Golf One Day, Tennis the Next

The title says it all.  Vince and Davis have a new agreement.  They go and play tennis after dinner every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  Vince plays Tennis with his friend on Tuesday.  These photos were taken in my parent's neighborhood.  I have to tell you, I think he was born with a natural athletic ability.

And well, Hanna-  as usual, happy to do whatever Davis wants to do.  So sweet!

Is that who I think it is?

Yep!  It sure is.  Our successfully completed first grader, starting second grade on Monday and our confident swimmer.  He has been able to swim for two years, but the confidence starting to head in the right direction at the end of last summer.  And well this year, you can't keep the fish out of the water!  I am so proud of him.  The fun and summer memories have only begun for him.  Guess its time to join a pool.

London

I had a work trip scheduled for June 11-18th to the UK and since its quite rare to have a weekend stay (in fact, can't recall one since I have been traveling) I decided to see if Vince could tag along.  Turns out all the stars were aligned and it worked out!  Thanks to my wonderful parents willingness to watch the kids and Vince's manager being flexible to working an alternate schedule for a few days.  It was a nice week/weekend.  We saw most of London, did a little gambling, and was able to visit Stonehenge.  Anyone who says Stonehenge is just a big pile of rocks hasn't seen it.  Simply Amazing.  Beautiful.  I found myself just starring and short on words.

Big Ben

London Eye

Tower Bridge

Lunch at a Pub- a must do while in London. 

Olympic Countdown Clock in Trafalgar Square

Buckingham Palace

Can't make it to a pub- no problem.  Get it to go!

A tasty treat with cheese.  We bought two jars. 

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Beautiful Day

Today was just one of those days.  Not a thing in the world to complain about, just blessings abound.  BEAUTIFUL weather.  Nothing on the calendar (other than church).  A few hours of alone time to get a pedicure followed by family time at the golfing range.  Davis had a blast.  Hanna had more fun finding rocks. 

 Davis is using some old clubs Vince had that he cut down for him a few years back.  He is almost too tall for them now.

Clearly, Hanna is using Vince's putter.  Putting was her second favorite after the rocks.  Mainly because there were small flags in the holes.  

Spring Fling

Friday night was Spring Fling at Hanna's preschool.  It's a fundraiser event where the school raises money for Make-a-wish foundation.  There were lots of activities.  Pony rides, photo booths, games, dance-a-thons, food, face painting and braided hair.  If you saw her at church today, you know what I am talking about.  It was a good family night out.  The weather couldn't have been better either.

Donut on a rope.  The trick is you can't use your hands.  It was tricky and lots of fun!

Silly!

Davis' 7th Birthday Party

Davis managed to make it to his birthday party (after being sick the day before), but unfortunately for him, he relapsed.  Poor guy.  He managed to have a good time at his party, but you could tell he was low on energy.

Every year has been fun, a little more than the year before.  It is THE best thing to see your children grow, become independent thinkers and express themselves.  Mostly I love that he still thinks I am the best mom in the world.  He says that, I'm not making that up.  Just ask him.  I cling to it, because I know that won't always be the case.  

Here is my best effort to try and capture a photo of him to remember him just the way he was at 7 years old.  (+/- 10 days or so).  :-)