Hello Blogging World! I am Back!

Hello blogger world.  Yes, the Kerians are alive.  I realized today while taking pictures off my camera that I have not blogged in a long time!  So here is a quick run down of some events in the past six months.

Elyse had a fabulous summer of Lightning baskeball.  They traveled the midwest and came home with lots of hardware (medals and trophies).  She loved every minute of it, as did we.  Best memory would probably be coming home from Wichita with seven wins and one lost to claim 5th place overall with many, many great teams in her division!  The Lightning families truly become one big family and it is so awesome!  And of course, I need to thank my parents who attended many of the tournaments and cheered Elyse's team on!  Thanks so much!

 

Alex had a super season of summer basketball.  He dominated on first based and pitched a lot as well!  While baseball is not his favorite sport, he did super.  Once and a while he would get his golf swing mixed up with his baseball swing, but he usually pulled it together. 

 

We had a wonderful time in Galena with the Deutmeyer extended family.  Galena is a beautiful place to rent houses and there is so much to do! It was great seeing cousins that we hardly ever see!  Looking forward to the next time!

We also had a fabulous week vacation in our summer paradise, Fripp Island.  This year, most of Wayne's family ventured along to celebrate Judy's 70th birthday.  Judy's sister and family also surprised Judy and rented a house on the island for a week.  Nothing better than the beach, sun, and the ocean!  I know everyone loved it!  How could they not?

 

On our way to South Carolina we made a slight detour and stopped to see our friends, the Sallah's for a few days in Tennessee.  It was so beautiful there, and we had a wonderful time!  It was great for the kids to hang out and for us to touch base with Michelle as we had not seen her in two years!  We could have spent a few days there as it was really beautiful.  Of course, Wayne and Alex golfed while we were there and we all enjoyed some "southern barbeque food".    We hope it not the last trip we make to Tennessee!   Thanks for a great time Michelle, Nicole, and Jess!



Elyse's varsity volleyball team had a season of ups and down.  We won't dwell on it but it was rocky.  While the team could beat most other teams from out of our conference,  they couldn't pull a lot of wins from teams within the conference.  Elyse did awesome though, dominating at the net.  She finished 4th or 5th in the conference on total blocks for the season.  She was also lead blocker in the state of Iowa for a game one week.  We loved watching her, as did her grandparents!  (Elyse is number 14 in the blue)

Alex's 8th grade football team won all their games except the last one.  That was a bummer because the other team caught a "hail Mary" pass with 3 seconds to go in the endzone to win.  Bummer!  Alex had a super season playing both offense and defense!  We can't wait until he starts high school football.  The varsity coach, a friend of our's, just last night told me that he better see Alex in the weightroom all the time because he has "plans" for Alex. 

Now we move on to basketball.  Alex has already started his AAU basketball season, winning first place last weekend at a tournament in Maquoeta Valley.  He loves his basketball so we are excited for his 8th grade basketball season at school to start.  He has been shooting in the mornings every day for the last three weeks with the high school boys so he is pumped!  And yes, Alex is now the same height as me, if not taller.  I think he will catch Elyse soon.  Poor Wayne....

Elyse is into her junior year of basketball.  She walked in just a few minutes ago from a jamboree/clinic and said they looked good.  She was also exhausted as she left at 5:30 this morning, so that is all I got out of her.  She has made many comments that it is great being back on the court and is pumped for a super season. Crestwood varsity has the potential to go far this year.  We can only wait and see. 

My sister, Sara, and I enjoyed a few concerts the past few months.  We did go to the 'Boys of the Sun" tour with Jake Owen, Tim McGraw, and Kenny Chesney.  While Jake Owen and Tim McGraw were awesome (yes, Jake Owen is now in the running as fav with Keith Urban), we were disappointed with kenny Chesney.  Not sure why, he just was not a crowd pleaser.  We had a fun night though with my sister in law, Lori, joining us on our concert fun.  Sara and I also just attended the big Madonna concert last weekend.  While it was great to see someone so famous, it was more like a show.  When we left, we could still hear and talk, which is not normal, so needless to say, we need a Keith Urban fix soon.

And of course, we did our part to raise money for ALS and did the Minneapolis Walk to Defeat ALS.  While it was cold, it was a special morning of walking for a good cause.  Ken's sign was posted so of course we had to stop and take many pictures by it and with it.  We had a super time that evening with Derek and Sara and the boys, as well as my parents, going out for dinner and bowling at a really fun place.  Great weekend! 

Wayne and I are still doing the same, chasing kids, working, golfing (me more work than golf)  We enjoyed a weekend trip to Milwaukee to a friend's wedding and various other trips the past few months.  You won't find us home much, which is how we like it.

So there is a recap of some of our adventures. I promise to be better at posting things more often as I know my east coast family members (yes, you Dennis) read them often!  I love that!  So until next time.