Roadtrip

This past weekend we headed west to Iowa with some friends to watch the Aggie football team vs. Iowa State. On the way to Ames, Iowa there was the longest line of geese flying East. It went on forever, just goose after goose in formations in lines. It was fun to watch. We stopped at Chick Fil A in Davenport, Iowa and it didn't dissapoint. The friends we went with had never had Chick Fil A before (imagine that) and they really liked it too. They said they'll stop there now everytime they go home to Iowa.

We got to Rachel's parents house around 9:30 Friday night and the kids played for a bit and then it was bedtime. They have 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms in their basement so it was a very nice setup for our families. Maddi was thrilled that she got to sleep in the same room with one of her boyfriends, Liam. Liam is an early riser like Cade so by 7:10 Liam had woke Jack and Maddi up and Cade was playing his DS in our room so as soon as Cade heard the other kids up he joined right in. They played with their DS games, house, Legos, and then made their way upstairs for coloring Halloween cards.

Later Saturay Jack and Liam's grandpa took the kids out to fly Chinese kites. The grandparents had visited China in September so Brett and them had fun talking about their trips to China. The grandparents live in a nice neighborhood that backs to a creek and the walking path and park are on the other side of their house. In the picture above Grandpa was testing out the kite and the kids were in awe watching it.

They decided they needed a little more room to fly the kite and get away from the utility wires so they helped carry the kite.

They started with one kite and took turns holding it. Here is Maddi with her baby and Grandpa.

The first kite crashed and tangled into the tree. So then there were two half kites flying. They decided it was more manageable to have half kites so they broke the second kite in half so there were now four half kites flying and each kid had their own kite to fly. They had so much fun running around and tangling kites with each other!

Cade with his half kite.

Cade and Jack's kites got too tangled to fly anymore so they had just as much or more fun rolling down the sledding hill. Maddi was flying her kite and trying to jump over Cade as her rolled. Watch the video at the bottom of Cade and Jack rolling, but beware, it will make you dizzy!

Cade was pretty dizzy making his way back up the hill so he could roll down again.

Before the Aggie football game we tailgated with Rachel's family. It was pretty windy so the kids spent the first half hour in the car. Maddi was drawing Halloween pictures.

The boys were again playing Nintendo DS. They didn't stay in the car too long before their Jack and Liam's cousins showed up then they were out throwing the football, playing bags, and eating!

They learned a new game and I can't remember the name of it, but I need to find the name of it to get it for them for Christmas. You make a pattern with colors and hide the pattern and then people try to guess the pattern and you give them white and red markers on the side to help them know if they have the right colors, etc.

The tent behind us had some great music and we went over and joined them for a bit to dance with them. The kids were dancing to the electric slide. Fun stuff.

This is Maddi with her grumpy face because she had too many cookies, liccorice, juiceboxes and whatever else she was eating since we weren't watching. Sometimes you gotta let them learn on their own!

Our family in front of Iowa State stadium. There weren't too many Aggies there, but it was fun to high five the ones we did see. When we first got in the stadim and were walking to our seats 2 different groups saw our Aggie clothing and welcomed us. How nice is that? Once the game began and we were winning nobody welcomed us anymore. Ha ha. In the Big 12 Iowa State had the worst record in the north and our Aggies had the worst record in the south so it was a game to see who won the title of worst in the conference. We were glad the Aggies didn't win that title!

It was a 6:00pm game so it was cold and windy. Maddi sat on my lap most of the game asking me 500 questions about the teams, the yell leaders, cheerleaders, dancers, band, etc. She had a blast and it was fun to share her first college game with her.

Me and Brett...old Ags!

Brett with his future Aggies. Cade was all bundled up. We were the second row from the top so it was pretty chilly. Aggies won! Whoop! It was a fun game and even though the Aggies defense was horrible, it was a fun game and a fun weekend. When we left Sunday it was crazy windy so I got a video of Maddi and Liam trying to catch the leaves flying in the air.