Swimming and a brownie - Activity Days

There is nothing like getting together with your girlfriends. While a lot of the girls were on vacation, we still had about 6 girls swimming together at the Bluths. It was a lot of fun for the girls to see each other. There was a lot of jumping, diving and going down the slide. They ended the activity by sharing a little of their favorite snack. Swimming and a brownie, what could be better!

Our First Swim Meet of the Summer

A group of our kids have been doing the South Coast Summer Swim team. They have been working really hard 3 days a week from 8 am to 9 am. It started the first week after school ended. Our first swim meet was today. Everyone picked two or three different strokes that they wanted to compete in. All the hard work paid off. It was Sarah's first time and she did great. Natalie won her heat in the free style. Adam came in 3rd on the backstroke. Sam swam and swam and swam. While it was hot, we did our best to stay cool under the Congelliere's pop up. The Eschenbergs came by to give their moral support. It was a great day. We will find out more on where the kids place on Monday. I will keep you posted.

Brotherly Love

I don't know about your house, but at my house, brotherly love happen once in a great while. It's not that they don't love each other, but it is often heard, "he is so annoying". Jake and Adam have been playing with their Ninento DS and I got this picture. Now, I have proof. You do love each other. Now,go give him a hug.

Let's boogie until we can't boogie anymore!

It's beach day in our little world. It was over cast today, but that did not stop the fun. Everyone was playing in the water, in the waves or on their boogie boards. Amy gets the prize of being the best mom. She was on her boogie board too. It reminded me of summer days when I was growing up. We would stay at the beach until the very last possible moment. When you fell alseep at night you could still feel the waves moving in and out. It is the best!!!!

Happy Brithday, America!!!

Happy Birthday, America.
Adam, Jared and Landon with the help of Jens and Steve Simmons had the opportunity to raise the flag at our church for their pancake breakfast. They did a great job with just one little problem. The pulley system got stuck. Jens fixed the problem and up went the flag.


It is off to a fun filled day with a few hours at the beach; a hot dog from our annual bar-be-que;the movie - Independence Day with Will Smith. When the day ends we will watch the sun go down on the beach and end up watching the fireworks by Baskin Robbins with ice creams in hand. So, Happy 4th of July to all the people that we love. Be safe and enjoy the day!

Dolphins, Sand crabs and Sun

It's beach day.

We had lots of friends, dolphins and sand crabs.

Even a bathing

beauty !!!

We worked hard on our sand castles and even harder on our tans.

The day was lots of fun once you got used to the ice cold water of the Pacific Ocean. We are looking forward to more summer days like this one.

Giggles, Giggles and more Giggles

American Girl's new movie, Kit Kittredge opened today. So a group of us headed to the movies. My car was full of 9 year old girls. We took Sarah Bluth and her cousin, Kirsten, Makena Duty and my 3. Giggles and more giggles. They were talking about when their moms got married. If they were young or old. It was so funny. We met the Congelliere's, the Simmons and the Merrills at the movie. Adam was a little embarrassed that he was the only boy in our group. But, he has read all the books and wanted to see the movie, so he put his head down and went. He was surrounded by girls. There was only one other boy in the theater his age. The movie was so good. Well worth the price of the ticket. Everyone was very happy with the movie. Afterwards, it was off to In and Out for lunch. I ended the day with a nap. I did deserve it!!!!