Sometimes the best days are the ones that don’t go as planned.  Yesterday I told myself it was really ok to miss one golf tournament to go to the gym and get some much needed things done around the house.  By 8am, my van was headed straight to Lawrence because I couldn’t stomach the thought of missing Morgan’s varsity golf match.  Thankfully I had the thought to grab a jacket because it was cold!  I walked 14 holes by myself enjoying the peacefulness of the course and my first time seeing her birdie a hole.  I was so happy that tears welled up in my eyes.  You go girl!Her round had ups and downs, some terrific golf shots, and some not so terrific putting, some muddy white golf pants, but always a positive attitude and a smile.  That, to me, is one of the greatest attributes to success on the golf course and off.  At one point her tee shot ended here….

Somehow she miraculously found her ball in this very messy tall prairie grass and hit it dead center into the fairway.  Amazing!  However, she did end up with a triple bogey because of putting but hey–this just proves my point of ups and downs!  Celebrate the ups and the downs will become fewer and far between.  So proud of you MoMo!

With 4 holes to go I realized I needed to get to the other end of the world to make it to Jake’s cross country meet.  When I arrived, I realized it was HUGE – 22 schools!  I was not experienced with this.  Runners were everywhere!  Luckily I found one of Jake’s friends who directed me to where he was hanging out pre-race because I may have never found him!

When we saw this massive crowd, we set our expectations low on a top 5 finish (top 5 receive medals).  Plus, he was running a 2 mile race for the first time with combined 7th and 8th grade boys.  Brian was traveling, so my plan was to scoot right on out of there after his race to give me time to pick up Reece from gymnastics.  And this is where my plan failed.

The little stinker came in 5th place out of 121 runners!!  I mean, don’t get me wrong, this is AMAZING, but this meant I needed to stay to the end for the awards and either leave Reece stranded at gymnastics or text my sister in a massive panic.  No way was I missing those awards!Thank you to my friend, Craig, for getting these photos because the ONE picture I got was the back of his head. Seriously!?I’m not sure I’ve ever been so proud!  Jake, you weren’t even sure if you could run 2 miles!  Love your determination, buddy, you are so fun to watch and I laughed afterwards when you said it was “pretty easy.”So 12 hours later I finally arrived home from my day that didn’t go as planned.  I was exhausted, happy, proud, fed my kids dinner from a Wendy’s bag, and everything that needed to get done could wait.  I wouldn’t change one minute of it!