Summer Fun

It's been a busy July for the kids - but their energy is boundless is seems. Right after getting back from "Grandma camp" in Ohio, they both started back into swimming lessons. Mason had graduated up to the first level where they actually teach strokes. Last year he was in the class where they do mostly games in the shallow side of the pool. He absolutely loves the water and it is all the instructor could do to keep him from taking off. The instructor would say something like "ok, now we are going to take turns swimming from this wall to here using the crawl stroke" and before he could finish the sentence, Mason would be off if a flurry of arms, legs and water. Sadie was in the next class up and enjoyed practicing some new strokes. Like Mason, she would live in the water if given the choice. When we go to the pool we have to plan about 3 hours minimum in the water or she feels like she hasn't had enough.

After a couple of weeks swimming ended and they both enrolled in a soccer camp at the local college. This was their first experience playing soccer in an organized way and they both really loved it. There are still a few finer points of the game to learn yet (Mason tends to stand so far in the goal when playing goalie that the other team would score even if he got it) but those will come!

Katie is enjoying the summer but would enjoy it much more if she wasn't so preganant! But not much time left on that now - Mom arrives Aug 1 to help out and we are so excited - especially the kids.