4 Times A Week

For 2 hours, just about every morning,

we head to the pool to perfect things

like this! 

Keira and Dan love the stairs.

Our goal this summer is to get the wings off

of Keira and move them on to Dan.

We love meeting Alida Brown at the pool.

The kids love playing with her.

Sydney jumps.

Crazy twist from Sydney.

On your marks, get set, go!

1st attempt.

2nd attempt 

Jump together!

The pool is THUMBS UP!

All 5 kids jump together.

Ben's cartwheel dive.

Emma the swan jump.

Sydney does a pencil dive.

Crazy legs Emma.

Keira is still getting her water legs!

Crazy Ben!

Longcreek Cemetery, Sunnyvale, Texas

For the past year I have discovered my inner

love for Family History or

Genealogy.

My father helped me get started and I took

off from there.  

Mainly I have been working diligently

on Larry's side of the family.

One of the websites the kids love searching with me

on is called Find A Grave.

People all over the world take photos of gravestones

to help others keep track of their family history.

I thought it would be good to "pay it forward" helping this

free website and offering to take pictures.

That is how we found ourselves walking through a local

cemetery one drizzly summer day searching for 5

different headstones.

The kids did great staying focused and helping out.

We had a talk about proper cemetery etiquette.

Like no sitting on headstones or removing the flowers.

We even talked about how people are buried with 

certain versions of their names (like nicknames)

and what a birth / death year are.

Surprisingly they want to do it again too!!

But we did end up with some really muddy shoes.

Neighbors Pool

Daddy joined us for a swim at

our friends house!

We are so blessed with dear friends,

that share their pool with us.

Summer Memories!

Memorial Day Zoo Trip

What happens when adults go to the zoo

with cute kids?

WAY to many pictures!

That's what!

It was great to spend the day

with Byron and Teena Burke.

A few times around the merry-go-round to start us off.

I don't know how they ride this.

It makes mom and dad puke!

We love to watch the lion show.

These two brother lions put on a great show.

 Our first time going on the 

brand new train ride.

 

Feeding the giraffes took longer then

usual.

At first they kind of ignore our delicious

green lettuce but eventually came

over for them.

A little ride on the monorail to rest our legs..

Dan's first time on the pony.

He tight-gripped my shirt at first

but after a few steps he was happy.