Caroline. Cute pictures. I always enjoy seeing the children and their activities.  Keep the pics coming.  Your house looks great.  Love Becky

August has really flown by.  Emily completed a two week session at Houston Swim Club.  Thank you Grandma and Papa, it was a great birthday gift!  Emily went in a non-swimmer and came out jumping in and swimming under water by herself.  She even likes to dive for rings now.  Emily's new skills have rubbed off on Mark.  He now likes to dive in to the pool too.  Although Mark will jump or dive off of just about anything...  A pic of Emily's swim lesson.



Ben and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary and the kids helped me with a cake.  


We had all the woodwork in the house painted, doors and cabinets, as well as most of the walls. We also got a new roof.  We stayed with my parents for a week while the workers were here.  a few pics of the new colors (I need to take some now that things are back in place - will do later) and also from our week with Mimi and Grandy.


A little basketball...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67yOt4zdc2s

Emily also had another week of dance camp.  Thank you Mimi and Grandy, another great birthday gift! This time it was a Cinderella theme.  I will do a separate post for the little recital.

Here is a selection of pictures from The rest of our month.

Singing with Grandma


Emily's new favorite hairstyle


Mark gets his car seat turned around like the big people 


Zoo with Mimi and Uncle Will


Park fun


A little rest and relaxation

August has really flown by. Emily completed a two week session at Houston Swim Club. Thank you Grandma and Papa, it was a great birthday gift! Emily went in a non-swimmer and came out jumping in and swimming under water by herself. She even likes to dive for rings now. Emily's new skills have rubbed off on Mark. He now likes to dive in to the pool too. Although Mark will jump or dive off of just about anything... A pic of Emily's swim lesson.

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Ben and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary and the kids helped me with a cake. 
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We had all the woodwork in the house painted, doors and cabinets, as well as most of the walls. We also got a new roof. We stayed with my parents for a week while the workers were here. a few pics of the new colors (I need to take some now that things are back in place - will do later) and also from our week with Mimi and Grandy.
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A little basketball...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67yOt4zdc2s

Emily also had another week of dance camp. Thank you Mimi and Grandy, another great birthday gift! This time it was a Cinderella theme. I will do a separate post for the little recital.

Here is a selection of pictures from The rest of our month.

Singing with Grandma
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Emily's new favorite hairstyle
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Mark gets his car seat turned around like the big people 
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Zoo with Mimi and Uncle Will
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Park fun
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A little rest and relaxation
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August 2012

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