Stahl Weekend Get-Together

We had been looking forward to watching Hannah and Karter compete in their Destination Imagination (DI) performances near Kearney, NE. Since they were all traveling to a town about 2 hours away, we thought it would be a great chance to see H and K perform. This is something similar to what Brad did as a kid and loved, so it was fun getting a chance to see that side of his childhood as well. 

Grand Island is about half way to Kearney from Columbus, and has a Home Depot! AND we were there the first Saturday of the month. :) We had been hoping for months that we could time our city visits with a Home Depot workshop and it finally worked out. This was Makin's first-ever workshop! I wished Brad good luck handing both kids with hammers, nails and glue and enjoyed some Hobby Lobby shopping by myself for an hour. :) They were very proud of their creations. (Trojan horse piggy banks...of course!?) Makin's reaction was, "I got to use a hammer and nails!" Both were very excited that he got his apron and first pin. Lorelei was excited to add another pin to her apron. :)

We then made the next half of the trip and met up with the family after lunch. This is part of Hannah's performance. We were pretty far away from Kater's so I didn't get a good one. They both did a great job and will be coming to Kearney again to compete the beginning of April so we hope to meet up again.

The kids were very excited to not only see their family, but also SWIM. :) Two hours Saturday night and 2-2 1/2 Sunday morning. They had a blast. Their older cousins are SO good with them so they had tons of one-on-one pool time with cousins and grown ups. :) Bottom left is Brad throwing Lorelei to Hannah...so high Sarah didn't even catch her in the picture. :) Couldn't believe she let him do that so many times!

We had a late supper after swimming and then warmed up by the fire with some games. Grandma even learned how to play Candyland. :)

The kids got Grandma to play one more game before going out for lunch together before everyone headed home. Thanks for a fun weekend Grandma and Grandpa!