The Boys of Summer

Gunnar and Hans are both into sports, sports, and more sports. In the summer months they can be found playing soccer on Monday and Wednesday evenings and baseball on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Hans's soccer team did GREAT this year, only losing one game very early in the season. Hans quickly set himself apart as one of the three scorers on the team and scored a total of 15 goals during the season. Gunnar's team struggled early on but ended the season on a high note tying and/or winning their last 4 games. Gunnar also managed to put the ball in the net when he was able to convince his coach to put him up front. Both boys are looking forward to next summer and more soccer!

As for baseball, I bumped Hans up to Cub ball this summer which meant that he and Gunnar were on the same team. While their team was not all that successful (they lost far too many games in the final inning!) both boys showed great potential at the plate. We had many Sunday mornings of batting practice over at the local field - it paid off well on the field!

A weekend at the Nelsons Cabin

We spent another wonderful weekend up at Sue and Rob's cabin over the 4th of July weekend. The boys managed to start the weekend out on a high note by taking off in the canoe and getting stranded on the other side of the lake (luckily it is not a large lake). Watching Sue and Ben attempt to rescue them by paddleboat was pure entertainment. Thankfully, Rob showed up and cruised over in the fishing boat to bring EVERYONE home.

The boys also enjoyed tubing all around the lake and they were able to get some fishing in from the dock. Gunnar announced that next year he'd like to do more fishing from the boat...he had much more success fishing from the boat last year.

As has always been the case, we enjoyed wonderful feasts and great conversation. This year, the excitement centered around the antique level that Rob found in Hackensack. Hysterical. All in all, it was a truly fabulous weekend with good friends!

July 4th at Lisa's!

As has been a tradition for years, we spent the 4th of July at Lisa's house in Chanhassen. This year we started off our day watching the Chanhassen parade. That was a lot of fun and we saw Lisa, Dave, Jenna, and Calvin Kirkbride go by in their golf cart! That was fun!

After a wonderful afternoon of visiting with friends, having water gun and water balloon fights, playing baseball, eating, eating, and more eating, we settled in to watch the 4th of July Fireworks (from Lake Ann) right from Lisa's side yard.

Our goal is to always scoot out of town before the Excelsior fireworks get done, so that we can get back to St. Cloud at a decent hour. We were fairly successful at this goal this year. :)