SpLiSh SpLaSh

We have been so lucky to have the kids at the same swim school, with the same teacher for 4 years! Hannah(their swim teacher) is so patient, yet also encouraging and has really helped my kiddos get comfortable in the water. They had a blast this year! Nolan was in without me this year, he was so cute learning to blow bubbles, kick, jump in, all the basics. He did great~although once they put him fully under water he was very verbal and reminded them that he didn't want to go under anymore. So week 2 he was unfortunately a little more guarded. I had hoped week 2 he'd be going for it. There's always next year.

Olivia did awesome this year and has become so brave! She was also thrilled because her best friend Ella also took lessons with her this year! The two of them are like yin and yang, and are such a perfect balance! I got some cute pictures of them, and especially like the one's of them going under the water and bobbing around. I know how proud their mamas were of them this year, going all the way under the water, and becoming great little swimmers. Cheers to another fun year at the Davis Swim School!

The Swell Season

Oh how I love Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova of the Swell Season! By the time I heard they were coming in to town the box seats, and any other good seat were sold out! I really wanted to take my Dad for his birthday! We couldn't get seats but then the luck of the Irish kicked in. My cousin Colleen had a friend that got us VIP passes and so Colleen, Katherine(my other cousin,) & I got to go! It was an amazing concert, and I hope to see them again! I could have listened to his SWEET Irish accent all night long! I love so many different types of music, but especially like the Folkish, Irish style of The Swell Season. My brother Noel got me hooked on them a few years ago. His music touches my soul, his voice amazing(so is his guitar playing,) as is Marketa's, she's brilliant on the piano too! I told my Dad that us Irish folk are such hopeless romantics! The Swell Season lyrics really do pull on my heart strings, and make me so emotional. It was a great night spent with 2 other lovely ladies, and the chicken Caesar wrap, sweet potato fries, and Chardonnay weren't bad either =)

• I took some video of a few songs and so far haven't had luck downloading(go figure!) I'll try to get them on here.
  

4th of July~2010

Another 4th spent out at the Wells' cabin! It is so much fun out at Loon Lake. This year the weather was cold & cloudy, but it was still great, and the kids don't mind the chill so they had a blast. The day/night included~

• Fishing


• Boat Parade


• A floaty parade(the water was freezing but the kids hung out in floaties anyway.)
  
• Lots of eating...especially brownies, cake, & cookies~washed down with bud light w/ lime.


• A delicious Spaghetti dinner


• Laughing


• Friends


• DaNcE PaRtY


• Shane dropped on oar on my foot


• I stepped on a sparkler and burnt my foot =)


• Fireworks(followed by Olivia covering her ears & sometimes shutting her eyes very tight~
NJP loved it and kept holding up his little hands & arms reaching for the sky.)

• Tuckered out kiddos


• FUN, FuN, fUn!

ThAnKs Wells Family for inviting us out again, and for all your hospitality!

E.C.L.I.P.S.E

I can't even take it. I love this story(LOVE) so much! I'm in trouble~I thought I was addicted before, well, now it's even WORSE! I LOVE the old soul Edward, the way he loves, protects, courts, & handles Bella. Eclipse was my favorite book, and so far the BEST movie in the series. It was so good, I want to go and watch it again, like now! I didn't get home until sometime after 2:30 A.M.(we went to twilight, new moon & the midnight showing of eclipse) so this morning Shane asked me about it. I told him I was going back to watch it again & he said "no you're not!" He thinks I'm ridiculous over this twilight "stuff" and he's right, but I don't care. It's a once in a lifetime thing, this whole twilight saga experience! I'm just glad to share this addiction with my ladies, they understand me =)

Puddle Jumpin'

What we've been up to? Well...not a whole lot. It's been nice to not really have a schedule. Mainly taking it easy because I will be working the entire month Of July for the Nordstrom anniversary sale. I work with a lovely group of women, have a RAD boss, and they really do make a schedule that works for my family.

So, the weather this June has been very rainy. I do LOVE the rain, always have. However, I feel bad for the kiddo's during the summer when it rains day in & out. I think we run out of things to do with our kids when the weather isn't kid friendly for the park, walks, etc... We haven't had the best weather quite yet. I am wondering if we are going to have a rainy summer? My kids will get bundled and play outside, ride their bikes, and jeep no matter what(as do most kids.) So during yesterday's downpour we did just that. The kids rode around on their bikes, Liv took her jeep for a spin, and the best part, jumped in all the puddles. They loved splashing around, and got soaked! It was refreshing & fun~

"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it." Mark Twain

It's hard for me to believe that within the few short hours we've been awake Nolan has~

• Peed 2 times on the floor.
• Got in to the refrigerator and dumped out an entire gallon of milk on the kitchen floor.
• Got in to the fridge again opened a smoothie and dumped it out on the floor.
• Hit the corner of his eye on the edge of the table.
• Got in to baby powder that was in my bathroom.
• Torn off part of my vinyl wall art!

I continually tell my mama friends that I still do not understand the life of little boys. I should, I was raised with 4 of them! I think everything that Nolan does during the day is an experiment. I can see the wheels turning in his little mind as he's thinking about what will happen next...usually after he does something that he knows will get him in tRoUbLe. I love this little guy so much, but boy is he naugthy!

He is now sleeping sound, and think it would be lovely if my house could quickly turn in to the "napping house" for a couple hours =)