The beginning of June I had to squeeze in some fun while I just had King and Conrad to deal with before EZ and Netta got out of school. One day we went to the children's museum and got this pic of King. It's not the greatest, but I love it because it shows off how long and lanky he is. At his 5 year check up he was off the charts for height! In fact he is 2 1/2 inches taller than EZ was at the same age, but 3lbs lighter. He is our little bean pole.
EZ did baseball again this spring. Just like soccer, I have a real problem with the leagues here, because they are all games. He was actually doing well at the beginning of the season and got a hit pretty much every time he went up to bat, but then half way through he just lost his timing and couldn't get a hit. We are going to try and look into the indoor facility and any off season training they might offer. It's times like these that I really miss our Y in Texas.
One perk to EZ's team this year was that the grandparents of one of his teammates own Jollay Orchards and they let us have a party there. They fed us lunch and let us ride the Ferris Wheel. It was pretty awesome.
They also had a little pond for us to fish at. Conrad was EZ's helper, but King was a bit timid about it until . . .
He found his babysitter Heather and her mom to help him. He really loves Heather and he plans to marry her some day.
Netta had her dance recital which had a steam punk theme and was really a full show instead of your typical recital. She has really enjoyed dance at her new studio this year and started out taking just tap and ballet, but then added jazz. She did a great job, but the experience wasn't all that great for our family. We brought all the kids, since there are kids in the show, but Conrad kept talking, not super loud, but still he was talking and then this dad who was giving me dirty looks finally turned around and asked me to leave with him. I had been really trying hard to keep him quiet and I just wanted to get though Netta's second dance, which was coming up and then John was going to leave with him. So, I somewhat sternly let him know that I was doing my best and that I would not be leaving until my daughter was done. Well then at the end I realized that his daughter was one of the star senior dancers when his wife stood up crying and clapping for her. Oops. They really hate me. Oh and John missed Netta's first dance because he didn't recognize on stage with her bangs pulled back. Not our best evening as parents.
John's MBA friend Noelle has a house on Gull Lake, which is an hour from here and one weekend we had an MBA reunion there. It was heavenly. We got to go out in the row boat . . .
. . . and the she pulled us on a raft behind her pontoon boat.
EZ kept yelling for her to go fast and he was very proud that he was able to go "no hands!"
Netta fell off quickly and got freaked out and King wouldn't even try, but Conrad insisted on going as well and loved it!
She had a paddle board, which EZ became obsessed with. We need to look into getting one for our lake.
JJ and Bridget were there with their kids and even though Lily and Netta haven't seen each other in over a year, they were instant best friends again.
We were all having a great time and then boom this huge storm rolled in. John thought it would be funny to run outside in it, until he started getting pelted with hail! The weather is frickin crazy here.
