Sporting Club Soccer Games in Springfield, MO

Trevor tried out for the Sporting club team and made it!  We were super excited for him to be part of this club for the coaching seemed better and seemed like they stressed teamwork rather than individual skills.  So maybe they would have game strategy too!  Mommy, Ashley and Trevor headed up to Springfield, Missouri for Trevor's first 'friendlies' with his new team.  And look at this!  His soccer smile is back and he went after the ball, stole it and scored!!!!  WAY TO GO TREVOR!!!

In between games we hit up Chipotle and Coldstone.  YUM!

Then it was back to another game where Mommy saw the coach directing.  Even kneeling down by them with a white board drawing things out!  YAY!!!  It's going to be a great season!  Then around 6pm we headed home.  Kids decided they wanted a truck stop dinner.  Luckily for Ashley they had Pizza Hut and for Trevor Taco Bell!  What a day!

Girls Tea and Boys Lunch

We decided to start a new tradition on the Friday before school starts - girls go to tea and boys have lunch!  Ashley was SO excited!!!!

So fun!!

Ashley wasn't a fan of the tea but did devour the sandwiches!

Girl time!

Boy time!!

Bonus Time in MN for Mommy and Kids

Like we said in the last post, Mommy and the kiddos stayed around for almost a week after the cabin fun ended.  The main reason was the Bruno Mars concert that Sara was invited to by her brother but also you can never have enough time at home with your parents and grandparents :)  

One day we went to the Owatonna water park!!

So much to do there!

Ashley loved this little slide.  

Trevor loved the big ones!  And the lazy river of course!

We spent a lot of time outside - the weather was perfect!  Building chairs..

Going to the Blast with the neighbor boy!

Standing in line at Cabela's to get free fishing poles...

And catching fish!

Real and fake :)

Building a table with Papa, one of Trevor's favorite things to do!

Playing with Mommy's old Barbies!

And before we knew it it was Saturday - concert day!!!!  Mommy went to the Cities early to get new tires on her car but then it was all fun!  Mommy's peeps right here - her brother Jim, his wife Annie, Annie's sister Nicci, Annie's brother Paul and his wife Nicki!  What a treat to have this night with them!!!  (In case you didn't know Sara and Jim grew up with Annie, Paul and Nicci so it is super easy to be chill all together.  Nothing but smiles with this group!)  We went to a new St. Paul hot spot for dinner on this rainy night!

Then it was concert time!  

Nicci and Sara sat together.  

HA! There was no siting just singing and dancing all night!  Best concert ever!!!!!

On Sunday Nana and Papa brought the kiddos to Jim and Annie's so we could have a big Dambowy-Roslansky reunion.  

We pretty much call this crew cousins because you know, family :)

Then on Monday we headed back to Arkansas.  What a fun-filled trip but it will be good to be back home.  The kids have been away from home since July 20 but if you ask them they could travel all the time.  We all can't wait to see Daddy and Toby though!!

Such good car travelers.  Thankful for that because we have lots more road trips in our future!

Annual Cabin Time!!!

Another trip we look forward to annually is Grandview with the Roslansky clan!  We have a girls car, a boy car and a parents car and head up on Saturday with a stop at Pizza Ranch - always, every single time! 

Before we know it, we are there!  First stop when there is to change into our picture clothes because another tradition is to take a family picture right away!  Great job Annie on this years clothes selection!

And after that it was nothing but laughter and activity!  This year we added this water toy for fun!

There were 2 paddle boards at our cabin so this year we could to try that out!  So much fun!  

We celebrated Sam and Elena's birthdays early.  Girls had fun with the new Elena of Avalor game!

Even Nana got on the paddle board!

Trevor was bound and determined to catch a fish with the butterfly net that Nana and Papa brought.  And by golly HE DID IT!!!!!!!  He was beyond excited and probably shocked but what a great lesson about determination!!!

So then Sam was on a mission to get a fish in his net too so Trevor helped him reach his goal!

We spent some time at the indoor pool.  Kids all loved the slide this year - and they could all go down by themselves!

Another fun thing was stopping the water!

We bellied up to the bar for lemonades!

We brought dinosaur and unicorn towels for the kids.  They were a hit!

And before we knew it our 4 days was up :(  Brian flew out of St. Cloud back to Arkansas Tuesday morning.  Mommy and the kids stayed for almost another week because Jim and Annie got tickets to Bruno Mars and invited Mommy!  Separate post on that :)  But thank you Nana and Papa for our annual tradition.  Love seeing how the kids grow every year.  One thing is clear.  These 4 are inseparable and are such good buddies beyond cousins.  Family is SO important and we are all thankful for the memories we create at the cabin.  Love you!  XOXO