The kids are finished with Swimming lessons! Yay! They have all advanced onto the next level, except for Gavin,who advanced 2 levels up! :) More pics to come soon on Snapfish.

All of the kids are on their last day of Swimming lessons! It has been a great experience and they are all 3 jumping into the water with no fear. Channing and Olivia can both jump off the board without a jacket and swim without help to the side of the pool. Gavin is also jumping into the pool. Today in Lessons, he learned to jump off the side and then his Instructor let him go and he swam back to the side! Later, she told me that next year when Gavin takes lessons, he is going to skip ahead a class since he is already going underwater and jumping off the side without fear! She also informed me that he has helped a few other kids get over their fear of going under in the class. Channing was braving doing a flip off the board today, but chickened out last minute *whew* I was worried there!
Last week, my parents and I took the kids on their first Hike. It was a little stressful on them considering the heat. We are definitely going back when it cools off. The mosquitos were horrible and we forgot repellent. The kids did have a blast catching Butterflies and playing in the Creek!

I'm going to have to take Olivia to the Dr again. She has been notorious for getting boils on her skin. They usually form around her Torso area, legs, buttocks, etc. I'm just praying they stay far from her face. We have been to the Dr about this before in which he said to have her use Hibicleanse twice a week. Apparently, that doesn't seem to help. I hate when she gets them because she's in a lot of pain. :( When they come, we are very lucky it's one at at a time, but I have heard that they can also come in clusters. :(
Please keep her in your prayers that we find a way to keep these away for good!

Olivia finished off her Baseball season with a pool party. She recieved a trophy and was so excited about that! I wasn't able to stay for the entire party, but she was abe to stay and ride home with her BFF, Emily! Those 2 girls are such great friends! It reminds me so much of me and my best friend, Ashlee, when we were younger!
We have been going back to church since I no longer work! It has been so nice to be able to attend again. The kids are finishing up with Tues morning kids! Every tues Morning, they get to sing, make a craft, here a story and play fun games! We have gone to Tues morn kids every summer since living here. The kids love it!

Yesterday, all 3 kids started swimming lessons! Channing and Olivia are now jumping off the diving board without a lifejacket, surfacing and then swimming to the side. Olivia still needs to work on not plugging her nose. She didn't plug her nose last year. lol. Gavin is doing awesome, too! He is now jumping off the side and goes underwater! He's very brave and loves the water. All kids love to swim and I'm glad to have them all taking lessons!

I will be talking with a school counselor tomorrow! I am looking forward to the start of my career path. I'm also waiting to hear back from a potential job offer. It's 20 hrs a week and the hours are perfect!

Friday afternoon Olivia finally lost her top front tooth! She had been working on it all day long. It was so funny, while we were at the pool, she was walking around and the tooth was stickig out, so all you could see was lips and tooth! lol!!!!! It finally came out while she was bathing, she calmly pulled it out and said, "mom, the tooth fairy is coming tonight."

The other pictures are of Olivia with her BFF Emily! These 2 girls are so fun together! Here they are at their end of Baseball season pool party! They had a great season together! Olivia is really hoping for Emily to be in her class when school starts.

Summer is really flying by! I feel like we haven't done as much, but really we have been busy almost every single day of the week! Olivia had her last baseball game last night. My last day of lunch shifts was last week at 309. However, I will still continue to work Brunch shifts when they open that back in the Fall. I'm going to be speaking to a school Counselor and going back to College to become an Ultrasound tech!

The kids and I spent the day at a really fun park today! Afterward, we came back home and decided to fill the kiddie pool and have some fun in the yard. Turned out to be a mess since they were all wore out. Most of the pics, Gavin is throwing a fit!

We had a great 4th of July! On Saturday, the kids and I went to our Neighborhood firework show with some friends! It was a fun time. Gavin was a little scared at first but came around and did fine!
Monday, we went to my parents' house for a cookout and then downtown Peoria for the Fireworks! It was a great display!
Today, Channing had his 5 year check and Gavin had his ears rechecked.. Channing weighs 36 lbs. Gavin is 4 lbs behind Channing. Channing is 42 inches and Gavin is 30 inches tall. Everyone still asks me if they are twins. while we were waiting in the Waiting room, a lady asked me and when I said no, everyone in the room couldn't believe they weren't. Channing had to get 4 shots today and did great! He didn't even cry! He said he has big muscles like Popeye... Popeye is the new favorite movie choice around here.
Channing is a little fishy when it comes to water! He has no fear jumping off the diving board. He doesn't even plug his nose. Olivia has no fear but still insists on plugging her nose! Channing was bummed today because he couldn't go swimming due to ear infections in both ears. He also has allergies. The Dr put him on antibiotics and ear drops.