Ice Cream Days!

What a great weekend! Ice Cream Days started last Thursday and ran through Saturday in Le Mars - the Ice Cream capitol of the world. On Thursday night Beth, Lincoln, Alex and I grabbed some lawn chairs and some snacks and went to the outdoor movie. This year it was High School Musical 2. The weather was perfect and the free ice cream made things even better.

Friday Alex, Lincoln and I were on our own while mom had some girl time with a friend. We spent the afternoon at the pool. I think Alex did the water slide 5,000,000 times in 3 hours. After that we had some dinner and went to the activities in the park. Mr Twister (the balloon guy) was there and he gave Alex a pink sword and Lincoln got a one of a kind balloon hat. We left the park to go see a couple of their friends in a play. After the play it was back to the park for a balloon show and more free ice cream. Then Alex and I ran bases at the T-ball field while Lincoln watched some outdoor hockey in the park.

Saturday morning was my first 5K since my foot injury. I have definitely lost a few steps and finished with a disappointing time of 29:07 minutes. Who am I kidding! If you would have told me 2 years ago I would ever in my life be running 3 miles in under 30 minutes I would have laughed in your face. Every race I complete is one more race in the scrapbook for a guy who never thought he would run again. After the 5K Beth, Lincoln, Alex and I went to the parade. It was a beautiful sunny Saturday morning parade. After that we hit the pool. 4 hours later we left the pool and returned to the house for a living room picnic of Jerry's pizza. Then it was off to listen to the band, do some dancing and enjoy more free ice cream. The night was gorgeous, the kids had a blast and most important to me I got to enjoy a couple of slow dances with Beth. The evening was over to quick in my opinion.

Sunday was Friends Day (I mean Fathers Day). Everyone slept in and after lunch Beth, Lincoln and Alex came over for some more fun. I got an awesome pair of shorts and a wonderful door wreath for Friends Day. Thanks guys! After some relaxing we headed out to the ball park to watch the Explorers play baseball. The game was awesome and ended on a bottom of the 9th game winning home run. Once the game was over we went back to my place for some pool time.

Thanks for a great weekend guys! I hope it's the first of many to come.

TheGov, out