Kennedy Kids' Birthdays!

 The last few years we have enjoyed the Veteran's Day weekend which offers an extra day off of school to celebrate Emerson and Eli's birthdays at the zoo!  I have loved this annual tradition and its so fun to see how these four cousins have grown over the years!  Three of the four kids were interested in being Zoo Trekker's this year by completing a zoo awareness book and earning a Zoo Trekker pin!  We made it a full day and got to see many animals who were enjoying the cooler temperatures!  We went on Emmy's actual birthday so it was fun to celebrate with her as she turned 7!

Also, I'll allow this post to serve as a catch up post from our previous week as well!  We got our school pictures back.   I love that our photographer lets us get a picture with our personal children and best friends!  Its hard to believe that we won't be taking this picture next year as Mia and Zander will be off at middle school.... trying not to think about that yet!

Last weekend, we had Zander's last tournament of the season.  With games at 8:00 a.m. both mornings and a 5:00 p.m. game on Saturday evening, we will out of town most of the weekend.  Since the game were only an hour away, we opted to stay in our own beds which meant we got to enjoy a beautiful sunrise as we left our home by 6:00 a.m. each morning.  Thank goodness for daylight savings time as that gave us an extra of sleep Saturday night.  On Saturday, we spent the time between the two games at the local "Speedpark".  We got the boys an unlimited wristband which meant they could ride go karts, play putt putt, slide down a huge slide and jump on a trampoline as many times as possible before we headed back to the soccer field.  It was a great family day!

We grabbed our frozen yogurt treat to mark what would have been Burke's 14th birthday.  He always loved a puppy sample from Zack's Treats!  Many tears continue to be shed over the absence of our pup.  We miss him so much! It was fun to remember him with a sweet treat on his birthday!

We also were able to celebrate really great report cards!  Zander got all As and Maddox got all 3s and 4s which is incredible!  We always love a good pizza night to celebrate their academic accomplishments!