Driessen Family Memories: July 2012

Sondag Family Reunion

This past weekend Caden and I drove up to ND for the annual Sondag Family Reunion in Sykeston, ND. Dylan's allstar tournament was going on, so it was just the two of us. I think Caden loved it since he smiled non-stop for the first 2 hours of our trip! He never gets to do anything without his big brother, and I think that made him love this trip all the more. We had a great time visiting with family. Dan and his new fiancee Heather came too! There was Bingo and karaoke hosted by Dakota Dean. Becky, Dan, Heather, and I sang "Build Me up Buttercup". It was a blast! After that, Mom, Becky, and I got lost on some ND gravel roads so it took us 1.5 hours to get home from Carrington! Yes, I guess it is possible to get lost in North Dakota. We went back Sunday afternoon for a while before heading back to Omaha. It was a great reunion!

Caden with Uncle Dennis

Kiddos

Monkeyin' around

Adababy

Cool truck we spotted on our walk

So cool

Serious girl with Uncle Dan

BINGO!

Caden's Birthday Week

Caden had the most unbelievable birthday week, kicked off by a visit from Grandma Joanie, Auntie Becky, Katie, Nola, and Addie. Caden's 6th birthday party was at the Omaha Storm Chasers game. We were joined by Piper, Josh, Westyn, Coltyn, Noelle, Angie, Rusty, and little Rusty. We had lots of snacks, opened presents, and played in the kids area. The Storm Chasers came away with a win!

Caden summed up the day by journaling that "This was the best day ov mi life!"

We had a great visit to the zoo and ate at the world famous burger joint, Stella's. We were so sad to see them go, but all good things must come to an end.

Birthday guests

Piper and Noelle

Having a blast in the kids zone

Nola getting her hair and makeup done by Auntie Marni

It's Summertime!

We are having the best summer! There is so much going on and the summer is going by too fast. I taught summer school in June so the boys got to spend lots of time at Wendy's and they went to Grow With Me for a week while Wendy was on vacation and I was in Denver for a coaching conference. I really enjoyed Denver and was super excited that my brother Rodney picked me up and took me out to dinner.

Baseball is what has really kept us busy...3-4 games a week and we loved watching the boys improve. Dylan had his first over-the-fence homerun and started pitching as well. Dad helped coach the Hurricanes. They won the regular season and the 7-year old tournament. Dylan made the All Stars, which Ray coached and had a great time. Grandpa Ron even came to watch the tournament. They won their first game, but then lost the next 2 and were out of the tournament. It was tough because they played against 8 year old teams. Caden was a Tiger and had lots of fun in coach pitch this year. His coach requested that Caden play on their fall team, so he's looking forward to that. Dylan tried out for select baseball and made it! He will be playing for Tagge Rutherford in 2013. Next up...football! I can't wait!