Project 365 Week 26

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Handstands in the pool...a classic.

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I'm very thankful for twice per week trash pick up.

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Denise arrived today! She's going to stay with the kids while we get away to napa for a long weekend with friends. I'm very thankful for her too.

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Remember how hot I said it was last week? 62 in San Fransisco feels like heaven!

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Chateau Montelena.

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Cain.

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Packing up to head home after a fun wine-filled weekend. See those boxes on the cart? All wine. Plus two more boxes you can't see in the picture.

Project 365 Week 25

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Your guess is as good as mine. I found this picture on my camera. Maybe summer boredom at it's best?

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Dang, it's hot.

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Jackson and Austin off to morning swim practice.

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A little swim team bonding at the Mudpie.

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I took the kids to see the movie Up in 3D. My arm isn't long enough to get all of us in a self portrait photo.

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She's going to give lacrosse a try.

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Father's day dinner at Outback Steakhouse.


The outtakes. They're a laugh riot.

Project 365 Week 24

The only photos I have for this week are from the swim meet so here you go:

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That's our gator...as in Greentree/Riverchase Gators.

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Breaststroke

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Getting ready for backstroke

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Breaststroke

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Butterfly...isn't that beautiful??

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There's lots of down time at swim meets...thank goodness for personal, portable electronics.

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A little backyard silliness.

Project 365 Week 23

This week was marked by the last day of school (June 3rd) and a swim meet... so, not a photo every day but I still came up with seven to share.

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Jackson and his teacher Rebecca Easterby...a great teacher and a family friend to boot!

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The kids in Jackson's class had each done interviews and written a biography of one other kid in their class. They read them out loud on the last day.

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Jensen and her teacher Mrs. Clift...Jensen had a great year in her class

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Woo hoo! School's out for summer! On to swim season!

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The kids all draw on each other with sharpies at the swim meets...trying to get that all off later drives me crazy.

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Project 365 Week 22

Not that anyone cares what we were doing way back at the end of May, but this is where I left off so it's where I'll pick back up...

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A pretty bad allergy/asthma flare up for one kid and swimmer's ear (even though it's only May) for another.

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This is what three 4th grade boys who know that school is almost out for summer look like. I went in for Jackson's distribution of his birthday treats--our school district has a rule that you can't bring in any outside treats for birthdays but you can buy things from the cafeteria to distribute to the class. The cafeteria has a decent assortment of ice cream cups, sorbet, popsicles, etc. so it was fudgesicles all around!

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Happy 10th birthday to Jackson! Jim had to leave on a flight out of town later that morning and wouldn't be there later in the day so we had an early morning family birthday celebration. Jackson opened his gift...an iPod touch...and we had birthday cake for breakfast. An awesome start to the day!

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Tonight was our last Cub Scout pack meeting of the year where the boys all move up in rank. These boys are now all Sr. Webelos.

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We went out for Jackson's birthday dinner. He picked Ling's, a new Chinese buffet place near us. Buffets and Chinese food...neither my favorite, but it wasn't my birthday now was it? Jackson had a blast, loved the food, and even saw one of his good buddies there. It doesn't get much better!

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This is a bonus photo for Friday. The Riverwood awards ceremony was today and Jordan got several awards...straight As for the year, two special class awards in RELA and Social Studies, and the one I'm most impressed by, the Presidential Physical Fitness award (the photo is of her receiving that award). Out of about 300 6th graders only 15 earned this award. Like I've said before...a scholar and an athlete...and an all around great person. Love her.

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It's Saturday so we must be at a swim meet. See that blue star on the back of her shirt? That means she earned the team target time for one of her strokes...freestyle in this case.

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On Sunday, my friend Nancy's oldest son graduated from Kingwood High School. We attended their celebration dinner at a great Italian restaurant downtown.

Project 365 Week 21

this week all the pictures I took were from Saturday...swim meet and then Jordan's sleepover birthday party. I decided to go with what I have...

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Jensen and her good friend Samantha at today's swim meet. Samantha is on a different team and we swam against them today. Jensen had a blast!

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Jordan's birthday sleepover started with a scavenger hunt planned by Jim. The girls divided into two teams. I chaperoned one and Jim the other while they roamed the neighborhood knocking on doors asking for random household items. At the end of the designated time, Jim tallied the scores and declared a winner...Mom's team won!!

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The kids were all hot and sweaty from running around the neighborhood so they took a dip in our teeny, tiny pool.

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We had pizza and then cookie cake.

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Opened presents...

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and then swam some more.

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Happy birthday, Jordan!

Project 365 Week 20

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Jordan's 12th birthday dinner. She chose Asian City Japanese Hibachi. Twelve?? Wow. Love her so much and couldn't be prouder of her.

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RMS beginner orchestra spring concert. They sounded great! They've made incredible progress since that first concert of the year. Jordan is in the middle of the back row.

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This is how Bella looks after one of our 3 mile walks. Her legs are a lot shorter than mine so she has to walk a lot faster...although she does have four of them...

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Another one of Jensen's friends.

No picture for Friday

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Another swim meet. That's Jensen in the middle. I love how she looks like she's going to take off and fly rather than swim.

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Jordan's NCL class got together for a bowling "getting to know you" party. They were supposed to bring "crazy" socks to give to their secret sister. It seems like a pretty good group of girls.