Sorta Huge Catch-Up

I realize this poor blog has been neglected lately. I've been lazy about uploading pictures and what's a post without pictures, right?

We have been busy since school let out. The week after Makele and Jack started swim lessons everyday for two weeks. They were in the same class. Makele loved going under the water - Jack not so much! He was a little more timid than her. She will be moving up next year, but he needs to repeat the same level since he couldn't quite get the floating down. I thought Makele would be excited to move up, but when I told her she was sad that she and Jack wouldn't be in the same class.

They have also both started baseball - Jack t-ball and Makele softball. Jack is loving it while this will most likely be the last year for Makele. She's had a hard time adjusting to machine pitch and HATES to practice. Meanwhile, Jack is always tossing a ball around and asking anyone he can to play with him. I had to put a stop to him and Jeff playing in the backyard because he was constantly hitting it over the fence. I was afraid he was going to break the neighbor's windows. Jeff was pitching it to him one day while our neighbor in the back was mowing his lawn. Jack about took him out a couple of times!
We have also spent a lot of time swimming. I finally bought a big pool for the kids - quite a step up from the small plastic pool! Aiden did not like it when I put him in it, so I filled up the old turtle sandbox for him. He loved splashing in that!

Laney and Dustin came over last week to swim.

Aiden and Laney loved jumping on the trampoline. They ran around giggling at each other.

On Saturday I took Makele and my niece Kylie up to see my sister finish the Ragnar. The Ragnar is a relay race with 12 people on a team (6 people for an ultra team). They run from Logan to Park City - 191.7 miles. Shawna's team started at 7:30 am on Friday and finished around 3:00 pm on Saturday.



My favorite line came from Kylie as we were walking up to the finish line. She said, "Why would anyone would want to do this?"

When we got home that night we were met at the door by an excited and grinning Jack. He had lost his first tooth!
He was so excited for the tooth fairy to come that night. She did not disappoint!
He looks so much different with that one little tooth missing. His two permanent teeth are already coming in and his other baby tooth is really wobbly and ready to fall out.