Swim Meet

Hannah had her first swimming meet this weekend. She did awesome!! She place first in her heat for breast stroke and individual medley. Here she is with her coach and another girl from her swim team.

This is Hannah after winning her first event!! She couldn't stop smiling.
...Freestyle
...after winning the individual medley. Hooray!!

Hannah's baptism day

What a special day it was for Hannah. She was baptized on Saturday. She was so sweet and so excited about her baptism. We were lucky enough to have my parents here with us. I made her a white dress, which she loves.




After the baptism, we headed out to Siesta Key for a little birthday celebration for Hannah. Here are a few pictures.


Nate finally has a few teeth. If you look closely, you can see two on top and one on bottom.

Airfest 2008

Yesterday, we attended the air show at MacDill AFB. My experiences with past airshows include massive crowds, hot sun, head injuries, and long walks to and from parking. This airshow was very different. It was for military only, (so they could practice for the real airshow) there were no crowds, and we used the DV tent which made it so much easier. Plus, we parked right at the squadron and walked 200 yards to where all the action was. I loved it and the kids loved it too.

The Canadian Snowbirds were there. Here are a few shots from their show:





Elle found her own snowbirds to hang with. Yes, these are complete strangers who were sitting by us. She struck up a conversation and made instant friends with this woman whose husband served in the Canadian Air Force for 26 years.


Jarin sang the national anthem while the parachute team did their landing. He did such an awesome job!!! If you've ever heard him sing, I'm sure you can imagine what a treat it was for everyone. Yes, I know I'm a dummy for not having a picture of the handsome Major Thayn singing. I tried to video it, but there was an "operator error" with my camcorder. Oops. Here's the next best thing.



The Geico gecko was there and the kids got to hang with him for a while.

Scraps, please?

I gave the kids a snack after school the other day. I went into the other room and heard Nate getting really excited and the other kids cracking up. I went in to find this:



Yes, he's begging and they're feeding him goldfish. Maybe its time to start including Nate in snack time. He's kind of been on his own schedule for stuff like that, but I think he wants to be included.

Disney World

Last weekend, we went to Disney World with our wonderful neighbors, Chris and Pat, and their son Chris. Our kids dragged them around the park all day. We all had a great time. Chris (their son) is a super photographer and took pictures all day. I think he did a great job at capturing our kids and the fun we had.






Nate actually had a really fun day watching all the activity. He either hung out in the stroller or on the front pack with Jarin and me. He's starting to get tired in this picture. He looks really tired in the next picture because he went all day without really having a nap.




The ice cream was our exit strategy. Elle dropped her ice cream about 10 seconds after this picture was taken.

Last Spring Break, I promise

I totally forgot about these pictures... After our trip to Sarasota, the kids pitched the Mermaid tent in the front yard and used it as a "home base" between riding bikes, jump roping, sidewalk chalk, etc. We even had lunch in the tent.



Jarin and Jesse attended their first Father and Son Campout. They had a big fire, went on a scavenger hunt, and played with sticks, I guess.

This is Jesse with a couple of boys from our ward.

Jesse went "hiking" with the bishop.

Spring break: part 2

Day 4: Not much. The kids played in the cul de sac, Hannah went to swim team. Elle had a dentist appointment. Elle and I went on a special date: shopping for her and her Build a Bear friend, dinner at Cheesecake Factory, and make-up and escalator rides at Macy's. We enjoyed having our make-up done at the MAC counter. So fun!!

Day 5: Off like a herd of turtles for our little trip to Sarasota/ Siesta Key. We checked into our hotel, ate dinner, and swam in the hotel pool

Day 6: We enjoyed Siesta Key Beach! It was so beautiful. The sand was so soft and white. The water was the perfect temperature and it was even clean!! It was crowded, but it was a fun kind of crowded, not a scary kind of crowded. (A lot of families with kids.) Jesse chased the seagulls away when they tried to get our snacks. He took his job VERY seriously.



Day 7: No, we're not hiding from the paparazzi. We had a sunblock mishap on Wednesday. So, it turns out that when you use spray-on sunblock on a windy day, you get striped sunburns. Who knew? We all have lobster red areas on our bodies, except Nate. He somehow escaped the sun, and thank goodness!