Disneyland 2011, pt. 1

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Super Swim Team Swimmers -July 21, 2010

My guys.. showing off their events.  Tyler swimming free (heat 3, lane 2) and back (heat 1, lane 7) and Jonah swimming IM, MR, free (heat 2, lane 6) and back (heat 1, lane 6) -he placed 2nd in backstroke btw ;-)

Jonah and his sweet push off the wall.  Did I mention he's a natural backstroker now?

Tyler finishing his very first race.. under a minute! 

Tyler has excellent form.. breathes to the side, doesn't grab onto the lane ropes, reaches high to the sky.. he's gonna rock in a year!

Tyler is so excited!! It's his very first swim meet!

Tyler's first backstroke event

 

Cakes Galore

In case you're not on FB and following me here instead.. this is what I've been up to this week.  In large pics:

yes, I am now sitting.  Life is better spent when I have a purpose. 

In my garden today

This is just picture posting today.  I was having some fun with my camera and the morning light.  Enjoy :-)

Surprise!! Look what we found in our ivy plant that hangs over the doorway and columns..

Now onto my roses...

Springtime Fun!

I was supposed to go on a hike with friends and I had asked one of my piano students to come along with me last Saturday (April 24th) .  I was looking forward to this trip all week, and I had made preparations and homemade snacks.  I was devastated to find the trip had been canceled at the last minute and I was left on a sunshiney Saturday with no plans.  I felt down in the dumps for maybe half an hour when I decided we were going to make the best of the day and the warm weather.  I pumped up the pool and sat back in my lounge chair as I watched the boys splash and slide in our little kiddie pool in the backyard.  We may not have much right now, but we have enough to keep smiles on our faces.  And we're thankful for all that we have -including eachother!

 You should probably know Sam was only upset because I wouldn't let him touch the lens on the camera.  Otherwise he was a happy guy.  Especially when I give him treats like this..

All in all a very productive and fun prelude to summer-type day.

New battery in the camera!

Notice.. his hair flies as high as he does!

The following two pictures are flowers from my front yard.  I'm really just playing around with the camera and was quite impressed by how much color and detail catches my eye.  I'm not a photographer, but I do like a good pic.

And back to Tyler.. I was watering the lawn and immediately he wanted to run through the sprinkler.  It's only 70-75 today so I told him to stay in the sunshine.  You can't keep this kid down..