Too Much Sun at Wild Mountain

Matt took the day off today, so we went to the waterslides at Wild Mountain. We didn't know if the sunny warm day and the holiday weekend would make it super busy there or not, but Laura said she wouldn't mind standing in line, as long as it's for a waterslide. It turns out we didn't have to do any waiting at all! It was nonstop waterslides for the four of us--Karl even went down the infamous Black Hole! Unfortunately we all came home a little pink. Good thing we were too happy and tired to care.

Karl's Baseball Pants

I just have to post a couple pictures of Karl from his t-ball game last night. He's wearing his new baseball pants (and Matt says you can't wear baseball pants without the belt, so who am I to argue?), which simply make him the cutest t-ball player ever.

Karl Earns a Wristband

Karl would just like to report that he took the test at the Rush City Pool to be able to swim in the deep water and go off the diving board, and he passed! When you're a little fish, the test is a piece of cake. While he was swimming, the lifeguard asked me, "Does he go to Rush City?" I told her he did, and she said, "God, this school needs a swimteam!"

Laura's Project SEEK Performance

Once again Laura took an acting class through Project SEEK (Summer Enrichment Experience for Kids). This year the musical was called "Character Matters," and Laura played the part of Repunzel.

The kids in the class must learn all the songs, choreography, and their lines, plus decorate the set, in just over two weeks. Here Laura showed us where she painted.

Laura really looked like she was having fun!

The performance was brand new to us, because even though each student had a CD of the musical with which to practice, Laura never listened to it at home. She wanted the show to be a surprise. When I saw on the schedule the date she needed her lines learned, I just asked her the night before, "Do you have your lines down?" "Yup!" and that was that. I guess she just worked really hard while she was in class, because she did a very nice job. Way to go Laura!

Happy 50th Anniversary, Mom and Dad!

On Sunday, the whole Lundgren crew met in Stillwater to celebrate Mom and Dad's 50th anniversary. Although their actual big day was June 18th, Sunday was the day that everyone could all get together. We went on a paddleboat brunch cruise on the St. Croix River, and were lucky enough to have a gorgeous day.

Although there wasn't enough room to take a picture of the entire family, we did get a group photo of the original nine.

Dan, Jennifer, Bryan, Angie, Mom, Jim, Dad, Mike, me

Here's my own little family inside the boat.

Time to Fly 2010

Today we met the Elliotts at Harriet Island in St. Paul to run the Time to Fly race, which is a benefit to raise money for childhood cancer research. Even though it was quite hot and sticky, we all ran well, and I even beat my PR for the 5K by a minute! In fact, I finished 11th out of 300 women (since my running abilities are very hard won, I have to brag whenever I can)!

Jason and I ran the 5K, and Laura, Karl, and Colin ran the kids' 1K.

 

At the starting line.

This was at the beginning of the run. It's nice running a race with Jason. You just tell him what your goal pace is, and that's how fast he'll go...and he never slows down...even when you just want to stop...

This is at the end of the race. I didn't have the energy to move my eyeballs to look over at our cheering fans, but at least I knew they were there. And I stayed with Jason (or rather, he stayed with me) and we had a great finish!

This is how shameless I am.

Next was the kids' race. All three kids ran great races. I mean, just look how happy Laura is to be healthy and strong enough to run a 1k!

Karl coming in for his big finish. He told me he was going to run hard for all the kids who were sick with cancer. And he sure did!

I was standing at the last corner before the finish line when I spotted Colin running. When he heard me cheer him on, he put on his determined face and tore off to the end!

All the kids who finished the race got medals and giant koosh balls. Yay!

Karl's First T-Ball Game

Karl's very first T-ball game was tonight, and he had a blast!

Just like the rest of the family, Karl bats left-handed (I guess I'm the only normal one because I actually am left-handed!).

Waiting in the dugout.

Karl and his friend Nick goofing around on first base.

Heading for home.

Karl with his friends Brock and Nick

We found out that T-ball rules are very different from regular baseball rules, so we have no score or runs to report. It was super fun to watch Karl play though. That boy has some hustle!