Growing Up Pains

Tonight we went to a wedding reception for a young lady that Kurt and I have known since she was 2. Kim used to babysit Sarah all of the time and I think she even watched Kristen a few times for us. We were having a hard time with the fact that this young lady was now old enough to get married, until the dancing started after the meal. Watching the dancing, it became quite clear to us that Sarah is also growing up. She no longer dances like a little kid. One person even commented on how Sexy she is looking when she dances. I am not sure that I am ready for this. When the old favorites were played (chicken dance, YMCA, macarena, Hokey Pokey and a couple of line dances) I noticed that Sarah no longer just does the arm movements to the dances, but her whole body now moves to the music. I will admit that she did do a good job of teaching many of the younger kids how to do the dances. Several of the young children would be around Sarah and you could see them watching her feet and arms and then trying to do the same movements. The only time Sarah left the dance floor was during a slow song or when the dance was just for couples. Kurt has decided that in a year (when she hits high school) she probably won't be helping him clean up after games, but instead will go in and join the dance. Clinton usually has a dance after all of the home games. It is times like this that we are reminded that Sarah is growing up and it won't be much longer before she starts trying to leave the nest. In some ways she is already starting to test her wings. Whatever happened to that cute little baby who wouldn't go to sleep until Daddy came home from a game.

State Tourney Update

I am sad to report that Clinton lost a heart breaker at the state tournament today. They were up 4-2 at the top of the 7th, but then gave up 2 runs that allowed the other team to tie. They played two extra innings before Cedar Rapids Kennedy scored on a questionable call to win the game. While we are sorry that they lost, we will enjoy having Dad at home with us again sometime tomorrow.

State Tourney

The girls are modeling the state baseball t-shirt. Clinton is playing right now and of course the local radio station that normally broadcasts games either isn't broadcasting, or I am not able to pick it up for some reason. I will let everyone know the score and outcome as soon as I can.

Club Olympics

Check out the video of Sarah in the Club Olympics. The team had to consist of 3 boys and 3 girls, Girls were not a problem, but the boys for our club are a little short especially at the Intermediate level, the boys ran twice. They had to put one person in the wheelbarrow and then two others had to take that person around the cones and then dump them in the hay. The person dumped in the hay had to find the key that was buried in the hay and then open the gate. When the gate was open they had to run to the other line. There was another person at the end who had to throw 2 water balloons into another teammates head (bowl on head) then the last person had to run to the corn and shell an ear of corn. After the ear of corn was shelled that teammate had to run back to the starting line. What made it more interesting was all of the rain had made the ground rather muddy.

Best of show

Jessica, here are the pictures of the Disney Tin that was selected Best of Show. If you or anyone else has any questions, please let me know. It was fun to work on something like this instead of always doing layouts for my album. Now, I need to decide where to display the Tin. Almost forgot to add, Thanks Scrapaganza for the idea and wonderful classes.

My Little Farmer

While waiting for the tractor pull at the county fair Kristen and her friend David jumped up on the fence and had a nice conversation. I sometimes wonder if Kristen wouldn't have made a good farmer's daughter. She loves pigs and wants one, plus she looks so natural sitting on the fence.

She did really well this year in the tractor pull. Usually she comes in almost last and only goes about 6-7 feet. This year she went 12 feet and was only about 4 feet behind the winner

On to STATE!!!

After having a rain delayed game (by 24 hours) Clinton was able to come back tonight and beat Pleastant Valley (my alma mater) 5-4 to earn the right for a trip to the state Tournament. They play Wednesday the 25th at 2:00 in Des Moines. Kurt is flying high and convinced that it was all of the hanging of high objects at the fair this morning. While we are all wishing Clinton the best of luck at the state tournament, the girls are looking forward to a special girls only night. This will be Kurt's 6th trip to state since 1981. Two state championships and state runner up twice. Many never make it. Way to go Kurt.