Monday, April 1, 2013

Fools Fest Recap

I know I've blogged about this tradition before. When someone in my family celebrates a birthday, the entire family calls/skypes/facetimes in to each other to talk and say what they love about that person. This past Thursday was Jay's 27th birthday. 27!! 

 I just tried to type that in all caps and it came out @&!!! 

This year, Jack was home with Mom and Dad on spring break, Jay was in Richmond, and Derrick and I were on the road to a frisbee tournament. Mom, Dad, and Jack facetimed into Jay and Derrick and I were on speaker phone on Dad's cell phone. It was great as always!

Here's Mom, Dad, Jack, Derrick, and I sitting on top of Jay's birthday present!


And here we are next to his new espresso machine! That's Derrick and I up in the front.


That was Thursday night and Derrick and I were on our way to a Frisbee tournament up in Fredricksburg, VA. It's called Fool's Fest because it happens every year close to April Fools Day and everybody at the tournament acts foolishly! There is loud music playing and people in costume all over the place. Here is a picture of a team dressed up like the Muppet Babies. See Kermit and Cookie Monster?


There is also a beer garden which is basically just an area fenced in with construction tape and a beer truck with taps on the side. Needless to say, it's quite a party. Derrick and I played on a team called Lefty Lucy. This team started several years ago and was made up of primarily left handed players. Since it started, they've had to pick up more right handers for numbers so Derrick and I got picked up this year. It was our first time at Fools Fest and we will definitely be going back!

Also, it was Alison's birthday on Easter Sunday! Alison left me to get her PhD at Penn State so I love when we can get together. Here she is in her birthday bunny ears.

Derrick and I both played really well this weekend which is always a good feeling to be driving home with. Derrick didn't escape un-injured though, unfortunately.  Here's the thing about Derrick. When he plays frisbee he throws his body around the field without any concern for it. His goal is to make the appropriate play on the disc whether it's to lay-out and catch it for the score or get a crazy D on someone. He laid out all over the field this weekend and skyed the crap out of everyone he was matched up against. For those non-frisbee players: 

Lay-out: Throw yourself on the ground to catch the disk
Sky: Jump high in the air for the disc in a one-on-one match up and come down with it
D: Defensive play. You prevent someone from catching it

Well..on his last offensive effort he laid out for a disc and his defender landed on top of his outstretched shoulder. He immediately jumped up yelling and I took him off to the trainer. Luckily we don't think it's a joint injury. It appears to just be a pulled muscle but he is really feeling it. He can't lift his arm more then a foot away from his body. Hopefully a stiff regimen of ice and Advil will take care of him soon enough!

Richmond is on the way  home from Fredricksburg and were finished on Sunday at 2:00 so we gave Jay a call and stopped by for lunch and ice cream. It was nice to see Jay so close to his birthday and to get a little family time on Easter. 

Jay doesn't read my blog regularly so I took this picture and told him he'd be featured in hopes that he would check in this week. Love you Jay!


It was a great weekend but we are still exhausted and recovering from this long weekend. We're also so thankful for a fun activity that we enjoy doing together and with such great friends!

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