Triathlon

The winner! I am holding my medal in my right hand (You'll have to excuse my boasting, I've never won anything before).
Here is another great view of my medal.
I had so much fun doing this sprint triathlon, I think this could be addicting. The distances were not very far, it was only a 500 meter swim, 12 mile bike ride and 5K run, but I am still proud of myself. I finished better than expected (even with my slow transition times). With a time of 1hr 18min and 3 secomds, I was first place in the novice group, fourth in my age group and twenty fourth over all. There were four hundred in the race, half of them women and I can't wait to do another one.

Bowling

Livvy thought she was super bowler, and to be honest, she almost beat us all.

Caleb learned how to bowl with the scouts and he does great!

Amelia was so excited when she knocked down all the pins but one!

Family Campout (for real this time)

This was not the easy backyard campout. We packed for 2 days, camped out for 2 nights, and cleaned up for a week. It was exhausting, but worth it. We all had a great time at Lake Wateree.

Amelia loses her first tooth!

Amelia lost her first tooth while camping at Lake Wateree. The toothfairy found her tooth in the tent that night. She lost her second tooth a week later (at home this time).

Caleb's Baseball

Caleb had a lot of fun playing baseball, but I am relieved that the season is over. Baseball 3 days a week is exhausting, and the last game was played when the temperature was 100 with a heat index of 106. But we were still there ready to see him get his trophy and say, "Yeah, Caleb!"

Amelia's Dance Recital

Amelia did a fabulous job dancing at her recital with all the other fairy princesses. I still need to get a firewire cable so that I can put the video on the computer, but Amelia was very anxious to share these pictures with you.

Roll Out Those Lazy Days of Summer...

School is out and summer is in full swing. Here is Amelia at her swimming lessons (see the video clips below).


Ahh, the slip and slide. Sooo much fun. I couldn't resist sliding a few times myself. Luckily, there was no one around to take pictures of me. This first picture shows the double slide of Livvy and Amelia.


This is Livvy in mid-jump. She is a fearless two year old.


Caleb slides very fast and makes a big splash.


What is a day in the sun without popscicles?


Swimming lessons are an important part of Summer as well. You can't see much of Amelia in her video clip, but I had to include it. She is kicking with the kick board. I took a still picture of her as well to help you get the full effect. Caleb is learning to dive and Livvy can't keep the grin off her face.






Each day when the automatic sprinklers come on you can hear the scramble as the children (usually Livvy is the leader) rush to put on their swim suits and run through the sprinklers.

And finally, Sal is taking Livvy for a ride in his jeep. But of course Livvy wants to be the one driving, you can see part of the struggle in the video. My favorite part is watching Sal drive by moving the steering wheel from side to side. Why is it that all children think that the steering wheel has to be moving in order to be driving?