Swim team awards!!!

Tonight was the award ceremony for the swim team season. We gathered at a local church for a pot luck dinner that was followed by the big awards!!!! Hayden got a team trophy as well as MOST IMPROVED in his age category! He really has made huge improvements from last year. He was SO excited to get the "biggest trophy I've ever had in my life" as he put it. He was very surprised!

He was so happy to show his sisters! And tonight he is letting "da" sleep with his trophies. As you know from past blogs, Hayden is big on sleeping with prize possessions, such as the fishing lore, power ranger figures, whatever he is into at the time. So to let "da" sleep with his trophies is huge. He put them on his bedside table, all three. Two from tonight, one from last year. He said tomorrow I MIGHT get to sleep with them. One can hope....

As soon as it was over he was begging "da" for a bike ride. It was late & Chris had left straight from work to attend the dinner, so no bike ride tonight. Still, he wore his helmet for most of the day.

Had made me call her "old lady" for most of the day. She was in one of her role play moods again. She would run past me and make me say "wow, what was that?" To which she would respond "me, sonic the hedge hog." In her mind she is as fast as they come. Thinking about getting her swim lessons next week and the fitness club we just joined.

Hali is busy getting ready for camp. Well, mom is busy getting Hali ready for camp. Hali is busy picking out a new cell phone. We bought her phone in December two years ago, but for some reason we had to wait until July to renew & get the phone upgrade. We get our phones from Radio Shack. The price is MUCH better than going into the AT&T store. Same phones, better price. There are about 50 phones on the web that she could choose from. Many are free, a few are 50 bucks and the price goes up to 199. Guess which one she picked? You bet - the most expensive one. Teenagers - got to love them!

Pictured here is Hayden w/his friend from swim team. He is a good little friend who lived near us & who also will be attending school w/Hayden next year. He has wonderful parents and three great siblings. We are blessed to have met so many nice families through our children's activities. This is such a wonderful God loving town. We are blessed!!!

Tomorrow Michelle comes back! YEAH! Michelle, our babysitter, has been gone for the past 2 weeks. The kids have really missed her - and so have I. Until next time! Goodnight!