Reading

Lately Ive really been enjoying Jane Austin. Ive recently read Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Currently Im into Mansfield Park.

Anything to get my mind of Twilight ;)

More Legos

Justus is really into his Legos. My mom got him a huge garage set while she was here and Neil and Justus put it together. Justus LOVEs it!!

Summer Fun

Now that things are heating up, weve been doing some traditional summer things, like swimming, eating corn on the cob and bbq ing. Fun times!!

Absent

Oh, how I dislike being absent from my blog. I feel like Ive missed recording so much. Anyways the reason for my absence is as follows:

1) My mom is in town. She is leaving tomorrow after a 2 week visit. I love having her with us. Time is filled with shopping, Starbucks, yummy restaurants, long talks and this time around - reading. Yes, Kaleigh and I have introduced her to Twilight. But thats all Ill say about that ;)

2) this reason is perhaps the most consuming. We have had our house completely turned upside down. We had to move all our furniture out because we got all new flooring and then had the whole inside of our house painted. This meant we stayed with my mom at my sisters for about a week and a half. So having my two kids sleep in the room with me meant we were getting up at 5:30am which is about 2 hours sooner than normal. Nap times were sketchy and with all the extra busyness of life I have barely been able to keep up. Of course Neil and GG and Papa have helped tremendously.

But I am so thankful to have spent lots of time with my Mom and to have my house so fresh and so clean-clean! Pictures to come soon.

Legos

Justus has really been interested in Legos for the past month or so. After he got a set that he can build a truck with, he was hooked. He loved playing with it. Then I remembered I had my old Lego set. Of course being a girl, I had a barn. Nothing cool like a truck or something guyish like that, but Justus still loves playing with it. So I let him play with it during quiet time.

Here is one of his own creations:

Swim lessons

The kids have been doing amazing in swim lessons.

Haven has lessons with Coach Andrea. They work on diving for rings and putting her head underwater. And recently, Andrea has been trying to teach Haven how to get out of the pool from the side and then jump in.

Justus has lessons with Coach Paul. They work on diving for rings, swimming across the pool, jumping into the deep end and swimming to the side.

They love it!!

Justus' Artwork

Im really impressed with Justus skills these days. He is so talented and imaginative. Here are some pictures he drew this morning while I was cleaning up the house.

Notice the number 4 on this car. 4 is his favorite number right now....hmmmm....I wonder why!

I love this house and garage (with car) he drew. Notice the chimney is complete with smoke.