Things Are Going Swimmingly

River had her VERY first swimming lessons EVER. She loved them. She did great. She will do everything for her teachers that she won't do for me! She jumped off of the side, dunked her head under the water, floated on her back, etc etc etc...

Sariah loved swimming too....I wish I had a picture of her in her swimsuit. We stayed after swimming lessons and swam for a couple of hours everyday. (goodbye sickly white legs!) It was all I could do to keep Sariah from running pell-mell into the water. She fell in over her head about four times before she finally decided it was a good idea to hold my hand.

River had three teacher for her class, which made it really fun. We already can't wait until next year!

I'm Never Going there Again!

That's what River said when we left the zoo. I swear she was having fun while we where there. We got the girls ice cream cones, petted the mama giraffe, saw a baby elephant and even rode the zoo train. What's not to like? River is just melodramatic. When I asked her what her favorite animal was she said, in a very grown up voice, "None of them!"

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I love this picture of River and Cameron. You can see how much River adores her daddy.

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And sweet Sariah. Over the last few months she has really lightened up, (though in this picture you can't really tell, lol!) she laughs and talks and sings. She says GaMa, Mama, Dada, Biber (which is River), more, boo, hot, and moo. And she loves to do the hand actions to "one little monkey, swinging in a tree..." Perfect at the zoo!

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This is a table I picked up at the thrift store and painted. I wish I had the before picture, but it was brown with a big coffee-mug stain on it. Now it's wonderfully turquoise. Or to me it's wonderful. I have an obsession with turquoise lately. What can you do? Cameron is worried everything in our house will end up lime green or turquoise. I think he might be right to worry! ;)

What the Fish?!

We went fishing with my family at Six Lakes over the 4th of July weekend. With the help of Papa Brent, River caught 3 fish. She was so excited when she reeled them out of the water. She kept marching around saying "What the fish?!"
Her pants got soaked, so my mom fashioned some overalls for her by turning a hoodie upside down and using the arms for legs. I thought River look like an adorable version of Huck Finn. We did have to tighten the strings every once-in-a-while....Cameron snagged a crawdad for Sariah and River to look at. Pretty cool.

It rained on us a bit, but Sariah was prepared with her camo jacket Papa bought for her. She had a great time hanging out with grandma next to the lake, eating strawberries and throwing rocks.

Thanks for the great time everyone!