all the other summer things

Our first summer in Woodbury turned out to be pretty great.  We had a nice balance of structured activities and leisure time. 

The very first weekend, Brett and Reggie went on a youth retreat with our church.  Thanks to Covid, I'm pretty sure this was Reggie's first overnight stay away from family and it was both of their first overnight youth retreat.  They had a lot of fun!  Lydia went on a 9-day RV trip with my parents and her cousin Audri.  They went to see the Creation Museum and Noah's Ark.  She made a lot of special memories with her grandparents and cousin.

Bryan and I took advantage of an empty house and drove to Milwaukee to attend a Brewer's game!  When we got back, we took the boys to a Saint's game, which is now a minor league affilliate of the Twins.

When I took the boys to Albert Lea for a baseball tournament, Bryan and Lydia had a weekend at home.  They took a bike ride to try out the ice cream scene in Woodbury.  Lydia approves.

Reggie did strength and agility training at the high school.  We met someone connected with the highschool wrestling program at a youth tournament last spring and through that connection Reggie was invited to weightlift with the wrestling team.  Bryan and I have a joke when Reggie gets a little restless at home.  We tell him to go to practice - ANY practice! Lydia did a couple of volleyball camps.  We also had some new beaches, parks, disc golf courses and fishing docks to check out.  

We spent July 4th at Papa and MeeMaws.

We took in a couple of Twins games, and another Saints game.  We seemed to have a knack for choosing the rainiest nights to go.  

We went to Family Night in Green Bay after two years of not going.  Reggie celebrated his birthday in Green Bay.

We went bowling, to the zoo, and to the science museum.  Bryan and Papa did a golf tournament and dinner while the kids, MeeMaw, and I did a "mini-golf tournament" and ice cream!  We "cooperatively" made a quilt for our new cousin.

Our city has a really fun annual carnival and it is at the park by our house.  Bryan and I enjoyed the Taste of Woodbury Tent while the kids hung out with their friends.  And we topped it all off with a day at ValleyFair.  Before we knew it, summer was coming to an end and we were getting ready for new schools.  I really do love summer.