Sunday, June 14, 2009

Summer Fun

I finally got a new camera. It was a happy anniversary present to myself I guess you could say. Anyway, I thought that since I had taken a few new picts of my own, I take a minute and let you know what we have been up to so far this summer.

Connor's baseball team, Coached by Rob, finished the season tied for 3rd place. We have now started the the double elimination county wide tournament. We advanced in the winner's bracket after the first game and will play again on Tuesday night at 7:30. The next game after that will be on Saturday, June 20 at 9:00. Hopefully the boys will continue playing well and/or continue to improve.

Swim team and just having fun in the pool have been way up there on our list of things to do this summer. Swim team practice is every day Monday-Friday at 9:00 until 10:00. The boys have made all practices except for one....it was really cold and rainy. It was a day that I had inservice so I let them and the babysitter off the hook. Anyway, they both arew doing well. Connor is learning new strokes and gaining speed. Keaton is learning the routine...down on one side of the lane and back on the other. He is also doing a great job waiting his turn and following directions. We really aren't really working with him with any strokes other than freestyle. Here are a few picts of the boys at the pool yesterday just having some good old fun.


Keaton loves to jump off the low board. He'll walk up to the high board and turn around and come right back down. That's just fine by me. I don't think I'm ready for him to take the big leap of the high dive just yet.

Connor will go off either board. This just happens to be a picture of him off the low board. He thinks I should have taken a picture of him off the high board. (I didn't want to keep my camera out too long. It's new and all. I didn't want to take a chance of it gettting wet.)


Here, Keaton is getting ready to go down the slide. He loves it!! The picture of Connor on the slide didn't turn out well. It was too blurry to share. I'll have to do better next time.


Friday, June 12, 2009

Our 11th Anniversary

Rob and I were married eleven years ago today. On Friday, June 12, 1998 we were married at Debbie and Billy Joe Williams house in Tompkinsville, Kentucky. Throughout the years we have experienced blessings as well as losses and faced it all together.
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Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The goal in marriage is not to think alike, but to think together.
~Robert C.Dodds

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Three Column Blog

I just got finished playing around with the layout. I have been reading other blogs that used the three column layout and I wanted to try it. What do you think??
It took me a little more time but I think it was worth it. Let me know what you think about it.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Blog Addicted

Recently, I have gotten hooked on reading other people's blogs. I love to read the blogs of friends and family but I have also started reading other blogs as well. It has become a habit of mine to check each day to see if any of my blogs have been updated. I have all my favorites posted in my side bar under Blogs I Like to Read.

I started reading http://www.mycharmingkids.net/ after one of my friends had added a Pray for Stellan link to their blog. I began reading about Stellan and his family. Stellan's mom, Makmama, is an entertaining writer and a wonderful photographer in addition to being a busy mother of four children, one of which has a heart condition.

http://babybolte.blogspot.com/ is a blog that I found today while reading the Twittering section of Makmama's blog. The Bolte family has experienced great loss and still has a great amount of faith in God.

One of my friend's who will remain nameless also enjoys reading blogs. http://flythroughmywindow.blogspot.com/ and http://71toes.blogspot.com/ are two blogs she reads and recommended I check out. Although I haven't gotten as hooked on them as I have on mycharmingkids.net, they are still interesting. Both have wonderful photography and cute kids. Darby at flythroughmywindow just recently posted a recipe that I can't wait to try out.

Check them out and let me know what you think!! Happy Blogging!!