Half-way Through

Is half-way through the week too late to talk about the weekend?  Not around here!  Some weeks that's just how it is.  It also means we are half-way to the next weekend.  Whoop!  

Usually during the week I wake Lyle up at seven to get ready to go out to Annie's.  I always wonder a little bit, if I didn't have to wake him up, how long he would really sleep.  Well, apparently he thinks Saturdays are something to get up and be excited about, because he was up bright and early at six!  So much for momma sleepin in!  But I got a lot of the house cleaned before Zach got up, so at least we made it worth while!

Saturday evening we headed up to a birthday party for one of Zach's good friends, Dan.  We had not seen them in so long, and it was great to catch up with everyone.  

Lyle and his friend Kohen.  Thanks to many trucks brought by Tara, they did great!
(Sorry about the excavator to the head!)

I am always amazed at what a small world it is, and how God brings different people into your life at different times.  This group is full of random connections that all fit together perfectly.  I went to high school with Dan, but did not really know until I started dating Zach, since he and Zach were good friends from college.  I knew Chad in high school, and we were pretty good friends in college (though we went to different schools).  I went to college with his wife Tara, but did not really know her until she started dating Chad.  Dan's sister and husband were there, and she was in my sister's class in high school.  See!  All connected.  Times like these we wished we lived closer to Wichita, and could get together with people more often.  But we love our small town life, and just need to make an effort to see people regardless of the distance.

We headed up to Hesston afterwards to spend the night and Sunday with my family.

Puzzles with Gigi

Such big kids...eating at their own table!

I'm going to have to stop calling him "Baby Eric"!

  My brother Jeff was home for the weekend, and my sister and her family came up for Sunday afternoon.  It was such a nice day of catching up on all the latest happenings, and letting the cousins play.  Nothing makes my heart happier than a day with family.    

Shoving leaves through the cracks

Miss Zo swinging