Jeff, the volleyball superhero.

Jeff has participated in two volleyball tournaments recently. The first was a normal coed 4's tournament at coconut beach, the major volleyball venue in New Orleans, and the site of our leagues during the week.

The second tournament he played in was the annual Midsummer's night Draw tournament. This is basically a drinking tournament, and costumes are encouraged. As I don't do costumes, nor do I enjoy drunk volleyball, I didn't play, but volunteered to be the group's designated driver for the evening. For Jeff's costume, we cut his hair and dyed it bleach blonde... here's his new look....

And here's his costume......

I'm hoping to get a hold of some photos of other costumes from the tournament, as they are extremely entertaining! I'll post them here if I manage to convince some of the participants to email some pictures to me.

2007 Annual Camping Trip

The annual camping trip, which takes place the week after father's day every year, was once again a great time. The baby theme carried over from Wisconsin, as we got to meet our new nephew, Lukas, Bill and Jen's son.

We enjoyed ourselves just sitting around the campfire, relaxing by the lake, and spending time with family.

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Another trip to Milwaukee --- Our friends and their children......

In June, I made my traditional trip home for father's day weekend. I spent a couple days with my parents, and dad and I went to get facials and then out to lunch for father's day. Jeff flew up later in the week, and we drove down to Illinois to see Jamie and Jeremy's new addition to the family, who we missed seeing by a couple days our previous trip home at Easter time.

While in Milwaukee, I also had a chance to visit my old friend Robert, and meet his son.

As always, I stopped in by Sandy and Chad, and played with Mikayla and Danika, but forgot my camera. I also had a chance to see Rich and Cheryl, and was amazed how quickly their little Maddie is growing up!

It seemed like the theme of this trip was "my friends and their children." I guess we are indeed past that stage of our lives when we go to weddings every month, and we've moved on to the baby shower and children stage. Hmmmm.....
just to refresh your memories, here's a couple pictures of our kids..........

After a couple days in Illinois, we drove back up to Milwaukee, and then flew up to Minneapolis for the 2007 annual camping trip. Check out the next entry for some camping photos!