Family Update

Summer Vacation is ending! School starts July 28. We have had a quiet but entertaining summer. I have kept us all busy one way or the other. Jaeben is now beginning Junior High. WOW! Our main focus is school, and baseball, I keep reminding him that girls are a waste of time! This is my last year home with Shanelle, I am looking into putting her into a pre-school class a couple of times a week. I cannot believe I am on the countdown with her until school. What am I going to do? I so much enjoy working with her on her colors, puzzles, etc. Things that I can't really do anymore with my older ones. They are so independent! Ya right. Jaeben has started up baseball again with a Club ball team, and I finally volunteered to be team mom. Shilesa is still working at Target, and won't begin school until August. She mostly works, and comes home. She is a great big help to me. I close with a favorite saying of mine: I love my family!

Canyon Lake - family field trip

We took a day trip to beautiful Canyon Lake. It was only a 50 minute drive from home each way. We packed a cooler and took Mottah who loves to swim. Trooper is still to young to take out. The lake looks like it is only about a 1/2 mile wide. So I challenged the kids to swim out to the middle of the lake with me. Mottah tried to come too, but I got worried and made him go back. That is why he looks sad in the picture. It is not the same when you don't have a boat, but we still had a great time.

Shanelle Swimming lessons

Shanelle graduated from her swim class that was two weeks long. She started at a tadpole level, and did so well that the instructor graduated her up to the duck class which she skipped the shrimp class. She loves to Swim! She actually swims, and jumps in and swims up to the top and then to the side of the pool. We have stayed busy going to the different public pools in Chandler. We have been to three different ones, and they all have slides and diving boards and areas just for the younger kids. Jaeben has been diving off of the diving boards and doing tricks as well.

Just Chillin at Sunsplash

Jaeben had to take a break.

Shilesa and Shanelle posing at Sunsplash

Shilesa and Shanelle posing at the wave pool. Shanelle had to wear a life jacket in order to keep up with the waves.

PEACE

getting shanelle out of the pool

Sunsplash pictures

here are the sunsplash pictures. I couldn't keep Shanelle off of this slide it was all day! We had fun, and were totally exhausted for two days. The sun kicks butt!