Did you notice what he's NOT wearing?
Friday, July 23, 2010
What Max did today
They say a pictures worth a thousand words so here are a few pictures of what Max did today.
Did you notice what he's NOT wearing?
Did you notice what he's NOT wearing?
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Camping 2010
Camping is not really my thing. I'm a 5 star hotel kinda girl. Unfortunately, a 5 star hotel with a family of 5 just isn't really in the budget. Last year some friends went camping and didn't invite us. I know exactly why they didn't invite us...I've been pretty vocal about the fact that camping isn't my thing. But after hearing about their fun, I was really disappointed that we hadn't participated. Because of my general bad attitude about camping, my family missed out on a fun time.
So I sucked up my pride, and mentioned that if the group camping trip happened this year that we'd be interested. When we were invited Derek & I had some serious conversations about whether to rent or borrow a camper. Derek really didn't want to do either. He didn't want the responsibility of using someone else's camper and they are pretty expensive to rent. So, we bought a tent.
The kids were pretty excited and I tried to let that excitement over come my concerns about camping. Then I looked at the weather forecast and saw 40% chances of thunderstorms 3 of the 4 days we were supposed to camp. Then I started praying. I prayed for good weather but mostly I prayed that our marriage would survive this vacation. (I'm only sort of joking about this).
We ended up with mostly good weather. It did rain. In fact, we had a pretty good thunderstorm one of the nights. The lightening would illuminate the whole tent. Derek thought it was pretty cool. I did a lot of praying that night. I prayed for safety. I prayed for peace. The kids pretty much slept through the whole thing.
The rest of the vacation was good. We spent a lot of time with some really good friends. We explored God's magnificent creation. The older kids & Derek went ziplining and had a really great time. The little kids & I enjoyed more time at the pool.
Camping still isn't my favorite thing but we'll keep the tent and probably do this again next year. This vacation was a good reminder to me that if I keep my attitude in check life is more enjoyable in general.
(Max doesn't look to happy in this photo but he did have a great time exploring.)
So I sucked up my pride, and mentioned that if the group camping trip happened this year that we'd be interested. When we were invited Derek & I had some serious conversations about whether to rent or borrow a camper. Derek really didn't want to do either. He didn't want the responsibility of using someone else's camper and they are pretty expensive to rent. So, we bought a tent.
The kids were pretty excited and I tried to let that excitement over come my concerns about camping. Then I looked at the weather forecast and saw 40% chances of thunderstorms 3 of the 4 days we were supposed to camp. Then I started praying. I prayed for good weather but mostly I prayed that our marriage would survive this vacation. (I'm only sort of joking about this).
We ended up with mostly good weather. It did rain. In fact, we had a pretty good thunderstorm one of the nights. The lightening would illuminate the whole tent. Derek thought it was pretty cool. I did a lot of praying that night. I prayed for safety. I prayed for peace. The kids pretty much slept through the whole thing.
The rest of the vacation was good. We spent a lot of time with some really good friends. We explored God's magnificent creation. The older kids & Derek went ziplining and had a really great time. The little kids & I enjoyed more time at the pool.
Camping still isn't my favorite thing but we'll keep the tent and probably do this again next year. This vacation was a good reminder to me that if I keep my attitude in check life is more enjoyable in general.
(Max doesn't look to happy in this photo but he did have a great time exploring.)
Saturday, July 10, 2010
The Danger Boys learn new tricks
Swimming is something that seems to come fairly naturally to our family. I don't know if its nature or nurture but either way it makes sense. Derek & I met over water (as lifeguards at summer camp) so we've passed a love of swimming to our kids either through our genes or through our attitudes. This week we've been blessed to be able to spend 2 days at the pool with friends. We have all really enjoyed beating the heat with one of our favorite activities.
On Monday, Max spent most of the day with the life jacket on but did take it off for a few practice strokes. On Friday, as long as he was swimming to an adult, he preferred to have it off. He can swim about a 1/2 length without it. Obviously, he's not ready to swim on his own yet but I bet with some swim lessons this winter, by next summer he'll be ready for the swim team!
On Monday, Max thought he wanted to try jumping from the diving board. He would walk out at far as the hand rails then change his mind and go back. On Friday, Max decided he really wanted to jump from the diving board. His first few trips were quite funny. He was really nervous about that walk. He'd crouch way down and sort of scoot to the end then sit on the end and jump from a sitting position. After a couple times like that he realized he wasn't having as much fun as his brother, and he learned to walk the whole way. It wasn't long before his brother was encouraging him to try twists and cannon balls.
Speaking of Nate, he learned a new trick too. One of the great things about Nate is that he will watch someone doing something, decide he wants to figure it out and he will just keep working at it until he gets it. On Friday there was girl doing all sorts of cool dives. Nate decided he wanted to learn how to do an inward. So he asked her a couple questions and started working on it. In under an hour, he was doing them.
So far this tenacity only applies to physical things- I hope someday it applies to school work!
On Monday, Max spent most of the day with the life jacket on but did take it off for a few practice strokes. On Friday, as long as he was swimming to an adult, he preferred to have it off. He can swim about a 1/2 length without it. Obviously, he's not ready to swim on his own yet but I bet with some swim lessons this winter, by next summer he'll be ready for the swim team!
On Monday, Max thought he wanted to try jumping from the diving board. He would walk out at far as the hand rails then change his mind and go back. On Friday, Max decided he really wanted to jump from the diving board. His first few trips were quite funny. He was really nervous about that walk. He'd crouch way down and sort of scoot to the end then sit on the end and jump from a sitting position. After a couple times like that he realized he wasn't having as much fun as his brother, and he learned to walk the whole way. It wasn't long before his brother was encouraging him to try twists and cannon balls.
Speaking of Nate, he learned a new trick too. One of the great things about Nate is that he will watch someone doing something, decide he wants to figure it out and he will just keep working at it until he gets it. On Friday there was girl doing all sorts of cool dives. Nate decided he wanted to learn how to do an inward. So he asked her a couple questions and started working on it. In under an hour, he was doing them.
So far this tenacity only applies to physical things- I hope someday it applies to school work!
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