Swimmy Haven

Ive been so proud of Haven in her swimming this year. She went from fussing very loudly and super apprehensive to being able to jump into the deep end and swim to her coach Ms Jamie.

She is not super fond of back floats but Jamie is nice and will often sing to her while floating.

But look at her swim - in the deep end!

And her jumps - not quite as demonstrative as Justus' were, but she does it none the less.

Diving for rings is one of her favorites.
Proud of her!

The Suite life

Neils work has box seats for the San Francisco Giants. He has gotten to go before, but this time I had the privilege of coming too.

Gigi and Papa were amazing as always and kept the kids for us so I could take part in some adult activities.

We got to hang out with some of Neils clients. Besides Neils coworker that hosted, there was a winery there, a grower/packer and a cancer center. I found it very interesting talking to these wonderful people.

But the best part was just being at the field with the amazing view and getting to enjoy the amenities of the box.

Crazy Weather & other random stuff

Good Friend Whitney put it best in her blog post here:

http://whitneyfrank.blogspot.com/2011/06/not-that-im-complaining.html

But Im of the same mindset. Usually by June swimming is a regular activity and shorts are the norm. However, not this June. Last night I donned my Uggs and sweatshirt for a graduation party. Crazy!

On a happy note - today was very lovely and our church had our annual baptism service at Woodward Park. It was a nice change of pace as we were all casual and watched those who were being baptized freeze in the pool of water they were being dunked in. Afterwards we spent some "family" time, as The Well puts it, hanging out eating a hot dog lunch with all of our Clovis campus attendees. The kids had a great time and Neil and I got to relax just a little bit ;)

We, as a Pettit family, have been doing all sorts of crazy stuff to stay occupied. Here is a picture from the other day depicting Justus and my silliness.

Lets go fly a kite

Since the weather here has been so uncommonly cool and WINDY - we decided flying a kite would be a great way to spend a saturday afternoon.

The kids were great helpers and loved to see it in action


Justus even got to hold it by himself.
Haven tried but it was a little strong for her, but Daddy is a great helper :)

Bowling

The other night Neils work sponsored a fundraiser for March of Dimes. The fundraiser was a night of bowling at Clovis Rodeo Lanes.

So the kids got to come along and experience bowling for the first time. They thoroughly enjoyed it. Haven even got a least 2 strikes.

I was impressed with how well they did. Both kids could get their own ball off the ball return and get it up on the cheater thing. Even the heavier balls! Justus went back and forth between using the cheater - he almost had too much power for it.

Just needed to get away

The kids have been asking to go to the beach for quite some time now so I thought it would be a great time to just get away.

Friend Jeanine came with us and we spent a gorgeous day in Avila.

Haven loves playing in the sand

Justus loves playing in the water


This is one of the many reasons I love living in California. It was a great day!

Its all over

Neil and I finally watched all 120 episodes of Lost via Netflix. We watched the last episode last night and it sure felt good to have it completed, even if it left us with more than a few questions.

But its done! Horray!! We can have our evenings back :)