The count down

We are counting down to Morgan's first swim meet this Saturday and the funny thing is I think I am more nervous than she is. I mean she is nervous because she has never raced before but I am just nervous about everything. If you know me you know that I am not a freaked out mom; I dont jump when my kids fall or hardly blink when they come home bloody. But throw my baby in the water at 8am with all these big kids and tell her to swim as fast as she can the entire length of the olympic size pool and well.........I'm a mess. Wierd I know. I still perch on the edge of my seat every practice just incase she "needs" me to jump in and rescue her. I am sure the other parents are whispering,"rookie" behind my back because trust me when I tell you it's that obvious that I worry about her being one of the smallest, youngest ones out there. She is in heaven though and loves every minute of her coach giving her orders and making her work out till' she drops. Ugh!! This letting go thing is really hard!! If I had my way I would put floaties on her and tell her to take her time on Saturday. he,he...........I guess that wont work huh? Well, here she is at practice and I will post after her meet.

America the beautiful

Well it's been six years since the USA was attacked. I just wanted to take a minute to pay my respects to the men and women who lost their lives on that day. My heart will remain heavy as we continue to loose lives to the evils of men. Please dont e-mail me and tell me how you are anti-war or anti- Bush because frankly I dont care. If you are unhappy in America please feel free to take the next flight out of this country where you have the freedom to say what you wish and worship whenever and wherever you desire and go somewhere where they tell you when to sit and lay down and who you can serve. As for me and my house though we will continue to serve the Lord and back our brave troops who dont get paid nearly enough to be apart from thier families. Take a minute to pray for those families who are still at a loss today because they lost loved ones on Spet. 11th. Especially the kids. Have an amazing day of freedom.

My First started First

Well it finally happened Morgan started first grade yesterday. She LOVED it! And yes if your wondering those are red cowboy boots she has on; only Morgan!!
Dan & Morgan before school.
ok, so here I look all calm and collect right? Just agree with me people. Anyways, so it struck me around 11:30 yesterday that we wouldn't be eating lunch together anymore and I seriously got depressed. Is that wierd? The correct response is no incase your wondering. I was down all day and to make matters worse it was our busiest day of the week so on top of swim meet, guitar, and youth group (not to mention dinner in the car) I freaked about 8:30 last night. I started crying (so not an emotional person) which in turn scared my husband half to death; I realized I hadn't had 10 minutes with my kid that day. She was off and running and loving it. I m ade her crawl in bed with me last night and cuddle till' we fell asleep. I know what your thinking, I need therapy right? Hey I'm good with that........really.
Morgan at her new desk!! Does she look all grown up to you? Ugh!!

Last but not least in the vacation photos

Here we are enjoying the Shasta Damm, Amazing to walk across!
Leave it to our girls to find the mud hole! Dan offered to throw mud on me for free, said it was cheaper than the spa! See how sweet he is? I wasn't buying it though.
I love this photo! Dan is giving Morgan a crash course in snorkeling before they take off.
The girls had allot of first this past week. Morgan caught her first fish! She decided to throw it back instead of eating it for lunch.
Dan, Morgan, me, and my mom enjoying the lake. Good times! Good times!!

Cannon Ball Competition

Morgan had the cannon ball mastered as you can see here!
Dan said at one point he felt like he had ripped his arm off on the water slide! ouch!
I can't remember for sure but I think this left a mark. Almost positive this was Rick's last time down the slide!!
Yup, that's me and yes after doing this all week I was sore. Is there an age limit on this thing?
Ryanne even got into the action and let Dan take her down the slide. She came up with this look on her face that was not pretty..........it was her idea and yet she was so mad at Dan!

Back from our final vacation!!

We are back from our last vacation for the summer. We went House boating up at Shasta Lake. If you have never been I highly encourage you to go. It is really beautiful up there. When I was little we lived not to far so I got to go there often. It was even better as an adult though.

Here is Morgan all ready for our trip, I mean what more could she need right?
We stopped by the Sundial bridge in Redding and watched the sunset and listened to live music where of course the girls got their groove on. I thought it would be fun to take a photo of our shadows as we were walking by. Thats me, Ryanne, Morgan & my mom.
This is how you know life is truly good when you are three years old. This is Ryanne hanging off the back of the house boat. She pretty much kept this position the entire week.
This was my view at 630am during my quiet time.
Kind of a dark picture of us but still fun. We saw so many fun things on our trip. The girls got to see countless bald eagles up close which I think is a treat anymore. Baby deer and their mamas cam within feet and we also saw a bear. Too fun!! I will attach more photos!