It's Done

And just like that....our backyard is finished.  It doesn't really look any different - but it is so nice to have grass to play on again and no more flooding!

Tayson's 11th Birthday

We started our day with birthday pancakes.  

Then Tayson chose Brick Oven for his birthday dinner.

And we opened presents when we got home. He was pretty excited about his glow in the dark nerf gun.

I can't believe how old he is.  It's so crazy to me that my little baby is growing up so fast.  He is so responsible now and helps me so much.  He is still very silly and fun though.  He loves to play and is very social.

Luke's Talk

He's really growing up on me.  He gave an amazing primary talk today and can now tie his own tie.  

The Backyard

We have had flooding and swamping issues since we moved into our house.  We tried changing our sprinklers, built our garden, added dirt, and worked on the sprinklers again and again over the past few years.  Last winter one of our pipes burst so this year we decided to just completely redo it.  We are having all the sprinklers redone and adding a french pipe across the back (where most of the flooding occurs) and a big tub in the corner with a drain when it fills up. 

Oh Sophie

Jen found this gem on her camera.  Sophie kills me!

Silver and Gold Meets

This year Luke qualified to swim in the Silver meet and Tayson swam in the Gold meet.  They worked so hard this summer and have improved so much.  

 

Luke won his heat in all 4 of his races.  One of his races was the relay - they took first.

25 Free: 5th overall 22.31
25 Back: 1st overall 23.53 (B time)
100 IM:  ended up getting DQ'd afterwards but they still gave him his heat winner ribbon

Tayson had some serious tough competition at the Gold meet.  He swam hard and did a great job and was a heat winner for his freestyle.  He ended up swimming in the 12-13 year old medley relay which was crazy.

50 Free: 37.98 (B time)
25 Fly: 29.37

 

Family Pictures

Oh we love getting our family pictures done with Jen.  She is amazing with my kids and her pictures always end up amazing.  We decided on a casual summer look this year and I'm happy with the outfits and how they turned out.