Summer has begun (and almost gone) and I have been so busy I have not had a chance to write my blogs. So before I go back to work in a couple weeks I need to get caught up!
We started the “summer” by celebrating Derrick’s 3rd birthday as a family at Fort Ridgley. We had a picnic lunch, went hiking and learned about local history. We all had a GREAT time. He also got his own set of golf clubs this year so he can golf with his brothers. Derrick started summer rec this year and did very well. He was in the same class as Kaden so that helped a lot, there were only a couple days he threw a fit about going. “The Brothers” are still Derrick’s heroes and usually he wants to spend all of his time with them. Kaden also enjoyed summer rec this year but is ready to move on to the next level. He is not too happy that he is not going to kindergarten for another year.
Andy had a very busy month. He won an award from the Renville County Historical Society for his picture of Abe Lincoln. He got a really cool prize bag that included a military cap, Gettysburg set, train whistle and many other goodies. He also got to meet “Abe Lincoln” himself. Andy took swimming lessons, went to basketball camp, and summer rec again this summer. This year he also added a Stingers Baseball camp and Summer Rec baseball. He really enjoyed being able to start baseball this year. He was able to travel and play neighboring towns. For the most part he played third base. For his Friends party we took them to a Willmar Stingers Baseball game, some of his friends had never been to a game before so this was a lot of fun. At times Nate and I got lots of looks from people when we were walking around with 6 boys 7 and under.
I have continued running…well I prefer to call it distance jogging. During the month of June (and last weekend in May) I have done three races (they are what I enjoy the most) I did a 5k Memorial Weekend run in Willmar (very nice), a 5K in Redwood (that was a little disorganized) and the Foot lake 4 mile in Willmar (very pretty). I have a great running partner and could not do it without her.
Nate and I once again played in the Wing Ding Day business volleyball tournament. It was a rainy muddy mess but a lot of fun. RCC won so that made it more fun!
As a Family we have been very busy. We have been gone almost every weekend. We had
- Kacie and Bryant’s wedding: The boys like weddings and seem to have a lot of fun at them till one of them crashes (gets too tired). Most stand- out memory for us was Kaden hustling for money. He would go tell people these sob stories about how he wanted to go fishing but had no money for tackle or wanted to start a lawn mowing business but had to buy a lawn mower and people would give him money. Most of the people would start to recognize me and see me coming and warn him he was going to be in trouble with his mom. That same weekend we celebrated Andy’s 7th Birthday and Derrick’s 3rd Birthday with family.
- Another weekend we went to Detroit Lakes to help Sam and Chad with projects around their new house. It was a lot of fun for the kids and adults to have some time together. We got a few projects done but did ruin their entryway for them L oops…..
- The biggest adventure of the month was a weeklong houseboat trip on Rainy Lake (International Falls) with Nate’s family. WHAT A BLAST! The kids made so many memories on this trip...they will talk about it for years to come. One of the coolest parts of the whole trip was visiting Kettle Falls, where Phil and Vicki had visited on their honeymoon!
What a GREAT start to the summer… a lot of good memories were made and a lot of family time!
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