Fun In The Sun

It was in the upper 90's today. It was the perfect weather to set up the little pool in the back yard. The kids had a blast! It is funny how a little bit of water makes things more fun!

An unnamed 5 year old just dumped a bucket of water over her head. Lucky she had her goggles on.

Rachel is Officially A Swimmer

Rachel completed all 10 levels of her swimming lessons this week! For her final test she swam 20 laps. I don't think I could swim that far! We are very proud of her!! They have been talking about putting her on team for the last couple of months, but I think we are going to wait until the Fall for that.

Look What Luke Can Do

Yeah, Lukie!! He made it all the way across the big pool at swimming lessons.


This is Miss Annette. She is Luke's favoite swimming teacher.



The back stroke is Luke's prettiest stroke. It is Rachel's too.

The Egg Hunters

The kids had multiple Easter egg hunts this weekend. Kate really caught on to the whole idea. She thoroughly enjoyed eating the candy. The big kids will have some competition next year. Rachel and Luke have a few lessons to learn about egg hunting etiquette. Rule #1: If another person gets the egg you want it is okay because there are many many more eggs you can find. Rule #2: You are not entitled to all the green eggs because your favorite color is green. Rule #3: Keep your hands out of other people's baskets. You would think these rules would be common sense but trust me they were not.

Nothing Short of a Miracle

What do you get when you cross six adults, three very active one year olds, a stubborn three year old, a silly little boy, teacher's pet, and a GREAT photographer?

A picture of all the kids and grandkids in Chris's family.


Tah-Dah:

Aren't they just precious? And all six of them are smiling and looking the same direction!!

We even had time to get a family picture taken.

Thank you so much for setting everything up Johnnie! It could not have gone any smoother, and we could not have asked for better pictures.

PS. You can double click on the pictures to see them larger. I will work on improving my scanning skills.

Easter Eggs

This afternoon, during nap time, Rachel, Luke, and I dyed Easter Eggs. We had so much fun coloring and decorating them. This year is the first time I have been brave enough to attempt letting the kids color eggs. They had a blast!

Happy Easter Everybody!!!!

Luke

Luke and I played a little this afternoon while Kate was taking her nap. He gladly let me take his picture while he hit golf balls. All the golfing pictures below were taken while he was actually swinging at the ball. I was surprised at how clear they turned out.

You can even see the dirt flying up on these last two. They were taken on two different swings.

He actually agreed to pose for the camera for a little bit. I was pretty pleased with the results.

I think he looks particularly ornery in this one: