Saturday, October 27, 2018 - Football, Lunch, Fun with Grandkids, Dinner, Touring New Home

Saturday, October 27, 2018 -Football, Lunch, Fun with Grandkids, Dinner, Touring New Home

I woke up a little before 5 and decided to go ahead and get up.  I was wide awake so may as well enjoy it.  After turning on the coffee pot I worked on my blog post for Friday.  I was happy to get it completed and posted before we left for the day.  

Heath's oldest son Abram is in 5th grade and plays football in Goddard.  His team traveled to Winfield today to play Wellington at their Recreation Complex.  We allowed a little over an hour to get there and that worked just about perfect for us.  We enjoyed watching the game.  While they did not win, we thought Abram played a really good game.  We enjoyed visiting with Heath & Casey and the other two boys, GIdeon and Roman as well, throughout the game.

Abram is the 5th from the left.  He's the tallest boy on their team at around 5'2-3".

Abram played both offensive and defensive line for most of the game. 

It was a beautiful day.  While the temps never reached 60 - it felt like it was well into the 70's.  I wore a lightweight flannel shirt over a T-shirt and it wasn't long before the flannel shirt came off.  The sun really was bearing down on us and I'm thankful it wasn't really 70 or 80 degrees outside.  Sometimes we just do not realize how quickly the sun can warm us up.  No complaints though!

Abram had to be at the game early, so the rest of the family went to Walmart after they dropped him off.  They had a clearance on these caricature heads at a great price.  These are two they bought.  

Abram modeling the new caricature heads.

After the game we followed Heath & family back to Wichita where we had lunch together at McAlister's.  We really love this place.  I ordered a southwest cobb salad and Dean had a club sandwich.  My salad was HUGE, and I brought half of it home.  

We drove to their house after lunch.  We had a great visit.  Casey showed us the changes they have made to their house since we last visited  I'm not sure when that was.  We last saw them in May when we were here for Gideon's birthday party at the bowling alley, but we drove home after the party. 

The younger boys were upstairs in separate bedrooms.  They moved them downstairs where Casey had her office (she moved her office to the main floor in one of the bedrooms they were using).  What a great room for these two boys.  It is quite large and it is a wonderful place for them to play, do their homework and sleep.  Abram's room was already downstairs and I think they are enjoying being on the same floor together.  They put new flooring downstairs in the area where their pool table and wet bar is located.  I loved the flooring.  In addition they had repainted all of the walls and cabinetry as well.  Casey does an excellent job of decorating and as expected, did a beautiful job on this renovation as well.

I enjoyed visiting with Heath about the upcoming elections, and his work and involvemnt with special education groups/conferences.  We are very proud of him and Casey both for their work in this field.

I went downstairs and played air hocky with Abram and then Roman.  That was alot of fun and about wore me out for two back to back 15 minute games.  I had no idea how much exercise you can get from a game like that.  I really enjoyed it and spending time with these two boys.  

Abram and Gideon are both involved in music.  Abram is plaing the cello - something I always wanted to learn to play so I'm really happy he is interested in it.  Gideon has both a guitar and a ukelele.  He played and sang "You are My Sunshine" on the ukelele for me.  He did a good job, especially since he is only 10 and has learned it on his own by watching U Tube.  

With Halloween just a few days away, Abram modeled his costume for us.

 It reminds me of a Beatlejuice character!

Later I played a game of Clue with Roman and Abram.  Casey helped Roman get started.  I have not played Clue in years.  It was a favorite game to play with friends when I was their age.  I had to have them go through the rules with me to refresh my memory and Abram ended up winning the game.

We visited for awhile longer before we headed back to Bentley.  Jarred called us later to see if we wanted to get together after he leaves church.  Jarred works at Pathway Church and is their Home Teams Director.  He attends all of their church services and we will meet up with him after tonight's service.  They have two services on Sunday morning and one on Saturday evening, with many other activities and gatherings through the week.  

Jarred called us when he left the church and we met him at his house, where we rode along to meet his wife Andrea, Emmy, Andrea's parents Bill and Diane, and her sister Kelly and husband Chris at Hog Wild BBQ.  I ordered a baked potato with brisket.  It was very good but HUGE.  I ended up saving over half of it to take home.  When I eat my leftover salad from last night, I'll let Dean have my baked potato.  We love leftovers from takeout almost as much as leftovers from home - especially when they are as good as these two meals were.

Bill and Diane bought a new house earlier this year.  They invited us over to their house after dinner.  Emerson was pretty excited to take us on a full tour!  She was having a great time showing us her play room and play areas.  She made it alot of fun!  What a beautiful home they have.  I know they will enjoy many family gatherings in it.  They have a backyard that is pretty well an open slate for landscaping.  Their previous home was beautifully landscaped by them so I know it will be a labor of love as they work on this new one.  

It was another great day!