Swimteam 2009

Jono's relay team

this pic seems so official with their caps and names on their backs

last day of practice....look at those grins

racing side by side

Caleb and Noah swam on swimteam for the first time this year. They loved it and did really well. The video is Caleb winning the 25 freestyle final race. Noah swam in the freestyle and backstroke finals too. We were excited that they worked hard and improved their times each week. Yay Caleb and Noah!!!!!

LUCY

Lucy is our new 4 or 5 week old yellow lab/golden retriever mix puppy. My mom was at Salon Moda and noticed that the Paws and Claws truck was there with lots of puppy dogs. She called and told me that for $45 we could get a lab puppy with shots, spayed and microchipped. I was very UNinterested, I told Matt for grins and five minutes later we were loading up in the van to see these puppies. The labs my mom saw were five months old and we weren't quite ready for that kind of energy. We tried that last summer (ROMO). Anyways there was another very young litter of lab/golden mixes that they claim are five weeks. I think she is younger. For $25 (too young to be microchipped) we got a little princess named Lucy. She is darling and lets Annie drag her around all over. I'm sure in a week or two it will turn into a nightmare, but for now it is pretty sweet.

Fire Works from the Truck

4th of July Fun at the Farm

Sliding Hills with the Osterbergs

more of our fun night...

We started our night by cooling down with some ice cream...what a treat!

Brent and Keri saved all their big baby stuff boxes for us to use to do some serious sliding.

Because the sun was setting behind the hill all I could get was their silouhettes from the top of the hill....cool.

Yes, even I did it!

Off to meet the Babies

My first morning with precious Ava. She gives sugars and cuddles the whole time you hold her. I could hardly put her down the whole week.

We took all the kids to the beach for the first time. They loved it! Malachi played in the baby pool Kelly brought the whole time. He was happy as a lark dumping and pouring the sand. He let Sean take him out into the ocean too and he smiled the whole time.

Grace wanted to show Caleb and Noah her tricks. Way to go Gracie!

Thatcher sure does love being a big brother. He helped entertain the little guys while they were in the pool. My camera broke after taking it to the beach so these are all the pics I got. There were a million photo ops that I had to pass up. I had such a sweet time loving on the kiddos and getting sweet sister time in too. What a treat!