Exhaustion via fun

Dearest Boys,

On numerous occasions I've felt tired before the sun was done...like after camping on youth group mission trips in high school, or studying all night for a big exam in college, or bringing a newborn home from the hospital, or driving from Indiana to Texas.  But yesterday we all reached exhaustion simply from having so much fun!

Our day started early enough that I'm thinking about emailing a certain soccer organization and begging them to reconsider their scheduling habits.  We were at the soccer fields for the first game of the day and the chill in the air woke us up quickly!  Jax, you played your heart out so much so that your coach talked to us about putting you in a competitive league next season!

Colt, you and Daddy had your own game going on when Jackson wasn't on the field.

 

R.I.P.  Plane toy that never made it home from the soccer park.

We went home to change clothes and then straight to Grandpa and Grandma's.  Their neighborhood was having a Spring festival and we gladly partook.  There were bounce houses with slides...

small carnival games...

balloon animals...

 and then there was this!  This trampoline bungee station took a tiny bit of persuasion but it wasn't much before you were gung-ho, Colton.  Jax, you were slower to warm up to the idea of launching yourself into the air.

Before long, it was time to go to baseball - an idea that did not appeal to you, Colton.  Your dear, patient, Grandmother offered to stay at the festival with you while the rest of us headed to the ball field.  

Before I could snap the first pic, your white pants were already stained in grass and dirt, Jax!  

Oh well, time to stretch it out...

 We went to lunch before going back to Grandpa and Grandma's house.  After we were all reunited, we returned home for another wardrobe change (appropriate considering the 40 degree temps from the morning were now at 75 degrees!).  

Last, but not least, we made the short trek to my school for our Spring carnival.  You boys headed straight for the inflatable slide yet again and your dad and I leaned on each other and whined about how tired we were.  

When we finally arrived home at 5:00, we all plopped down and the only noise that could be heard was a movie playing on television.  After I finally worked up the energy to walk to the kitchen and whip up dinner, I chuckled as this was my view of the family room:

 

The left arm club was over there proving to me that fun times can be exhausting times.