to go up and watch her. We are going to go up Saturday night and then take family pictures up in Flagstaff Sunday morning before watching her game. I am so looking forward to the cool Flagstaff fall weather!

Aspen stealing someone's yogurt and Mae before meeting the lope

Teddy and the blow up lope

If you give me a cute baby, I am going to take her pictures.

GCU Soccer is Back!

Last weekend we went to my sister's first home game for her last year at GCU. This was also their first game in the brand new soccer stadium on her campus so it was really fun. There is obviously a lot more seating and shade which is nice and I think they did a really good job with the stadium. The kids love going to the games and watching Katy play and it is usually free so it ends up being a fun thing to take them to. Aspen was napping at this time, so I took Ev by myself and met my mom and sisters there. Ev had lots of fun playing with her cousin Mae who scared the crap out of me on the concrete bleachers cus she is so dang clumsy! Thank god she is a tough little chunk cus she falls down all of the time. We will be back out there this Friday night to watch her play again and hopefully it will be a little cooler out!

they lost 3-2 :(

 the big kids!

love these two!

Weekend in Review

Finally this weekend felt like fall is finally coming! Yes, it was still super hot but nature dropped some hints that fall is around the corner. It started Friday. I got a Pumpkin Spice Latte and I wore boots to work. Friday night we got some rain while at my sister's game. It was nice that it cooled things off, but then it picked up and the game went into rain delay so we went home. Saturday morning I hiked with my sister and Justin's sister and it was nice and cool. It is also staying darker longer so we are definitely putting our headlamps to good use. When I got home Justin took Everly to a home depot workshop to make a cornhole game just in time for football season! The rest of Saturday we spent most of the day at Justin's other sister's house watching college football. Nebraska and ASU lost so that stinks but my sister-in-law made some yummy food and the kids had so much fun playing together. I just want to squeeze that little Remi all day long! Sunday morning we woke up early for the zoo. It actually felt really warm there. I took some video so I will do a separate post for that. We were pretty wiped out from the zoo but I made it to watch half of my sister's game on Sunday since she has a bunch of away games coming up. Once again, hot, so we watched from the parking garage. Sunday night we had dinner for my sister's birthday. Monday I got up and ran 7 miles with my sister because I am crazy. She pushed me and I ran a sub 9:00 pace which is the fastest I have run all summer. I was pretty happy about that and treated myself to a bagel after with my mom and sister. We got a lot of cleaning done on Sunday and I took a much needed nap. We have a lot to do this week to get ready for Aspen's 1st birthday party next weekend which will be here before you know it!

 

Piestewa Peak

thankful for hiking buddies who will join you at 5:00 AM on a Saturday.

Home depot workshop

Remi and Aspen. Guess that hat is jinxed now.

I realize now that this does not look appetizing but it was super yummy. And bacon!

 

surprisingly not a bad view

 

nursing post-run

while cleaning we found some shoes to try on Aspen and Everly being cute at the bagel place.