Weekend of Swimming

We spent most of the weekend swimming. Katie Beth had a blast. I get a kick out of watching her play in the water.

Over the next few weeks, we are going to have to get serious about her swimming skills, because she has lost many of her abilities from last summer. Last summer, she held her breath when asked to do so. Now, she will laugh her way into the deep water and keep laughing as she goes under.

I hope to get her in the pool during the week when there are fewer people (less children) to distract her. We need to work on her holding her breath and floating. We will start with floating and rolling over in the water.

Learning to Climb

Learning to ClimbKatie Beth is having a wonderful time playing at the school playground. We have done the slides and swing,s too.

Karen is out walking with Lucy for exercise and adult-time.

Hot Baseball

Hot BaseballWe are having a great time. Katie Beth is enjoying “Super Soaker Sunder”. She is having the children squirt her with their water pistols.

First Jump Off Diving Board

Katie Beth jumped off the driving board repeatedly today. But, daddy was dying from treading water for so long.

Sorry, I don’t have a picture.

Memorial Weekend Dinner

Memorial Weekend DinnerEveryone had a great time.

Karen and I brought over all the fixings and my dad had the steaks. The weather had a small break so we moved out side.

You will have to go look at our photos, because Faith and Katie Beth had a great time playing in the water.

No More Tears

No More TearsKaren has had it with tears from chopping onions. You are looking at her solution.

You may think why not glasses, but they don’t stop the problem. As you cut an onion, the amino acid sulfoxides are released into the air and form syn-propanethial-S-oxide. This chemical triggers the lachrymal gland to stimulate tear production to flush away the chemical. You have to block the syn-propanethial-S-oxide from reaching your eyes.

Baseball

Huntsville StarsHeading to Joe Davis Stadium so we can checkout a baseball game and wish our dear friends Allison and Steve Tofflemire a happy 19th anniversary.

The weather should not be too warm and the Huntsville Stars are playing well these days