Swimming Lessons for all.....but one!

For the past 3 weeks Monday through Friday my children meaning Grace, Elijah, and Micah have been taking 1/2 hour swim lessons at a local high school. I am so glad that we had the opportunity to finally get them in actual lessons. Grace has pretty much been a fish since she was born. It is so interesting to see how my children's personalities vary....so greatly. Grace really did quite well and is practically swimming on her own. She needs to work on building endurance to swim the length of the pool and turning her head to the side to breath. Elijah was loving being in the water and frankly his favorite part was probably splashing around. When called upon to actually be taught to swim he did fairly well though. We put him in level 1 and clearly he was beyond this.....so he got moved up to Gracie's level. Micah however, is my timid child....who never really has loved the water. The first day he balled when he got in. But the teachers did a great job of getting him comfortable in the water....well when they were holding on to him. The last day they had a family fun day where other parents and siblings could swim. I opted to take pictures instead....and Nathan didn't seem to mind not getting in either. Next time I will know to bring my camera the first day.

People I love!

These are some people I love.....isn't little Mikah soooo cute! We are so fortunate to have such awesome people in our small group! And I love that we are "expanding."

The 1st Lemonade Stand Ever!

The kids have been begging to do a lemonade stand for the past couple of weeks. We finally had nice enough weather and the time to do it. They had so much fun with Gracie's BFF and everyone had a little job to do. They were only out their a couple of hours and made about 8 bucks.....which they split equally. They were pretty happy with their profits. It doesn't take much to make them happy.

Some pics of friends

I have been busy lately.....really obsessive. I am definitely addicted to photography....These are just a few I have been working on for some friends.

A busy 4th!

It was the first time we were home to celebrate the 4th. While we missed being with family we definitely had a great day! In the morning we headed to the parade downtown. You know that you are in a military town when fighter jets flying in formation and a blackhawk started off the parade. The kids enjoyed the parade despite the fact that it was 2 hours long and they didn't get as much candy because the city wouldn't allow anybody to throw it. We then headed home to enjoy some BBQ ribs and all the fixings with friends. Later on after friends left we attempted to go meet some more friends by the river for fireworks and got rained out. We ended up going home and the rain cleared so we stopped by Gracie's best friends house where the kids enjoyed helping light lots of fireworks(yes they were very safe).....and we had a perfect view of the town fireworks. Montana is absolutely amazing for the fourth because every where you look you can see big fireworks going off...in parking lots.....all over the street....it was so funny and foreign for us.

They're Back!

So I really love this time of year. Especially the one thing I didn't have to change with our landscaping....and that is all our lily's we have. They are so fun....love them!

Patience pays off!

So for 2 years now I have been searching for the perfect chandelier for Gracie's room. And I finally found one after a detour at Home Depot(we were looking for landscaping items for our yard). I have checked there many times.....but they must have just gotten this one in. And I have to say David has many hidden talents. Not only is he a brilliant doctor he is EXTREMELY handy at home. It seems like he has been busy doing project after project around here. From landscaping, to fixing broken water lines to the fridge, oh and my favorite hanging Gracie's beautiful fixture.