My Brothers are Home!!!!

The boys are back from their Maryland trip and Faith is so happy to have her brothers home!She just had to hold their hands walking through the airport!

In the car ready to head home!

Nothing better than OREO!

Faith is really having fun helping to take care of Oreo while the boys are away on their Maryland trip. This is our first experience with a guinea pig and she really is just the sweetest! What great pets they make.......Peek-a-boo Oreo!
She's tickling me........
You're so soft........
I love this Oreo

We make a great team!

Day We Had A Tree Fall on Our House............

I was looking over old pictures and came across these that were taken when we lived in Spain. We had a terrible wind storm one morning and we had a tree fall on top of our house. Pretty scary stuff! We were getting ready for school that morning and the winds were really picking up. Suddenly things got just crazy outside and I heard what to me sounded like what a tornado must sound like. I made the boys get into the bathtub and we waited in there until things quieted down. When we came out this is what I found! A tree on top of our house! The kids thought it was pretty cool, especially since school was cancelled. I was just thankful we were all safe! D and R with their neighbor friend checking out the damage...what was I thinking letting them stand there! Notice there is nothing on our patio........all our furniture blew all over the yard.

view from our patio door


Yikes!

uprooted!

Faith and her sunglasses!

We have been taking advantage of our Six Flags season passes and the kids are having so much fun! On this particular day Faith cracked me up because she had to wear her sunglasses the entire time! Even on the rides. She just loves her sunglasses! Dean took Faith on the little roller coaster...you have to click on the photo to see, but she even had to wear her glasses while riding!




Mom, do you have to take a picture now!


Ok, cheeeese!

Take one of me on the big chair!

Ok Mom, that is enough!

Faith's water skills as a sea turtle!!

Faith is all set to show off her water skills!!!!!! Enter the pool.......

and get wet! (one body part at a time!)

Jump into shallow water with assistance.....

Ready!

Set!

Go! (better not get my face wet!)

Put face under water (does this count???!!)

Blow bubbles!!!

Comfortable in the water!

streamline with assistance.......

front float with assistance......

back float with assistance......

Make swimming motions

swim three feet with assistance......

flutter kick with board with assistance!

Great job Faith!!! You passed to the next level as a Tadpole!

FAITH PASSES FROM SEA TURTLE TO TADOLE!

We have been busy the past 2 weeks with swimming lessons. Faith has been going each morning and Dean and Reed in the evening. They've done great and have really learned alot this year. Dean is in the advance class and really worked on perfecting his strokes. Reed learned to belly flop....eemmm, I mean DIVE this year! He REALLY is doing well at it! And Faith, well as always she loves the water, but just as long as her head is above it! She's doing great though and has passed on to the next level!! Maybe as a tadpole she will get comfortable getting that face wet! I'll attach some photos soon of Faith and all her swim skills. The boys did not think it was very cool for me to take pictures of them during class so I spared them the disgrace of having Mom embarrassing them!

DOG DAYS OF SUMMER!!!!

Ruby cooling off on one of our "over 100 degree days!"We've moved into our summer pace and have been spending our days with lazy mornings, swim lessons, going to the movies, taking advantage of our Six Flags season passes, and evening walks to the park......life is good!