Kini's Place

Friday was a fun afternoon. Phoebe and I went to meet friends at “OUR” park. It’s always nice there, but over recent weeks, others have discovered it and it has been much more busy.

Friday evening, Alex had a softball double header (I really dislike that all of the games are double headers!). Her team won both games, by a lot. The other team was not really prepared for all of the stolen bases. Alex got a single to first, but stole her way home. Sammy (our cousin and on the same team) had been walked to first and stole her way home as well! The evening went a lot like that. Sammy got hurt being tagged out. The girl tagged her with the ball in her shoulder at just the right spot. Another of our girls got hurt while warming up for pitching. Alex got hurt when she was playing first base and a girl on the other team tripped over her, also when she was sliding into home she tore up her hand. (A good reason to have your batting gloves on!) It was an emotional second game. Alex had an awesome triple hit for which she got the game ball from her coach. That was really nice! :)

We spent Saturday morning lounging about not getting a single thing accomplished.

Saturday afternoon, in a flurry of activity, Ray and I got ready to go to a wedding while the girls stayed home.

The ceremony was an outdoor one and the weather was beautiful…a bit overcast, but that makes better light for photos (just not a great sky background). It was a beautiful ceremony and everyone looked stellar!

The reception was nice. Long and slow, but nice. The bride looked amazing and happy. The groom too! They even had a roasted pig (yes, WHOLE) that is a traditional thing from the groom’s culture. It was amazingly tasty too!

Ray and I left the reception and along with two other couples went to bar (of sorts) for a couple of drinks. We caught the third period of The Red Wings game (which they won 5-0 and lead the series 3-2). We were tired, so we didn’t stay too long.

We got home around midnight. 12:18, according to Alex. Also, according to Alex, she sent Phoebe to bed at 12:06! They had spent their afternoon and evening watching The Haunted Mansion, playing Guitar Hero World Tour and spending hours building with the plethora of LEGOs we have.  The living room looks like a LEGO factory exploded in there! Seriously!

Today, Sunday, Ray is meeting up with his LEGO buddies (no wonder why we have so much!?!?!) to finish up a project for the BrickWorld Convention coming up really quickly. Alex has softball practice a little later. Not to mention all of the mundane things like dishes, laundry and such.

Tomorrow morning, everyone gets to sleep in! September will be here too quickly along with the 5:30 am alarms again.