All in a weekend

FRIDAY: The Chalupa had a birthday party/soccer practice at 5:30 in St. Peter (20 miles away). The Belly Bean was dropped off at a friends house then went to her first Junior High dance (apparently there was waaay too much "Drama"). The Peanut showed up at home with four friends in tow to fundraise for the local PTO. Everyone got home and was in bed by 10:30 p.m.


SAT.- Sidetrack was up early with the Belly Bean to drive to "The Cities" for a softball tournament (see action photo above). Meanwhile Buzz Daddy and the Chalupa ran in a local 10K (6.2 mile) and 2 mile race respectively. The Chalupa finished her two mile jaunt in 20 minutes for a solid 10/min/mile pace. Buzz daddy clocked a 43 minute time for a 7:10/min/mile pace which is not bad on legs that suffered 51 miles two weeks prior.

After the race, Chalupa, Buzz Daddy, Big Dog, The Peanut and about 8 neighborhood kids teamed up to continue the deck deniolation/clean-up/reconstruction. The worst is over as you can see from the picture above. The Belly Bean returned home with Sidetrack late in the afternoon; The Peppers team won one and lost one which meant they continued again on Sunday (8:00 a.m. first game). The Peanut and Challupa went to church with some neighbors to help out in the nursery. It might be the closest they become to being Baptists; who knows? Anyway, they made it home with a few extra dollars in their pockets for their efforts.

SUNDAY: Buzz Daddy took off at 5:30 a.m. with The Chalupa and The Belly Bean for "The Cities". Belly Bean's first game was at 8:00. Meanwhile, back at the ranch Sidetrack, the Big Dog and the Peanut went to church and got haircuts. The Peppers won thier first game which meant they had a second game at 11:30. At the same time the Challupa had a soccer match in a neighboring suburb at 12:30. So shortly after the start of the Peppers game, Buzz Daddy drove the Challup to her soccer match. As it turned out, Belly Bean lost her second game which knocked them out of the tournament. She hitched a ride home with a neighbor friend, and went to her house to complete Math homework together. Buzz Daddy watched the Challupa's ICE soccer team win a tough game against Eden Praire (2 to 1). It was a very tough and close match. We then hauled back to arrive home just in time to see The Peanut's soccer team recover from a 4-0 deficit in the first half to a dramatic 5 -5 tie.

Aside from that, I'd say we had a pretty quiet weekend.