Whew - it was a busy one! Friday night, Ed & I went on the Fireman's Fund outing on the Betsey Northrup paddleboat down the Mississippi River - it was a nice time, Ed even won an IPOD! Saturday morning, bright and early, we joined Jessica, Benjamin, Jen, AJ and baby John to cheer on Mike and Joe during the Turtleman Triathlon - naturally, we hadn't gotten a drop of rain all summer so there was a torrential downpour causing the race to be canceled...Joe and Mike still finished (such troopers)! We took Benjamin for the rest of the weekend - since the weather was iffy, we hung around the house watching some movies and having pizza - good thing since a tornado blew thru Mound - no damage here but the power went out and it was kinda scary.
Sunday morning, we took Benjamin out on the boat for a little fishing and all three of us caught some nice bass - Benjamin was soooo cute, he saw his bobber go down and reeled in the fish all by himself, even after it jumped! After some R&R, we went for a little "sun on the beach" at a little local beach, Benjamin had fun trying to drain the lake and flood the beach!
Mommy and Daddy returned and after a wonderful dinner, they headed off into the sunset - whew..............
