Weekend BBQ with Good Friends

Last weekend we finally made it over to our friends house, the Schulte's, on Bainbridge Island for a BBQ. It's always so difficult to get our schedules to match up but all the stars aligned and we made a go of it.

It was Jaydens first ride on the boat and he loved it.

Another friend, Jim and his wife Danielle and their son Ayden made it over as well. We all use to work at Escend together and had been quite some time since we all hung out. In fact the last time we were all together the Schulte's only had 3 kids, Jim and Danielle had none and neither did we. So we had lots to talk about :)

There was tons of food and beverages. Jayden had a great time playing in the sandbox with Aaron's littlest - Tessa. Then got pushed around the yard by Ayden and Tessa.

Lots of fun on the island

After dinner the men decided we need to test out some of the toys at the Schulte homestead. One of which was the Jason Giambi Batting Cage! This thing rocked! Very cool setup. We got in and took some hacks at 60-70mph and I actually did rather well for not swinging a bat in 10 years.

My cat like reflexes and quickness too fast for our camera to fully catch!

Then we started messing with the kind of pitches it could throw. We had it throwing some wicked curve balls which I hit really well but then we decided to crank the sucker up to full speed. I tell you what, that thing can hum it in there upwards of 95-100mph. I could not even see the BALL!! I think the wives thought we were going to get killed. Nothing at that speed hit anyone or anything, including the bat ;)

We even got the wives to jump in and take a few hacks. Missy did the best out of the girls!!! She had several solid hits.

Good form!

A great time was had by all and I really hope it does not take us another year to all get together.