Swimming fun

Well, we have completed our first swim meet for the girls. They did fantastic and were 1st in their heats for the backstroke and 1st and 3rd for the freestyle. They couldn't have been happier. Grammy came down to witness the special occasion and we had a victory dinner at Mimi's Cafe afterward.


(Yes, Helen and Mary's faces are bright red burnt beyond all recognition. They spent last weekend with Grammy & Pap in Flagstaff for Aleksia's pool birthday party and came home with blisters. Helen is way worse than Mary but it just almost hurts to look at them! Ugh!!!)

It was actually our only meet of the season since the children and I are leaving for Idaho, Utah and Lake Powell for the next 4 1/2 weeks. We are just going to be visiting fools and Brad has to join us for a few days at a time here and there since someone has to pay for all our play! :>

Griffin has also finished his 3rd set of swimming lessons and has progressed quite a bit from April. He is the best at freestyle swimming. It can really get him where he wants to go and he splashes half the pool out while doing it. You certainly won't miss him headed your way!

Diving has him baffled! He cannot figure out how you get in that position and then enter the water in a diving position. It is comical to watch!!!!

Here is how he starts out....



And then the big finish.....



It is always entertaining!!!

Lewis is just happy to be here. He is so much fun. 20 months is a beautiful thing! His latest thing was naked cruising in the back yard first on his motorcycle then on his firetruck. The girls couldn't believe that I would let him go naked but then I showed them scrapbook pages of them swimming in our little blow up pool au natural when they were his age and they decided they wanted to take pictures so they could scrapbook a page of him commando style. It was amusing to see how much they got a kick out of him being naked. He did pee on the patio so they did get their eeeewwww factor in for the day and Lewis was very proud of his accomplishment! He laughed and laughed and patted his belly and laughed some more.




Now we are gearing up for the big trek north. I have lots to pack before I leave tomorrow, well, I guess it's today, so I'd better get to bed so I can drive safely!

Later!

Kathy

Summer begins!

Well, here we are our first week of summer break under our belt. The girls are on the swimming team and Griffin is in swimming lessons. I can drop the girls off but I stay with Griffin which gives me 45 min in the sun so I might even get some tan legs this summer. We haven't just been sitting around either! We have been to the zoo, visited friends, been to visit Grammy and Pap and hung out in the pool. It's been fun.

Griffin had a fun pre-school graduation. Mrs. Sterr had a fun program with songs and slide shows and books and lots of great things! We will miss her but we are sooooooo excited for kindergarten next year! And when I say we I mean me!!!! :>

Here is Brad's latest project 95% finished. We just need a few more shelves in the top middle part. It is fab. All of the kids toys, books, blankets, games. junk, etc is behind those closed doors! It makes the loft so tidy.

Enjoy the pictures and I'll try to get into this blogging thing!

Kathy