Pass, set, hit! Sort of...

Saturday night was the first event I have planned since moving back to Onalaska, a volleyball night. Yeah I don't plan a lot of stuff because what if people don't show up or don't have fun. It's so much pressure! Anyways, Jesse and I invited some couples from our ward, plus our family members, up to the gym for some relaxed volleyball. That wasn't all we had to do that day, though. First, we had a birthday party to go to. My friend Heidi's son, Sawyer, turned 3, so we went over there for cake and ice cream and watched him open gifts. The girls chitchatted in the kitchen while the boys talked shop in the garage, boy was Jesse bored! Oh, but just while in the garage, when everyone was hanging out he had a good time, he is just not that into cars and motors. Then we came back home and set up a few things before running over to the football field to watch Jesse's nephew play for a few minutes. It was little kid football, not a lot of action, but not as bad as Jesse thought it was going to be. Then we finally headed to gym to warm up for the volleyball spectacular.

Like expected, it took a while for everyone to get there, so we just played and had people fill in as they showed up. Every body's skill level was different so it wasn't too competitive, but it was a lot of fun. (We were pretty excited any time there was a rally.) All the kids were there so there was craziness everywhere with kids running onto the court (uh, Peyton) and playing around, but there weren't too many incidents ( although I do remember a bucket being thrown from upstairs barely missing some little kids...)

Poor Mom got stuck watching all the little kids. It was a night of feeding and wrangling for her, all while trying to take pictures. Afterwards we headed back to our house to eat some goodies I had baked and visit a little bit. I think that was the best part for some people, and the kids really seemed to enjoy the treats and the Foosball table. It was a good evening of adult hangout time even with all the kids being there and everyone seemed to have a good time, I think, and now they want to make it a semi-regular thing. Watch out Olympics here we come!