Beach Trip and Baseball Game

Terri, Hank, and I spent Labor Day Sunday at Virginia Beach, had a great time in beautiful weather. There was a huge crowd at the beach and Hank loved playing in the sand, running into and out of the water, and playing on the playgrounds they've recently built right on the beach. We went early Sunday morning and came back late Sunday night; it's almost exactly 100 miles from our house and we've been probably 6 times this summer. Come visit us and we'll make the trip for sure!!

On Labor Day, Hank went to a Richmond Braves baseball game with all of our family here in VA. He had a really fun time and got to run the bases with Grandpa after the game! Followed by a trip to the ice cream store, of course. How hot does Hank look in the Johan Santana jersey??? Good boy!! Of course if Johan leaves in free agency next year, I'm burning the thing. Sorry Dad.

August MN Trip Pics Cont'd 2

August MN Trip Pics Cont'd

August MN Trip Pics

Hank and I were in MN last week for yet another fun summer trip...unfortunately Terri couldn't make it because of work scheduling (work is for the birds!). We had a great time, plenty of time at Grandma Vi's house and of course spent most of that out on the water. Here are some pics of Hank and his cousins, as well of pics of us on the water, during the day (family time) and night (adult swim!!). Continued in the next post......Sam

Hank's Stage Debut!

Hi all - Hank was in a school play on August 16, it was a riveting rendition of "Jack and the Beanstalk" and he played the always important role of a Golden Egg! If your memory is foggy, the Giant owns a magic hen and orders it to lay golden eggs for him on command. So the Giant ordered the hen, the hen clucked, and out came Hank and two other eggs. It was very funny, Hank went right to the front of the stage (I actually thought he was going to walk right off of it into the pit) with a very serious look on his face, waved excitedly to the crowd, and started looking for us as the whole audience cracked up. Grandpa the director would have been proud! The great thing is that Grandma Margo was able to see the show live, as she was in town to bring Hank back to MN for a week of Grandma-Grandson time. Unlce Rob, Aunt Julie, and his cousin Chris were also there. We don't have pics of the actual performance, but here are pics of him in costume, then enjoying a post-performance slice of pizza and hanging out with cousin Chris. Hope you all are doing great! Sam