The Kassel Family Project Life 365

It was Flat Branch for a late dinner on a beautiful night. We ran into some friends on our way in and enjoyed great food, beer, and chatting. I love that Columbia is a “big town” with that “small town” feel.

I am missing my Little Man tonight as the house feels oddly quiet! He is off at Boy Scout camp for the week and I am sure he is having tons of fun (he couldn’t *wait* to go). However, aside from just a few trips away for Andy and me, this is his first time away from us for this long. I am looking forward to seeing him at Family Night on Wednesday and hearing all about his adventures!

Happy Father’s Day to Andy! For years, you didn’t want to be a dad because of how you grew up, but some things are meant to be. When you finally made up your mind, you never looked back. Thing 1 and Thing 2 look up to you so much. They know that they can count on you to be there no matter what. We love you! Thanks for being the best dad to our kids!

In other news, the tournament was completely rained out. However, we made it back to Columbia in time for John to leave for Boy Scout camp with his troop instead of Andy having to drive him all the way to St. Joseph. We hope you have a great time over the next week, John! See you Wednesday!

Well, baseball is not to be today. It rained overnight and for a while this morning. So, a lot of the team spent some time at Topgolf. The boys had a great time though their golf swings really resemble baseball bat swings. Hm… I wonder why that is?!?

It was a lot of fun and it was followed by more time at the pool. It was a great way to spend a rainout day!

We are off to the first Mid-MO Stars tournament of the year!

We are spending the weekend with our baseball family in the St. Louis area. We arrived in St. Louis about 4 pm and the kids immediately wanted to go to the pool. Laura had a great time hanging out with the younger sisters…

…while John and his teammates made a lot of noise!

No need to worry about us parents. We had some fun too! The moms and I downed the last of the pudding shots from my freezer while the dads enjoyed some beer. It was a great way to start the weekend!

My office has been cleaning out a storage room that probably hasn’t been touched in about 20 years. Lauren came across this puppet. It is creepy. Why in the world would someone keep this?!?