Kelso-3rd in State!

Friday 8 a.m.-Rielee being introduced before their first match against Eastside Catholic.  It was tough, but they won it in 5.

 Our unranked Kelso team had knocked off  the #3 ranked team!

Upset!

Big hug for Mom after the win!

Next up at 5:15 was Snohomish, ranked #8, and they beat them in 4!
Oh so happy, now they could finish no lower than 3rd or 4th. 
What an incredible day of volleyball!
Saturday first brought a loss to the #1 ranked team, Mt. Spokane, but they came back from it to beat Roosevelt, ranked 6th, in 5 sets.  The last game to 15 ended up an exciting battle, but they won it 19-17!  Rielee played great and served the winning point!
3rd in State!  Wow!

The players were given flowers afterwards.

Rielee was thrilled to have Charb, Kelly, Ava and Harper, and Cathy and Bob come to support her on Saturday.  We all had a fun lunch together at Mel's Diner between games.  

Rielee's cheering section (with Papa's finger over the lens)

Brownies for state

Wednesday after school Ava and Harper decorated brownies for Rielee.  She and the team all had pedicures after practice, donated by a fan, so she and Gabe and Des stopped by after that.  Rielee was so excited to leave for Yakima in the morning.

Going to State!

Kelso volleyball is going to state!  Friday night they were at Capital H.S. and lost 3-1 to Gig Harbor.  Saturday they played at Bonney Lake and beat N. Thurston in 5 and Spanaway Lake 3-1! 

Kelso hasn't been to State since 2000, when they placed 8th, and only one other time in the 80's, so this is a very big deal.  

 Rielee played her heart out and was so happy afterwards.

As were we all!

Homework, volleyball, Parker & Kendyl's new toy

Work sheets on metaphors and similes don't make for a fun afternoon.

Thankfully Rielee was able to come over later and hang out with them, we played a few games of spoons and then they listened to music.

Tuesday Kelso beat Prairie in 3 for the #1 spot to district on Friday.

Really fun game and Rielee had an incredible save that had her running into the  wall.

We got to take a look at Parker and Kendyl's fifth wheel tonight, it's really cute.  Kendall was happy to get started cleaning it.  They look forward to doing some traveling and Parker will use it when he works in Grass Valley.

Veterans Day program, Papa's birthday

Friday morning Papa went to the Veterans program at Ava and Harper's school.

He said they did a great job singing and it was a very nice program.

He took them to Big Al's where once again,

Ava blew through her money in record time.

Had to visit Menchies, too.

Friday night Gabe, Des and the kids, and Rielee's friend Kamaile, brought a coconut cream pie and card for Papa's birthday since they'd be busy Saturday.  

We drove to Olympia today with Nancy and the kids to celebrate Papa's 77th birthday along with his brother Dick's 86th.  Lots of fun there.

Kelso Volleyball co-league champions

 Kelso beat Mountain View in 3 tonight, which makes them co-league champs with Prairie.  They play Prairie next Tuesday at Skyview for seeding to district.

And Rielee gave me a mini ball ♥️

Harper's teeth, Papa Pete's, the Gourde girls

Harper had 4 teeth pulled Monday, she left a letter for the tooth fairy.

She got $20 but no answers.

 Ava had her cast removed and has a brace now for 3 more weeks.

No soccer until then, she was very disappointed.

We ate at Papa Pete's Wednesday, Ava tried about 50 times (play till you win) to get the pink hedge hog, but just couldn't do it.  Harper tried, even Papa tried, no luck, but Papa somehow got 3 others.

 Harper really gets into the racing game.

 Rielee came over after her team dinner, we played some "31", but I had

stop the game early because of silliness overload (besides, I was winning).

Rielee made up a game of "Name That Movie Song"- Harper won.  It's so fun to have the three of them together, they always have such a great time.