The Proof is in the Picture

It is official. My son LOVES to swim. It is the first thing he asks for when he gets up and the last thing he wants before going to bed. "Just one more swim mommy .....peeeze" Last night started off perfect. Ethan got up the nerve to go down the slide and jump off the tube. However, it was when he decided to change directions to head first MID WAY down the slide that things turned for the worst. Ethan hit his head on the side of the pool and man it hurt!! Not wanting to let Abby swim more than him he begged to go back out and swim some more. :)



This is our dive...he tucks his head down and off he goes. It is like slow motion but he comes up grinning!





I see the Olympics in his future...don't you?

Ethan LOVES to swim

So let me get this straight. Ethan goes to Mema and Poppy's house for a few days and he comes home a champion swimmer. Slightly thinking that mema might be stretching a little, we go swimming tonight for a test run. The first thing Ethan say is "Skoot back mamma me not neeet you" My first thought is Mr. I am your momma and at two you do not need me???? I move back just a bit and without holding his nose Ethan does a flip in the pool just like his big sis!! I was shocked. I helped him up for a breath but he swims on his own to the stairs. Let me say that prior to this magical weekend at Mema and Poppy's house Ethan couldn't swim a lick and he for sure wouldn't jump off the side. So the next thing Ethan says is "me dive momma". Are you kidding me? You guessed it. He marched right up and head first dove right in the water. My baby is growing up. I love you Ethan.

Bella's Birthday!!

We absolutely had a blast at Bella's birthday party. Abby and Ethan love Bella and my life wouldn't be the same without Ms. Laurie!! I love this first picture because it shows just a little bit of how Ethan hugs. He squints his eyes and hugs with all of his heart and I LOVE IT!

Ethan found a trumpet and couldn't put it down!! Do you think he will be a natural? :)


Bella has a fun swing that they like to turn flips on and such. We had so much fun!!

First Swim in Our Pool!!!

Let me first say the temp was 75 degrees. Notice I am not in the pool...they are CRAZY!! But they had a blast!!





It is almost impossible to get Ethan to look at the camera these days!! And yes he was in his undies because this was a last minute decision to get in. I had to pull him kicking and screaming away from the pool. He was FREEZING!!


We love this slide!!

First Swim of the Year

Yes, Abby went swimming today with Laci. They had a blast!!


We love throwing rocks in the creek!!

Crazy Hat Day

This week the kids are learning about recycling. Mema made her this funny hat out of Capri Suns and it was a HUGE hit!!

Forever Friends

We are so very lucky to live near wonderful friends. At the last minute we decided to do s'mores and friends make them that much better!!!

Baseball Fun!!

We were excited to be in a box for the game and Ethan didn't understand that he had to stay in OUR box...so he took off running down the line. There is no telling who all I passed to catch him!!

First Boat Ride!!

At the last minute today we decided to take the boat out. This is the first time in our new boat and we loved it!!! I was a little nervous at first (the whole backing up Jeremy's truck). Abby knows when I am scared or nervous and literally the child threw up on our new boat before we even got away from the dock. LOVELY. She was mortified. Once we were going she said, this is just like Mr. Todd's boat and started giggling and being herself again. We had such a great time. PB&J's, out on the water and being with my family...couldn't have been a better end to the weekend.





Abby took this picture....not bad.

Always on a lookout!

Easter 2010

Ethan couldn't stay focused. :) He would eat some candy and then forget to hunt for more eggs.

Easter wouldn't be Easter....

if we were not at Grandma Johnnies home and riding a horse. Life is good. Noramally we are at Uncle Alan's home but this year we went back to where we have all hunted eggs. Where we have all eaten lots of wonderful food and where our family knows that they are loved. Grandma Johnnie instilled in us much more than eggs and candy by that family is important but not as important than Jesus Christ. She prayed before every meal that we would know her Lord, before it was ever lasting too late. I believe that she smiled this afternoon as her family came together once again. I smiled as Abby and Ethan hunted eggs near that front porch much like I did many times. I even tried to take Jeremy and Ethan to the "snake hole" where we all learned to swim. As the years have gone by the trees and brush have grown up so much it is nearly impossible to get to now. What fun times though to climb down the bluffs to get to the snake hole to cool off in the summer. Not one single time that I am aware of did anyone get bit or see a snake for that matter. As the time goes by those memories become a part of me, a part of who I am and who I have become. I love that family is so important to us. I love that though we are all so very different and live very different lives, our family has a single thread that ties us all together and that would be Grandma. Thank you Grandma for teaching us to love each other and to love the Lord.

Crazy Kids!!

Getting a good picture of Ethan is nearly impossible. :) He is adorable.




Ok, just imagine with me. Ethan trying to scare me by pretending
to sneeeze. This was the very first of the sneeze and it was to die for funny.

The Old Mill