Isaac Swimming Lessons

Swimming freestyle by himself!

Boating

Back in July we had some friends invite us to go boating with their family. Oh course we jumped at the opportunity and said Yes! Their family has a share in a private lake about 40 min. away. It was wonderful because there were only 2 boats on the lake and we took turns going out and having fun. Isaac absolutely loved the water and jumped right in. He enjoyed throwing rocks in the lake and eventually was brave enough to go out and swim with the fishes! They were surround the docks (which I will get back to later). He had so much fun playing with all the kids.

Gary jumped at the chance to get out on the wakeboard. He got up the very first try and had fun going around the lake several times.

Even Sarah got brave enough, after sitting on the dock for quite some time, to jump in and swim. It took her awhile to get used to the life jacket but once she realized she was safe in it she had fun playing. So while Gary was swimming with the kids he found out how frisky the fish are. Yes they like to bite nipples! We later found out the next time our friends went down their little brother got bit and it even drew blood. It was still nice and refreshing to jump in the water!

I enjoyed sitting in the boat with Sarah and Isaac. It was so fun to watch their expressions.

They had this great tube they blow up so the kids can take a fun ride. They loved playing in it too while we held the rope on the dock. This is Isaac, Sarah, Anna and I think Ryan, Anna's uncle.

When it was our turn we were able to fit, Gary, myself, Isaac, Sarah and Anna in the tube. Sadly Sarah is behind Anna so you can't see her in the pictures but they all loved the ride.

We were able to talk Isaac into going out on the knee board. The first time they had him start on his knees and crashed immediately after Gary let go, so we then had him try it on his stomach. He did great. I couldn't tell if he was enjoying himself by the scared look on his face but once he was all done the smile on his face went from ear to ear. He talked about it the rest of the night and the next day too! He was so pround of himself.

Finally some good news!

So Isaac and Sarah are going to be a big brother and sister. Baby #3 is due Feb. 20, 2012. Everything is going well so far and we are so excited. Just wanted to show off some of the latest ultrasound pictures. We told our parents this past weekend, so I know the word will be out very quickly! Since I am only 10 weeks right now there is not too much definition in the US pics, but you can see the head and in some of the views you could see the baby's arms and legs. Of course the Dr. said the baby was a mover, and my quick response was, It's going to be a boy! Only time will tell - and yes we will be finding out in another 10 weeks or so.

4th of July Weekend

Well since our plans to head to Utah were nixed we decided to make the most of it here in Yakima. On Friday we went to a Yakima Bears baseball game.

We had a great time and Sarah even made it on the jumbo screen dancing. It was really cold and we all snuggled up under the blanket! I think Isaac's favorite part was eating the hot dogs at the ball game. Sarah loved when the crowd all started singing Take Me Out to the Ball Game. After the song ended she said, "Again". I should teach her that one, since Isaac knew it at her age.

On Saturday we did some yard work and then let the kids play in the water for awhile. They absolutely loved it. I didn't want to have to go and get Sarah changed so we just let her have fun naked (well with a diaper). The kids played really well together and Sarah kept trying to get Isaac to sit down in the water.

On Sunday evening we went to a friends house for a BBQ. Everything was delicious and Sarah really enjoyed her first try at Smore's. She ate the whole thing without any help! She was an absolute mess when she was done but that's what the sprinklers were for.

On the 4th we had a nice relaxing morning and took the kids to a park to play.

I tried to get a couple pictures of the kids together and this is about as much as Sarah would co-operate! After lunch some friends invited us to their in-laws home for a swimming party and a BBQ. The pool was amazing. They had a huge rock slide (which was a little on the scary side for me) and a fun cliff for the kids to jump off of. Isaac has been a little fish since his 2 sessions of swim lessons and he had no fear of the slide or the cliff. Sarah was a little more reserved, which was just fine for me. The BBQ was great and it was so fun hanging out with a bunch of friends for the holiday. After dinner we decided to head home, relax and put the kids to bed early. We didn't end up going to the fairgrounds to watch the fireworks, but we were able to stand out on our deck and see the fireworks around the valley. It was such a nice and fun day!

Little Miss Trouble

Sarah has bee5n such a little stinker lately and a7ll the typos are becusea0 0.s02he2 is insist]ing 6on sitting at the computer with me. Anyways, I just caught her putting chalk in the fan (thankfully it was not turned on at this moment). So I told her to get the chalk back out of the fan. She was doing pretty well and managed to get 3 pieces out so I walked away for a couple seconds while she worked on the last 2 pieces and all of a sudden I heard her coloring with the chalk on the wall. Well last night she was yelled at and put in timeout for putting crackers in the fan and a couple days ago it was crayons. Yesterday while I was helping Isaac in the bathroom I came back to the living room to find her like this.

Let me remind you everything was in its correct place when I left her. And she is not wearing a shirt because she REFUSED to put in on after lunch (I took it off for spaghetti).

She is such and girl and if she gets yelled at she instantly cries and let me tell you those tears are big crocodile tears.

She is not always a trouble maker and since we have had lots of outside time I took a couple pictures of Sarah and Isaac playing so well together.

She has been so much fun, but she is keeping me busy!

My funny little girl

Sarah is so funny when she is enjoying her food. She moans as she eats.

Memorial Day

Over Memorial Day we took a quick trip down to SLC to look at some work opportunities for Gary and got to enjoy some family time as well. Isaac was able to go to a gymnastics class with Miles and he loved it! Sarah wanted to go to but she will have to wait till next time. Poor Sarah dislocated her radial head while playing with Grandpa. I knew something was wrong with her arm when she wouldn't use it. Finally my cousin told us about Nursemaids elbow and sure enough that was the problem. Luckily Gary was able to put in back in place and she was just fine the next morning!
We also made a nice visit to see my Grandma for her 89th birthday!