Swim Team

Caleb once again swam this summer with the Crosspointe Cruisers. He moved up to the 13-14 year old division and while he didn't win many races, he still loves the sport and the exercise. He worked really hard in practice and was recognized as "Swimmer of the Week." His favorite events are the Breast and Butterfly strokes as well as the Individual Medley (one lap of each stroke). Maryn was Caleb's #1 Fan. She yelled "Go Caleb" in the car, all the way to the pool and when others were swimming. She still cheers for Caleb at random times which makes us laugh. We sure are proud of Caleb and all his hard work!

Where There's Water...

Where there is water, you'll usually find Maryn. She was helping Rich one night with the sprinklers and "accidentally" got a bit wet...as you can see, she was drenched in her clothes, but had a ball running through the sprinkler. She also loves to wash her hands, thankfully she can't reach the faucet yet to do it "by herself." She loves the pool, the lake, the bathtub, the kitchen sink and there's always puddles to splash in too!

Our Little Artist

One of Maryn's favorite things to do (inside that is) is to color or as she says it "draw." If there is a pen laying around, she will find it and locate a piece of paper and start drawing. This is especially helpful when shopping at IKEA as it keeps her busy. We have her large Dora the Explorer coloring book and crayons sitting out most of the time at the kitchen table so she can hop up and draw. So far, she's keeping to the paper now all we need is to keep the crayons on the table so Winston can't get a hold of them!

Can I play too?

One of Josh and Caleb's favorite past times is playing on the Wii. They like playing Guitar Hero and can't wait for the 4th edition coming out sometime this fall...note to self...good Christmas gift idea! Anyway, Maryn loves to get in on the action and this day Josh was gracious enough to let her help!

Time flies by

The summer seems to be flying by, but I wanted to try to catch you up on some of the things we've been doing. While Rich and Josh were away in the Dominican Republic, Caleb, Maryn, Winston and I celebrated Maryn's first July 4th at my parents house in Lake Anna. Maryn wore this adorable flag dress! She also wore her swim soup...no, I didn't type that wrong...she calls it that and she's always right...she is going to be two soon!

My great swimmer Caleb is great with Maryn and she loved every minute being held by her big brother!

Maryn spout sighting ...

The say a picture says a thousand words. Someday, we'll tell the true story, but now it's your turn to tell us what you think happened.

Update from the Dominican Republic

For those that didn't know, Josh and I are in the Dominican Republic with his Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) Baseball team. Here's a picture of Josh today in the middle of a very hot game. If you'd like to know more as we're on this trip, please go to the blog for the team http://fcapowerbaseball.blogspot.com.