First week of summer

The boys had their first swim meet of the season.

Joel got 1st in his relay, 2nd in free and 3rd in back

Colin got 2nd in a relay, 2nd in 50 free, 1st in breast, 2nd in fly and 3rd in a relay

We are off to a great start! 

This weekend we swim the neighborhood behind us and the boys are so excited to see friends from school. Brent and I are excited that we can leave the house at 6:50am and not 6am! 

The kids love swim practice and the meets and I'm glad. Practices are now from 1-2 in the afternoon and so far we really like it. It's nice to have lazy mornings. This past week we had friends over and then ate lunch and went to practice. We usually run an errand afterwards and then they play until dinner. It's a nice change of pace. 

Last Saturday we went to mom and dads for dinner after the swim meet. The kids continued the airplane flying contests we did last summer. 

Between the swim meet and mom and dads house I got a text from our friends saying they were driving through and asked to stay with us that night. They live in Texas and we haven't seen them in 11 years. We saw them thanksgiving and then this past weekend. So twice in a year is such a treat.  It was so fun. I'm glad it worked out. They got in late Saturday night and left Sunday afternoon so a quick visit but really fun. 

We tried to talk them into moving here. They tried to talk to us about all the hail Texas gets! Ha! One day perhaps but it's really fun when the kids all play well and the parents can talk and hang out. 

So much fun and a really great surprise! 

We've also been dog/house sitting all week which has been fun for the kids. They have several birds, rabbits and reptiles so that's kept us busy taking care of and playing with the pets all week. 

And our neighborhood had a kickball/ root beer float night one night. It's been a busy week but a good one. 

The boys have been building Legos for hours and Norah is adjusting to having to share me during the day. Today she asked me when school starts again so the boys can go back to school! 

I was folding laundry and Norah sweetly told me that if I come to her room I could hold a baby! (meaning her baby doll) but she said you love babies (which I do) and reminded me how cute baby Addison was last night when I was holding her (We had my friend Stephanie and her girls over for dinner) I left the laundry and went and held the baby.