The Weekend Wrap-Up

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. Ours was busy with several of us going in different directions, but it was enjoyable.

I've mentioned on here a few times that Brenson is playing basketball with a new club this year, Oklahoma Flame. We are hopeful that this season will be better than last, and so far it looks promising. Brenson is 14U this year (how?!?), and Oklahoma Flame has four 14U boys teams. This past weekend was the official season tip-off with a tournament in St. Louis. Chris and Bren drove up there Thursday evening so Bren could play on Friday and Saturday. They drove back home on Saturday evening. Bren had a great time at the tournament and getting to know his teammates better. 

Bren's confidence is really building with this team, and we are excited to see how he grows this season!

There is definitely a sense of comradery between the 14U teams. While the "Select" 14U team was playing, Bren and several of his teammates sat on the bench to support them. 

Meanwhile, I was holding down the fort back at home. Friday night, we hosted our monthly youth devo. We've been doing these devos now for over two years, and I'm so thankful for them each month. They are an uplifting and encouraging time, and this month we had some visitors Brianna invited from her Physical Science Lab class. It's always good to have visitors, and we were thrilled they were able to make it. 

On Saturday, we were invited to celebrate Sadie's 12th birthday at her house. It's crazy that she's already 12! Her party was Harry Potter themed, which Brooke and Brecklyn thought was fantastic since that is one of their newish interests. 

Amazing cake!

Fun group of party girls!

Of course, they had all the fun party favors for everyone!

Sadie opening her gifts from us

They each even got a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, and had a contest to see who could each every flavor. Brooke won the contest, and Brecklyn definitely did not, lol. We were laughing so hard watching the girls each all the terrible bean flavors!

They even enjoyed some time outdoors on the trampoline.

BFFs!

Love these girls!

After we left Sadie's house, we swung by Jaxen's house to bring him home with us for the evening. Bri enjoyed having him over for a few hours. 

Yesterday was our monthly potluck at church, and we had a Thanksgiving themed meal. It was delicious as always, and we even had some visitors stay for that, too. 

Now we're focusing on getting through the last couple weeks of school before Thanksgiving Break, which will be directly followed by a vacation to Texas. We are certainly blessed!