School and The Twins

The boys started school on September 1st this year. And once again we were up bright and early to get ready. And to get out to the bus. Here is a picture from the first day of school.

Then on Saturday we headed to the cities for a Twins game. This was our first game in the new stadium. We didn't get there as early as we would have liked, but I think that was ok. By the time we walked from the hotel to the stadium the boys were tired and didn't want to walk around anymore.

When we got to our seats the other team was warming up. They played the Texas Rangers. Once they were done the pitcher for the other team came over and was signing stuff for people.

I talked Jake into going up there and getting his glove signed. Not to sure who he was but I think his number was 35.

A couple pictures of the stadium from our seats. Which were amazing.

Before the game started they introduced some people from the Hall of Fame.

And of course I wasn't paying attention to it all. I saw on Facebook that one of my friends from Federated was at the same game. I asked where they were sitting and with my camera I found them.

They are the ones in the back row, middle. I know, I'm a dork.

Then they had the newest member of the Hall of Fame throw the first pitch to Joe and I started to pay attention again.

He's so cute.

Here are a few pictures I took during the game.

"We want a pitcher, not a belly itcher." :)

We also got to see a Grand Slam. If we get a home run they set of fireworks. The boys really liked that.

My boys, God love 'em.

I've always wondered what they talk about. Are they really talking about the game? Are they just wasting time??

Once we got back to the hotel the church across the street had it's lights on. So I had to run over and take a picture of it. I love buildings like these. So pretty.

Cody, Kyle and Relay for Life

It's been a week or two now, but two of my nephews came up for a visit. The first day here Cody and Kyle tried a little fishing from the dock.

At one point Jake was luring the fish in and Kyle was trying to net them. That didn't work very well.

Cody tried his luck off of Josh's boat.

Then it was time to swim. Taylor and Spike swimming after tennis balls.

Kyle tried a little kayaking.

Have you ever seen a dog get up on a floating raft? Here's how it's done.

Jump up as far as you can.

Hook one paw around the ladder and pull.

Then finish with the back feet.

On Friday it was the Relay for Life here in Hayward. And for some reason I agreed to tell my story during the opening ceremonies. Before it even started a huge rain storm came through and we all had to go to the high school lunch room. So that's where I ended up giving my speech.

From what I have been told people really liked it and there wasn't a dry eye. I wouldn't know, cause I didn't left my head to often. For fear that I would cry myself or lose my spot.

Once the rain was done we headed out to the track and did the first lap of the night. Which is the Survivor lap. They asked me to hold the banner and to also have Jakob and Seth walk with me.

The second lap was the caregiver lap. I was very happy to be able to have my mom and Jamie walk with me during that lap. I hope it meant as much to them as it did to me.

Then of course on Saturday we headed out to the lake and did a little tubing.

Cody was up first.

Not sure what is going on here.

Then it was Kyle.

And of course per Seth's request we stopped at one of the islands so they could all swim.

Jamie noticed Cody's sunglasses and tried them on. So I of course made him put his captains hat on with them.