Pictures of Eli

Eli at the bat.



Eli makes another geocaching find!



Can you find Smilin' Eli?

Koleman Playing Baseball

Koleman played Legion baseball this year for the first time, and he really liked it. At the beginning of the year he was worried that he would be the worst player, but he definitely wasn't.

He mostly played outfield and some second base. Here he is ready for anything.



There weren't too many hits for anybody at this level, but he did get a couple, which was good. Most at-bats ended with walks or strikeouts. Here is one of Koleman's strikeouts:



The rest of the pictures were taken by another parent who has a better camera than I do.





This is my favorite picture.



Koleman's team, serious:



And goofy:

4th Of July Parade

Yes, it was a while ago. I forgot to post my favorite part of the entire parade, the float of the Nicollet County Republicans:



I'm not exactly sure what they intended with this float. There were no people walking in front, beside or behind it. Nobody was sitting on it. All they had was a truck pulling this float that had empty hats. Did the empty hats signify their lack of ideas? Were they conceding defeat? Were they asking for volunteers?

It was a bit bizarre, but in a good way.

If you don't hear from me ever again...

... it's because St. Peter is about to be eaten by a giant snake. Which will totally suck.



I hope it chokes on the Pearly Gates.

Kelson shows how to hit a home run

Kelson is very proud of his baseball skills. He thinks he's one of the better players on his team, which he is. For starters, he knows what order to run the bases in. Plus he's bigger than everybody else and strikes fear into their hearts.

See how mean he can be?



Ready position!



Kelson did hit a home run, and was very proud of it:

Two final pictures from Seattle

Grandpa and his princess.



Michelle loved Dennis' jeep. Very old-school.

Oysters

Of course we had great seafood in Seattle. One night we had oysters. We started with oyster shooters - raw oysters in a shot glass with a spicy sauce.



Down the hatch!



And on the grill.



Dennis battled the little buggers. They didn't want to share their secrets with us.

Dumas Bay

OK, it's the 4th of July, we're all pooped from the exciting parade, and everybody is relaxing. I'll see if I can put up the last of our Seattle pictures.

One of our highlights was going to Dumas Bay Park in Federal Way. It's one of those places that you only go to if you have a local person who knows about it. We showed up after the tide had gone out and searched for treasures. There were lots of little crabs that I found to have as friends (until one pinched me).



The kids all had bags to put their treasures in.



We only saw about 10 other people there. Quiet and beautiful.



My dad is heading for Alaska, I think.



Aunt Deanna shows us how to find treasures.



This was a pretty big starfish. It appeared to be wounded, but it was still alive.





Michelle had the camera, so she got to avoid the group picture.

Krazy Kelson

I was attempting to take a picture of Milena hiding her head, but Kelson got in the way. And then he got goofy.



Apparently he thinks he's cute.















I wonder where he gets it from.