Vacation Finally Here!
June 28, 2008
Well, finally its here! A vacation. Right about now, we are jetting our way to Michigan for a little family reunion. I am in desperate need of a vacation as this will essentially be my first of the year. We did take a week back in March for a Pechuls family reunion, but I was sick for 5 days and it wasn’t much of a vacation.
The whole immediate Klasen family will be gathering in Michigan for a week’s worth of fun. We will take the obligatory trip up to Frankenmuth, MI – and no, I won’t be trying to set a new record for number of chicken breasts eaten. We will take in the wonderful Bronners Christmas store while there.
We will also spend a few days on the beach of Lake Huron. While there, we will go deep sea fishing one day. The rest of the time will be spent enjoying each others company. It will be a wonderful chance for the kids to see the cousins, Aunts/Uncles and Grammy that they don’t get to see enough with everyone scattered around the Country.
It will also be nice to leave the 100 – 110 degree temperature spell we have been having here in Southeastern Arizona. The monsoon might have finally arrived as the thunderstorms have come roaring in the last two days in the late afternoon. Michigan hasn’t yet started to heat up, so the cooler weather will be nice.
While on the trip, I will try to post some updates as to the fun we are having. I might even manage to get a photo or video or two posted too. See ya on the other side of the vacation!
Baseball Season Comes To A Close
June 17, 2008
Well, its been a good, long, hard ride, but Sean’s baseball season has come to a close. The boys had a great year, finishing the season with a very nice record of 15 – 2. If you ask the kids, they will say it was 15 – 1 since they don’t count the loss to the State traveling team, but I do.
They were supposed to have had one last game on Friday, but neither team could come up with enough players, so the game was canceled. With school out and what not, a lot of families have already gone on some Summer vacations.
They do have the State tournament coming up at the end of the month, but unfortunately, Sean and the rest of the team will not be able to participate. The state moved their tournament up a week, so all the local tournaments are also moved up a week. Several of the boys, including Sean, will be out of town the week the tournament starts which leaves the team short of the required 9 players. We will be attending a family reunion. While Sean would have loved to compete in the tournament, I think he is happy to put the season behind him and would rather visit his cousins that he doesn’t get to see enough.
The team officially concluded its season tonight with a big pool party. The boys had lots of fun and got to go crazy. After their rough opening season loss by a score of 7 – 0, the season looked long. They turned it around quickly and definitely earned the pool party tonight.
We did receive some sad news this past weekend. The son of the President of our baseball association was killed in a car accident. He was only 19 years old and playing football for Eastern Arizona University. He was also involved very much with our kids football program, serving as an assistant coach on Sean’s football team two years ago. He even umpired a few games of baseball this past season. We will be attending a memorial for him this coming Saturday.
Now, we get get ready for football season. I think Sean is still planning on moving up an age group above his so that he can play with his friends if the league will let him play up a year. He has a late birthday, which puts him in a younger age bracket. Practice starts in August.
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