First swim meet!!

 

Tonight was Lilly's first swim meet. She didn't want to do it, but we encourage her because it was just an intersquad meet and we thought it would be a good way to ease her in. She did great and seemed to really like it.

Lilly and Madison waiting for their event.

Her markings for her two heats!!

 

http://youtu.be/1lWi6bOfd8s

 

This is her first heat, the backstroke. Her time was 32.53 and she was 2nd in her heat!!

She was SO pumped after her first heat. I don't think she had any idea how exciting it would be. She told me before her freestyle that her goal was to not touch the ropes at all. (This is something she can do, but doesn't always). Well she  did!!

 

http://youtu.be/aKSbJ5dTyZE

 

Words can not express how PROUD we are of her. All we asked her to do was try her best and boy did she ever!! I think she has finally found something that she really enjoys. We will see how it goes the rest of the summer, but she said she wants to do the next meet!

 

*Lance is also doing swim team, but had a very rough first week. This week was better, but he wasn't ready to do a meet yet. He says he wants to do next weeks, but time will tell.....

 

Fun stuff!

We didn't do much after the race yesterday. Visited with Cam and just chilled. However, today we got started on our bucket lists!

Catching up on my cuddles and kisses!

Such a cheese head!!

My girls!!

We worked on our bucket lists today. We played in shaving and the sprinkler!!

So fun!!

Building a shaving cream town!

Lindley wasn't so found of the shaving cream. She never really got into it!

They had a blast!!

After they were done with the shaving cream I filled the water table with water. This was much more Lindley's speed!

Then it was time to make some dirt cake!! YUMMY!!

 

That's two things down!! Can't wait to check some more things off this week!

Grandman Triathlon

My brother came in on Thursday to compete in the Grandman Triathlon. The race was Saturday morning and I was so excited to see him race. I haven't got to watch him since his first tri in Louisville years ago. We were all up early and ready to cheer him on!

Coming out of the water!

 

Lindley waiting for Cam to come back through

Cam's cheering squad!

He is off for the run!

Crossing the finish line!!

 

 

 

He did awesome!! So proud of him!!

Work trip

I left for my work trip on Monday afternoon and got in Friday evening. Overall, it wasn't a bad trip (more on that later), but it got a rough start. My flight out of Mobile was delayed which meant I was going to have minutes to make my flight in Charlotte. I decided to give it a shot. I literally RAN through the Charlotte airport. When I got to my gate the plane door was closed and when the agent called they weren't going to open it. However, the jetway wouldn't come back so she had to walk down. She wouldn't take me with her, but a guy at the next gate asked what was going on. When I told him he said, "come on" and basically let me go. They opened the door and I got on!! The bummer was that my luggage didn't make it. However, that was ok because I only flew in Monday night so I could sleep in Tues & not rush. We didn't start until 1pm. My luggage arrived at noon! I slept in, grabbed some breakfast and then showered. By the time I got done I had my clean clothes and was able to get ready before we started!! YAY!!

So....on to the good part of my trip. On Wednesday they gave us all ipad mini's!! FUN!! Of course, it will have to be used for work, but still fun!!

Wednesday was also mine and Jeff's 9 year anniversary!! CRAZY I know. Anyway, he had flowers delivered to my room!! They were so beautiful. I was able to get them home! I looked funny carrying roses through the airports, but I didn't care!!

The other awesome surprise was on Thursday afternoon we went to Islands of Adventure. (We were in Orlando and Islands is part of Universal). Anyway,  they gave us a scavenger hunt and we did that in teams and then got to ride some rides! It was so much fun!!

This is in Seussville

So fun!!

This is Hogwarts. Jeff was so mad cause he wants to ride this so bad. He wanted to come with me on this trip, but we decided it was too much (we are planning on Disney in December). Anyway, it was VERY cool!

Overall, it wasn't a bad trip. I was bummed to miss our anniversary and of course I missed my kids. Happy to be home!!

Summer Bucket Lists

I have seen lots of ideas about doing a summer bucket list and I thought we would try it this year. I printed off a bucket for everyone (except Lindley) and we put down things we wanted to do this summer. Jeff was working when we did this and still hasn't completed his. The kids really put some thought into it! They came up with some good ideas. (Bass Pro, bubble bath, go to Kangarooz, find a new park, etc). I am hoping that it keeps us busy this summer!!

 

 

SCHOOLS OUT!!!

We're free, we're free!!  Lilly's last day was Friday and we are so excited we got an early start. On Thursday I let the kids swim during/after Lilly's practice. Then today we went to the splash pad.

I sat Lindley down at the pool and she just posed like a super model....I couldn't help myself!

Such a cheese head!

Look at those little feet.

She sat like this for a long time just watching everyone!

Silly girl!

So big and handsome!

The face of a happy 2nd grader!!!

Having fun in the yard last night!!

Silly girl...put herself in a box!

Had a blast at the Splash pad today! Here's to a great summer!!

 

I have to fly out Monday afternoon for work and will be gone till Friday. Trying to make the most of this weekend. Jeff went back to work tonight so we missed him today. :-(

Last tee ball game

Lance had his last tee ball game this week. He told us he was ready because he "doesn't want to have to take showers". We cracked up!! He didn't have the best game (got out twice). I think he must have been nervous, but he still do good in the field.

Tanking up before his game!

Ready to go!!

His second trophy!! He was so excited to add to his shelf!

 

He says he isn't playing in the fall....Daddy says he is. We will see who wins!!

 

He really made some great improvement this season. I am very proud at how dedicated and focused he was.