at least once a month….usually more….scott spends his weekends at basketball tournaments on various teams.
i can't always make it to his games because he is not the only kid in our family.
but sometimes it works out for all of us to go together.
the three youngest play their 3DS video games against each other for most of the time.
or run around the gym.
or draw.
or play angry birds.
i sit right next to craig and relax.
i really do enjoy our time together watching scott.
and watching mr. duerksen watch scott.
we finally got to eat at a place craig had been talking about for months.
he gets to go there for lunch at work but we never have gotten to come along.
the Benton, Kansas Airport has a restaurant on the strip!
so you can watch the little planes take off and land while you eat.
it's really cool.
and it was a GORGEOUS day for it.
sometimes we let them play while we wait for food….if we are feeling nice (or tired)
i got a salad and sweet potatoe fries.
could be a new favorite photo of scott.
annie was sure she could reach the top….just sure.
sometimes….big brothers are awesome.
🙂
i loved this place.
i hope we go back…i bet at sunset it's amazing.
back to the gym.
just another nice family day.
he "graduates" from eighth grade tonight.
man…. growing up is just fast.
it feels so quick…he is not that old?!
wasn't he just begging to look for tow trucks?
didn't he just learn to read?
doesn't he want to wrestle with dad?
ok….shutting down.
i don't have time to cry today so i am turning it off.
i showed a peek of my painted floor on instagram….it's pretty fun!!!
but i left my phone at home today on accident and i am at the craft house so i can't show you a picture here.
i guess that means you'll have to get on instagram.
🙂
because you should be anyway because it's a very fun little place to be.
i was worried it would be hard to figure out…..um…yeah…it's not.
super easy.
and addictive…..
Angie - Very glad you got to enjoy a game. My daughter is going into 8th grade this year and I LOVE watching her play sports. It makes me so proud. What an absolutely cute little place to eat. How fun is it that you can watch the planes? I’d love to take my boy somewhere like that!
Hope you all have a great Memorial Day Weekend friend!
Sandy - I still can’t figure out instagram. 🙁 But I’m with you…I love that picture of Scott. I miss Lauren. Did she go to prom this year?
Brandie Leep - Yep. Living in Benton is great! Love Stearman! glad your family enjoyed it!
Kirsten J - Excellent pictures!!! My big boy wore size 12 shoes in 9th grade, and now is 12 1/2 or 13. And I can’t believe I *ahem* pushed him out…*ahem* as Laura says. Bahhh!!!
Good for you for sleuthing out the clever restaurant, because SubWay gets old. We have a girlie who plays on a traveling tournament softball team. And I’m searching out out of the ordinary spots in Roseville California for the first of August….get ready, Mama, it’s only just beginning!
Lisa - Scott looks like a great player! And I am totally addicted to Instagram….
Annette - Stearman’s is a favorite for our family too! Sometimes we sneak up there when kids are in school for a lunch date! Teehee!
Lauryn - My husband is a freelance pilot and flight instructor. There are lots of smaller airports with restaurants alongside or at the end of the runway 🙂 The part I love the most is the parking lot for airplanes! We’ve done a couple “$100 Hamburger Run” — pilots have to keep “currency” (meaning X number of take offs and landings and night flights in a given period of time). When they need to get some useless flights in nearing the end of their currency period, they’ll fly somewhere for lunch or dinner. While the food might be cheap, they call it the “$100 Hamburger Run” because of the price of the plane and fuel 🙂 Isn’t it cute?!? I wish we were close enough to visit that airport restaurant. It looks so quaint.
Ashley - Aaaw! I’m struggling to figure out how to corral a one year old at my oldest’s swim practice. Even so, the moments are precious. You showed all the sweetness!
Have you seen travel sized Paris online? It made me think of you and the youngers. Google it sometime. I’m making one for the boys.
alyssa - yeah, but I don’t have an iphone. I realize I am about the only person on the planet, but I don’t have one. so now I just feel left out!
Seriously Sassy Mama - I loved when my parents came to my games back in the day. I cannot wait to do it with my girls.
ko. s - What a fun family day! I’m loving your Instagram pics by the way! The floors look amazing 🙂
Liz - What is your instagram username? I’d love to follow you, if that’s ok!
happygirl - Family days are fun. This restaurant looked fun, too. It is so sweet to see your children be together. My son is an only child. I think, he thinks, he got TOO much of mom’s attention.
Megan - I LOVE Stearman’s! The food is great and the atmosphere is even better. It is awesome at sunset. 🙂
April R - I know in my head that I’m not the only mama looking at her little boy thinking,
“When did that happen?!”
but it’s so much better when I hear other mom’s say it too 🙂
And yeah! for big brothers! 🙂
Brady Wilhelm - You made it to my hometown!! I graduated from Circle and now I live right by the Benton airport. We love it. We get to sit on our porch every evening and watch the planes take off. My one year old always starts clapping and laughing when he sees them. And we LOOOOVE Stearman restaurant. So delicious and you can’t beat the atmosphere. You and your husband should take a date night some weekend and go see some of the bands that play there 🙂 It’s a lot of fun. Hope you enjoyed my town!
Laura Phelps - oh THANK GOD for you…and for showing me that I am not the only mom who doesn’t make all of Jack’s games because “he is not my only kid”
and for showing me that when I do drag the others along, they are not the only kids who never watch the game, but run around the gym or have their noses in electronics
and that airport cafe?
my dad would love it!
did you know my dad flies a plane?
and i love sweet potato fries
so we would all be happy!
shannon - Looks like the perfect spot to eat especially for the whole family to enjoy! I just got on instagram(don’t worry I am of course following you) and it is ridiculous how much fun it is taking pics all the time and sharing 🙂
My instagram name is @shancarbajal
Tanya H - lol, love your ending. It might be the time of year because the shot of Sean holding Annie up to reach it made me cry. 😛 darn mommy-hearts. lol!
denise@victory rd. - watching planes take off and land while eating sweet potato fries! now, that sounds delicious.
angela - My boys did those weekend traveling ball teams…baseball, basketball, etc. It was a wonderful, expensive, tiring, family banding time…..and I wouldn’t go back and change it for the world!
Dani - I love that your family can try different restaurants! With all the allergies my daughter has we are pretty much stuck with only a few. That place looks so much fun. I bet my 3 year old would love it!
Yeah… our kids grow up so fast, but I try hard not to get too upset, because I will always have the memories!
Enjoy your day!!
Jennifer - I love instagram! What a cool restaurant. Is there a way to check to see if my name is still on the CW list? I just want to make sure I didn’t miss an email and now I’m not on the list.