We just had a FUN weekend with our nephews, Cael, Gabe and Luke staying at our house. That made a grand total of 7 boys at our house (incl. Scott). Luckily, I like boys stuff. We were blessed with gorgeous weather, which made the weekend that much better. I picked up the boys on Friday, and we spent the afternoon playing outside. They all played so nicely all weekend. Scott and I tried to plan a few extra fun things for us to do, too. We also had lots of fun Iowa State basketball games to watch.
On Friday night we made our own personal pizzas for supper. It is so fun to see how the boys load up their pizzas. It is cute how they each made their own design. Ethan likes to make smiley faces. Isaac and Cael loaded theirs up with meat. Luke put a big pile if cheese right in the middle, and then each piece only had that middle part eaten out of it.
The major event of the weekend was model rocket building and launching. Each kiddo got a model to construct on Saturday morning and then we launched them on Sunday after church.
Cael and Isaac worked together on their models, and were pretty independent.
Ethan and I worked together on his model. He had one that he got for his birthday last year that we worked on.
The bigger boys all worked in the dining room.
Scott helped the littler crew with their rockets in the kitchen. He said they were so good and really excited to hold two pieces together while the glue set. They were great at taking turns and listening.
Luke is so cute! He is such a happy little guy!
Owen is holding his shock cord so it can dry.
We literally went straight from making rockets to building a fire to roast hot dogs. The original plan was to do this for supper, but we had to be ready to watch the Cyclones play at 5:00. We did our cookout for lunch. It was super fun. We had hot dogs, chips and bbq beans.
You did not see these two separate much over the weekend. They have fun together.
Everyone is enjoying their lunch.
Scott and I actually did get to sit down and enjoy our hot dogs. After lunch, everyone played outside and inside. We had a nice relaxing afternoon at home. Until the Cyclone game at 5. Then we were all excited!
I just have to mention how awesome it was to walk into church on Sunday morning with all these cuties. I think we turned a few heads. They were so good during church. I had to remind them to be good a few times, and it reminded me of going to church with my cousins when I was little. My Grandma Korte had a special way of bending her index finger, and she would give you a little poke. That meant you needed to behave.
After church we went to the soccer fields to launch the rockets. Everybody go to launch theirs at least once. Some need repair work before the next flight. We all had a blast!
Ethan is setting up his Firebolt. It was a super cool one. Unfortunately, half of it got stuck in a tall tree. Well, that's how it goes.
We all counted down before the launch. Owen is launching his rocket. It was a little windy, so we had to search for the rockets after they flew. The kids were great about helping each other.
Everyone is watching the next launch. It was a fun weekend, and I hope we made some memories to last a lifetime!
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