Ocean's Swimming!!!!

Who knew Ocean was such a little competitor????????

The first video is Ocean doing the freestyle, and she is second from the top and blows everyone out of the water!

The second one is the backstroke...she is second from the bottom of the screen, and yes, she comes in first again!!!!!!!!

Swimming 2009!!!!!!

Well, we missed tons of pictures of the baseball season because Todd missed a lot of games due to work, and I was in the dugout helping. We promise to post some pictures our friends took in a couple of days. For now, you can enjoy these pics and videos of the kids at their swim meets. It is their first year, and so far they love it so much they want to join a year-round swim team...who knew!

The cute picture of Vincent is for those of you who don't believe he got a short haircut!!PROOF!!!



The first video is of Vincent doing the breast stroke. He is at the top of the screen and comes in second. The second video is of Vincent doing the freestyle and he is second from the top, and he places first! Go Vincent!!!!!!!!

Catching you up again!

10 Years Old!!!!!!!!!

What is going on? Ocean turned 8 in January, and then Vincent turned 10 in February! This is all going by way too fast!

During Vincent's birthday, he was in the midst of his basketball season, so we made him a gigantic basketball birthday cake. Just like Ocean's birthday, we celebrated once as a family and then once with family friends.

Thanks to CraigsList we found a 14 foot trampoline for a great price! The kids love it and even Todd and I have spent more time jumping on it than we thought we would. Todd and I however are just scared enough to only jump up and down (see the video). The kids, on the other hand, have no fear and do stunts! I hope this is not our summer for a broken bone! We have already seen enough of the inside of a hospital for the year 2009...

Vincent recently had an appendectomy. He had a low grade fever for a few days, and then came home early from school one day with a "stitch" in his side. We wound up in the ER at 8:00pm, had a CT scan at 12:00 am, and surgery at 1:00 am. He is fine now, but he reports his belly button feels weird from the laproscopic surgery. Hopefully, that is our only medical event this year!!!!!

A Long Times Since the Last One...

A beautiful 8 year old smile!!

Gertie and Lolli letting Vincent share the chair!

Putting the Star on Top....Everybody gets a turn!