We started out Friday night with a family graduation party. Nicole's cousin Erika graduated from Maple Grove so we went out to her party after work on Friday. It poured and hailed while we were there, but we had a good time talking to Nicole's grandma and grandpa and aunts/uncles. After the storm cleared we had part of Nicole's family back to our house for the night. George, Michelle, Ashley and Zander came over for the night. We played cars and watched the Twins and had a few drinks at the bar and it was a lot of fun.
On Saturday morning George and I took my mower deck off (1st time for me doing that) and cleaned out the deck and sharpened the blades. I had John Deere come out at the beginning of the season and they service the mower and sharpen the blades, but they needed it again so George and I had a hard time getting the blades off because they use an impact gun when they tighten the blades. I think they do this so you "have" to have them sharpen the blades for you. (RIP JOB). With the help of my neighbor Dave, George and I were able to muscle the blades off and get them sharpened. It was a good job to get done and now the blades are just hand tightened so it will be a lot easier next time for me.
While George and I were working on the mower, Nicole, Z, Michelle and Ashley went over to the driving range so Zander could hit some balls. He is getting better, but he likes to start with the golf club above his shoulders (I think he watches a lot of baseball with Grandpa). His hand/eye is good though as he hits the ball everytime.
After all the work was done we went to lunch (Culver's in Hudson) and then The Tauer's had to get home for Riverside Days (Springfield's annual celebration). Ashley had to go to work yesterday and Nicole and I had a tee time.
There was a tournament at Troy Burne yesterday so the course was closed to us, so what they do for members when the course is closed is they give you a few options at some other courses they have reciprocity with. We could have played StoneRidge in Stillwater, Southview in Inver Grove Heights or the Hastings Country Club. Having played StoneRidge before (Nicole hasn't) and caddying for Brent at Southview a few weeks ago, we decided to play Hastings. It was just the two of us and they just charge you the cart fee ($18/person) so not too bad. It is a private course so it was good to see it. It played very much like our hometown course in Springfield. Very tight off the tee and very small greens, which makes for a tough golf course. The greens were in perfect shape and putted very fast. It was a fun to mix it up as we play 95% of our golf at Troy Burne. We came home and made dinner with the Snyder's. Nicole tried a new blue cheese/bacon burger and it turned out very well.
Sunday we slept in and went for a long walk and took some nice pictures on the golf course. Nicole had to go to the hospital to see 2 clients and I had a golf tournament at 1:00 p.m. We both got home at 6:00 and grilled out some pork tenderloin and had a nice bottle of wine on the deck. The sun is just about to set as I write on the blog. It was good to see everyone over the weekend.
This week is going to be a busy one as we head into the 4th of July weekend. Nicole is swamped at the office which is great and I have 2 seminars, Wednesday and Thursday nights. Friday will come very quick and we are looking forward to a 3-day weekend.
More later this week...
No comments:
Post a Comment