Kira playing defense. She plays pretty aggressive and is very scrappy - never afraid to get on the floor for the ball.
Not only did it appear that the other teams put together several more practices than we did but it also looked like they had some special "Wheaties" for their breakfast as you can see the clear height advantage the team below had on us.
Kira is #15
First we "made" the children go to the old (however much newer now) stadium where Joe played QB. I tried to explain to the kids how Joe was a very accomplished QB. I think the only one that had any interest in hearing me was Keenan. The girls just wanted off the hot turf. I would tell Keenan something about Joe's records and he would turn to Joe and say "is that true?" As if, I would make those stories up, ha.
Just in case the turf on the football field wasn't hot enough, I decided to drag the kids to my old stomping ground-the WU Tennis Courts (also much nicer now than when I played). As you can see from the photo below the kids were less than thrilled to be sizzling on the tennis courts. I also had some flashbacks of some very hot days on playing on those courts.
Next Stop: Petro Building. This is the athletic building where basketball games are played and all honors for athletes are displayed.
I walked straight to the MVP wall to show the kids our names. Joe, once again, a little annoyed at my attempt to relive the past would not even look at my camera when I asked for him to point at his name on the MVP wall. However, as you can see below, I was more than happy to point at my name and flash a big smile at the camera.
We also had the opportunity to visit the Lego Exhibit at Mulvane Art Center on Washburn's campus.
Finally we ended our day by meeting up with some old college friends and their children for dinner at Red Robin.
All in all, a great day!! Joe and I were both amazed how Washburn continues to improve their campus and facilities.
We stayed at the El Dorado Resort and Casitas. Above is a picture of our resort from the Casita area.
This is a picture of the resort as you leave the main lobby area. The resort was very clean and well maintained. The landscaping was beautiful. There were always people working on the landscaping and grounds.
I showed up in Mexico with my hair straight but the humidity and ocean air forced me to leave my hair curly the remainder of the trip. Mexico=Hot and Humid
We traveled with two other couples that live in the Kansas City area. The girls are friends of mine from college. We had such a great time together. I don't get to see them very often but when I do it is like I saw them yesterday.
Our resort had some great restaurants. The picture below is from the Italian restaurant and the food was great!! We had lobster lasagna, grilled jumbo shrimp and some great dessert which I did not picture (maybe later).
Below is the Fondue Restaurant. It was located on the upper-level of the Casita area and, although the picture looks indoors, the restaurant was actually outside. We all look a little shiny because it was H-O-T outside and the hot pots made it very warm at our table.
We spent plenty of time at the pool.
One of the main pools had a lot of activities and one activity was a water balloon fight. Let me just say, Joe can throw a hard balloon. Just ask the guy at the other end of the pool. Ouch.
While we were in Mexico the kids were in Dodge City being spoiled rotten. The kids had a great time in Dodge and hopefully I can post some pictures of them doing all of their "DC" activities soon. Thanks to my parents (Grandma and Umpa) and Joe's parents (Grammy and Papa) and to my sister Tamie (Tam Tam) and her husband Greg for taking such great care of our kids. Kira especially loved the time in Dodge City as she was able to ride horses every day thanks to Tam Tam and Greg.
Keenan running home
I actually felt bad for Keenan as it was so hot and he played catcher for a couple of the games. I think him being so hot and sweaty bothered me more than it bothered him.
Keenan playing catcher
Below is Keylee with her "new" friend Anna. Anna is the daughter of my friend/law partner Katie. We always told one another we would try to keep these girls apart as long as we could because we share too many stories about each of them with one another and we have decided these two are Trouble with a capital "T"
I took Keylee and Keenan with me to run errands and Joe was going to bring Kira to meet us for a "football pizza party." As we started down the road I told Keylee and Keenan I had a confession to make. I told them we were actually not going to a football pizza party but we were going to set up for Kira's surprise party at the Aggieville Pizza Hut. Keenan immediately started to cry and threw his football down stating, "I brought this football for nothing!" Eventually he bought into the idea but was still disappointed that the party was for Kira and not him until I reminded him of his planned and known (not surprise) party for next weekend.
Kira got a Magic 8 Ball from one of her friends for her birthday. I think the girls played with that gift the entire time. Keenan turned to me and said "I hope someone brings me an Magic 8 Ball but I hope it is a 9 Ball instead so me and Kira don't get ours mixed up."
Overall, it was s super fun night. Kira had no idea and she was so confused when the girls shouted surprise. Kira did miss her good friend Megan but she will celebrate with her next weekend at Keenan's birthday party which Keenan informed me is "no fair." 