Memorial Weekend Fun

It was a fun Memorial Weekend.  On Friday night, Will had some friends over for a sleepover.  They walked to Fletchers for dinner, played whiffle ball, played soccer with the kids in the neighborhood, and road around on their bikes/scooters.  Alex ended up with a double birthday sleepover at a neighbor's house.  They played glow in the dark laser tag, soccer, and had pizza and cake.  On Sunday, we went to St. Joseph to walk the pier and have pizza at Silver Beach.  We saw a train right as we arrived and got back to the restaurant right as the rain started (and our table was ready).  Monday was cold and rainy so Alex and I went to see the Garfield movie which was very cute.  While the kids were off having fun, we got quite a bit of yard work done.  

 

Muskie Baseball

This weekend, we decided to participate in the Applegate neighborhood garage sale. Will also had a double header Saturday morning and Alex had a baseball tournament in Rockford. The sale was so busy and we got rid of a lot of stuff - it felt really good! Phil helped with the sale in the morning and then when to Will's games. Alex went up to Rockford with a teammate. Grandma and Uncle Ken met him there and watched his first game. Then Will and I drove up for his second game. Will drove back to Kalamazoo with a friend that was there watching his brother and Alex and I spent the night at Grandma's house. Will reffed two games on Sunday morning. Alex's team won their first game and advanced to the semi finals at noon. Unfortunately, they lost in extra innings. Alex played really well. He pitched 6+ innings and hit his 100 pitch limit for the weekend.

 

PCMS Band Concert

Alex had his final 6th grade band concert tonight.  They played 6 songs and we were very impressed with how much they improved in 9 months.  They also handed out band awards and Alex received the Beethoven Award for Significant Musical Growth.  We are very proud of him!

 

NASP Archery Nationals

Alex was part of the PCMS 3D archery team and they qualified for Nationals!  The event took place at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville.  Alex shot his personal record of 227 and had five 10s.  There were so many archers - it was a cool experience.  We spent some time wandering the vendor booths before heading home. 

 

Louisville

Alex and I were able to get on the road to Louisville for NASP Nationals earlier in the day due to school being closed for tornado clean-up.  We went to the Louisville Slugger Museum and took a factory tour.  Then we wandered downtown and stopped for dinner before heading down to the river front.  After we checked into the hotel, we walked to get some ice cream before calling it a day, 

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