Swimming Lessons

WOW~this has been a tiring week. Mo has been landscaping daily and uses my car to do so, but I offered to teach Ashlyn how to swim. I have to strap the kids in the cougar bike carrier and pedal them to a friend's pool every morning at 9:30. It is quite a trek uphill. Thankfully, the weather is cooperating and it is only 89 degrees. The pool water is actually chilly and then the air isn't much better. It's funny to see blue lips on the kids. Reece is also learning how to swim without his floaties. He is so brave but lacks the skills needed to get him across the pool. Ashlyn is a very cautious young lady, who is a bit timid. After this week though, she has become a daredevil, jumping in and swimming across the pool. It is so great to see how much they learn in just one week. I can't wait to swim with the kids again after we both return from our vacations. I will give a week of refresher lessons and then hopefully swim with them for pleasure the rest of the summer. I live to play in the pool here and love to see little ones enjoy it as much as I do. Thank goodness my kids are fish! ;)

Signs of Summer

I LOVE SUMMER! It is the best time of the year, even if we aren't road tripping back east. I am off for 10 weeks and get to spend all my time with my kids. I have big plans for this summer: read, relax, run, bike, swim, hike, run, camp, organize my home, rid my home of clutter, run, catch up on my movie list, hang with friends, take some short road trips to visit friends and run my first 1/2 marathon!! Yep, I did it I am officially signed up for a race in San Diego on Sunday, August 16th. The family will take one last adventure to Cali before we head back to school. They will support mommy as I finish 13.1 miles at Balboa Park. We will then head to Sea World for the day! I can't wait. Please pray for me often! I have to wake myself up at 4:30am to run in this horrible Las Vegas heat! I also have to start eating like a runner and cut out all the extra crap I allow myself because I run. How bad can it be really?

Pre-K Graduate

On Thursday, June 14th I was able to be a parent volunteer and help out with Reece's preschool graduation. It was quite an event with some songs and even a ceremonial walk up to the stage to receive a diploma. There were 47 graduates and it was priceless watching them perform their songs. Reece was concentrating so hard on his songs that he barely smiled. I was laughing at the faces he would make and how loud he would sing. He told me a few weeks ago that I would be crying at his performance and it was true. After each class performed their songs, they left the stage to go get dressed in their cap and gown. The classes then proceeded up the aisle and back onto the stage. It was so precious. Each child was called down to receive their diploma and were then asked what they wanted to be when they grew up. Can you guess what Reece said? He wants to be a super hero! When Pastor Greg asked him which one, Reece said he wasn't sure. We all thought he'd say Batman since he is obsessed with him. It was so funny. Lots of the boys said they wanted to be race car drivers, super fast race car drivers and the little girls want to be moms. It was so funny listening to their answers. I can't wait to see how it was captured on the DVD. My baby boy is getting to so big. Next fall he will go with me to Bilbray and attend an extended day kindergarten class. I know he will love it but his daddy will sure miss taking him to Cornerstone everyday.