Happy 4th of July

I hope you have a safe and healthy day of celebrating our country's Independence. Our little ones are still at the "It's fireworks day!!" Let's not forget why we get to celebrate this day.

We've had a crazy June that can be summed up with swimming and company. My work has been especially busy this summer so there has been little extra time.

Austin had a great swim season and added a new stroke (back stroke). The triplets took lessons and to our surprise, John is our swim freak. Clif is calling him frog man. Lauren and Tyler are taking a lot longer than we thought at getting comfortable in the water, but they are doing better. Next year will be really fun for all in the pool!

Rachel's Birthday! My parents brought my niece with them to visit for her birthday. We took her for a "surprise" trip to Medieval Times. She and Austin had a great time. Happy 10th Rachel!

Blog-less

I have been so busy I almost forgot that I had a blog. Mom, Dad and my neice Rachel are visiting. This was at the swim meet tonight.

First 2009 Swim Meet

Austin is turning into a serious little athlete. He is having so much fun being on teams. Baseball was great and now on to another favorite, swimming. We are so fortunate to live in a subdivision that has an awesome swim team. The triplets are saying they are going to swim next year. That will be a riot!

Here are some shots of Austin, Eli, Logan, and Hannah. Eli and Austin are buddies from preschool and Logan's and Hannah's parents are in our Sunday school class.

From 2009_06_11 WB vs. Brightwater

Eli

From 2009_06_11 WB vs. Brightwater

Eli getting ready for backstroke

From 2009_06_11 WB vs. Brightwater

Hannah

From 2009_06_11 WB vs. Brightwater

Hannah

From 2009_06_11 WB vs. Brightwater

Hannah

From 2009_06_11 WB vs. Brightwater

Hannah and her dad

From 2009_06_11 WB vs. Brightwater

Logan

From 2009_06_11 WB vs. Brightwater

Logan finishes (his very first meet)

From 2009_06_11 WB vs. Brightwater

Eli doing freestyle

From 2009_06_11 WB vs. Brightwater

Austin getting ready

From 2009_06_11 WB vs. Brightwater

From 2009_06_11 WB vs. Brightwater

Austin and coach Leslie

From 2009_06_11 WB vs. Brightwater

From 2009_06_11 WB vs. Brightwater

He's in that splash somewhere

From 2009_06_11 WB vs. Brightwater

From 2009_06_11 WB vs. Brightwater

From 2009_06_11 WB vs. Brightwater

From 2009_06_11 WB vs. Brightwater

Whodunit?

Lauren and John were downstairs with me Tyler answered, "Not me!!" Austin answered, "Not me....um...let me think." A mama knows that is a confession.

Triplet Dad Watches his Triplet Graduate from Bagdad

This is the best triplet story I've seen in a while. What a great thing for this captain to get to see his triplet boys graduate in Georgia live from Iraq. Clif's brother teaches at this high school, so we'll have to see if he knows the boys. We'll be at their house tomorrow to celebrate Clif's nephew's graduation. Grab the tissue for this one.

Goggle Giggles

Three-packs of Speedo goggles at Costco. I have already gotten my money's worth in giggles.

Fun With Tie Dye

The kids are missing preschool, but having a ball with Ellen. She is here during the day to help out while I work. Tuesday they made tie dyed shirts. They dyed them here and she took them home to dry. They were so excited when she brought them back today.

From 2009_05_28

Ready to Swim

Austin is so funny. He is so quiet and serious at swim practice and so goofy at home. He is so excited to be swimming this summer and wanted to pose in his suit.

Unidentified Object

Any guesses on what the yellow object clinging to the wall is?

May Cold Snap?

Tyer put the winter coat on that Grammy Poe gave him for Christmas. This was taken this morning. He put the coat on at 6pm last night ans still won't take it off!