We have had a nice past week. Kyle and I went on a date; Jason and Grant went on a date.  Kyle wanted to go to Dollar Tree after our meal!  Of all places!  :)

 

Kyle's baseball is over and Grant has six more days.  Here he is from the mound last weekend.

 

then at bat!

 

America's Greatest Homecoming was in full force last week.  Our family went to several of the events, including Hester street painting.  Reid and I even made the Stillwater Newspress!

 

Kyle's very own Pistol Pete drawing!

 

with his friend, Rodney.

 

 

We drove by the house decorations a little earlier than usual and then headed to a nearby lake for a night of camping.  It's been a year since we've been, and that is too long for our family! We needed a night together and away from the house.  The weather was perfect this year, and we had late sleepers on Saturday!

 

Smores by the fire!

 

a new location for us - we liked! Kind of on a peninsula.

 

We hiked four miles on Friday and two on Saturday before heading to the homecoming game.

 

 

America's Greatest Homecoming - it's not a self-given title but one given by a national organization - lots of paperwork and stuff required to be entered.  OSU has earned this title for as many years as I can remember - it's well-deserved and loved by a wonderful community of Cowboys.  The Cowboy world was once again rocked on Saturday as a driver drove her car into the crowd at the morning parade.  Four people were killed and 44 were treated.  At one point, our family knew seven of those, with three having been critical and transported to a critical care facility.

 

This is a picture of our football team praying before the game and the flag at half mast.

 

It was a bittersweet and odd game - it felt odd to cheer yet the Cowboys played great!

 

This is our great principal having brought lunch to Kyle.  He chose pizza hut pizza and lemonade for his special Principal Pal lunch day!