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Better weekend than we thought!

Boyd watching me try on shoes at Kohl's.

The kids were in a good mood, so I told them to pose.

So these photos are all from a weekend... three weekends ago?

The weekend started off with Boyd's basketball team, the "Dynamite Cobras," getting destroyed... about 58-8. No mercy rule, baby! Take your whoppin' and move on! The opposing team thankfully told their best player to start passing the ball instead of shooting... and then he was dishing dimes, the nerdy kid in goggles who hadn't scored all season suddenly went off for eight points, and their fans were losing their minds... that was our team... we should have been the Dynamite Enablers.

So we get home, and what's next? The dog was nervous, worried that Coach Seth was looking for something to kick (I would never kick an animal, but I would shove one off me that is trying to snuggle, as Evey will angrily attest.)

What's next is... Kohl's, bah-bay!!!

Evey, Boyd and I all groan. Mom has a 30-percent off coupon, or something.

Adrianne asks out loud, "how is this going to go?" I laugh and tell her it will end badly... but I need some new clothes... so let's get in the car.

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Straight to Kohl's, we're all laughing in the car. Get to Kohl's and we split up: boys/girls.

Boyd is doing a combination of helping me find/size clothes and using the cart as his own race car. But he's having fun. And I'm finding DEALS!

Evey and Adro are shopping. They find some deals. We all meet, a little later than any of us expected... and we get a $hit ton of clothes/shoes for not much money. I'm kind of stunned, and excited to wear my new stuff. I even got a KU Jayhawks pint glass for the heck of it, and a KU St. Patty's Day shirt!

Again, they were having fun Saturday night, so
I asked the kids to strike a pose. They went with the
dramatic look...

We all head out, triumphant. What's for lunch? Boyd has been Jonesing for a cheeseburger ever since he has been bouncing back from Strep throat... and all I did was buy him a gross, dry burger from Dairy Queen when he was home sick.

So I suggested FREDDY'S!

We went, it was packed. But we got in, and got our burgers, and they were AMAZING!

We got back home, kicked off our gear and got on our pajamas. I cracked open a cold one and started reading my Beastie Boys book. Everyone else started doing what they wanted to do (TV/Kindle/laundry, whatever.)

We thought back at it... turns out we actually had a FUN day going to Kohl's, shopping, and hanging out together. We were all happy.

Sometimes weekends come and go, and you feel like you didn't get anything out of them. This was a weekend where we unexpectedly had a blast together. No hard chores or anything, just hanging out as a family... and that was so much fun!

How do you Sonic?

We nervously Sonic, awaiting chili dogs, tots and fries, after Boyd's practices.

Evey nailed it!

Congrats Evey! She had an AMAZING performance in her 6th grade play, "The Box."

She had multiple parts in the play and I think she was perfect throughout. She worked hard, and even picked up an extra part on the day of the play when a kid got sick.

I've got a few videos I'll try to post soon.

A couple old photos

Boyd's smile right now is really similar to Evey's in the below photo...