Swim Lessons and More!

 

Swim Lessons:

Hudsen started swim lessons on Tuesday and has done pretty good!  We took a few lessons last year and it was an awful experience for Hudsen.  So this year we found a new teacher and she is wonderful!  She is so patient and very good with Hudsen.  She is a swim coach and does individual lessons at her home.  The lessons are 30 minutes and are two days a week and very, very reasonable in price!  I signed Hudsen up for the month of June (6 lessons) and today decided to put him down for the month of July (6 more lessons).  We will definitely be calling Miss Rachel next year for Hudsen and Nolen!  Here are a few pictures from his first week!

 

Getting ready to get started on Tuesday!

Kicking his feet to make him go!

Playing Humpty Dumpty!

Nolen wanted to jump in the water!  Probably should've signed him up this year but will definitely next year!

Kick, kick, kick!

Monkey crawling!

Humpty Dumpty again!  He loved it!

And Nolen found some dirt!!  This boy loves to play in the dirt!  He kicked his shoes off and was rubbing his toes in the dirt!

Some more kicking!

 

Anderson Dairy:

We went on a tour of Anderson Dairy on Wednesday!  It's a local dairy that has been around since 1907!  They showed how and where they make ice cream, milk, creamer, etc and where they store it!  The kids listened to some talking animals and watched a fun movie about the dairy through the years!  After the little movie, we all got some ice cream, which was a nice treat since it has been so hot here!  The ice cream was so good and creamy and I bought some today at the grocery store!  It probably doesn't compare to Blue Bell but it is pretty good!  Here are a few pictures after our tour!  Nolen went too but did not want to be in the picture!  He just wanted his Mommy!

 

"Say cheetos!"

Such cute kids!

Backyard Fun:

We try to make it outside at least once a day if not more!  We like to go to the park and water parks in the morning before the heat kicks up and then we like to take the boys in the backyard at night after supper!  They play baseball, basketball or in the jumphouse.  Anything to get rid of some energy!  Here are some pictures of our backyard fun!

 

Hudsen with the camera and wanting to take a picture of me and Nolen!

Hudsen is really into silly faces and always wants a silly face picture!  We tried to teach Nolen how to make a silly face!  Such cute boys!

Awe Brothers!

Relaxed!  That's the life!

And since Hudsen is always taking pictures of everybody, I thought we would try and get one of us together!! 

Playing in the water!!  They had a blast!

 

Staying Home!

So, I worked full time after Hudsen was born and until he was 3 and Nolen was 1.  Then I was fortunate to be able to only work part time (3 days a week) in March of 2012.  And at the end of last year I was able to stay at home full time!  I can't even begin to tell you how excited I was to be able to stay at home with my kids!  Well, I have been at home for 6 months and I can tell you that I am still so excited and feel extremely blessed to be able to stay at home with my kids!  I get to feed them every meal, watch them play all day, put them down for naps and just enjoy watching them grow.  I have finally found a little cleaning routine that works and have finally figured out how to buy groceries for every meal at home!  We do have some rough days (not many but some) but I wouldn't trade it for the world!  And, THANK YOU Tim for working so hard for us!  I am just feeling truly blessed!

 

 

I hope everyone has a Happy Friday and an even better Father's Day weekend!