I thought I would share a few quick pics from this past week.
Heaven knows if I don't do it now, it may never be captured, because life keeps hurtling forward. (Honestly, I should be cleaning house right now, but just finished printing tags for Father's Day gifts for the men in our ward, and can't leave without a quick post. The next three weeks are full to the brim of exciting things that will need documenting. I simply must keep as current as possible. And I'm a bit OCD about it.)
Mar had a swim meet on Saturday. She was a little concerned about swimming a 200Free (for the first time ever in competition), a 100Fly (she hasn't done more than a 50 since last year, even in practice), and her 50Free (initially the coach signed her up for a 200IM... we didn't think Mar had the stamina for a meet full of endurance races since she's practiced maybe 5 times since last summer). She did great, and due to a series of fortunate events, Bill and I got in 2 volunteer shifts and Mar was done with all of her races (including 2 relays) halfway through the meet. We were out of there by 11am. Woot! Woot!
(I didn't get many pics, since I was doing a volunteer shift, but I have to mention that we got another NEW{ish} camera. The one we purchased right before Lex's wedding was suddenly rendered unusable [okay, so I dropped it... on a carpeted floor... and the lens wouldn't close], so we sent it in to be "repaired or replaced." We received a different camera in return, and upon googling it, found it was worth twice as much as the one we sent in. I'm sure it's refurbished, but it's pretty dang nice, although I still need to figure out how to use the crazy thing. If I only had time to sit and read the manual. Hah!)
Lolo had a fun night out on her birthday with some girlfriends. Her friend Peyton came up from CoSprings where she just finished her first year at the Air Force Academy. Way to go, Peyton!
Peyton gave Shi this darling bracelet.
Those girls are so cute.
I had to run over to my peony bush to snap a pic of this beauty:
Finally! Mid June. It's been a crazy wet summer so far, so I'm glad they finally decided to bloom. I'm just hoping the hail will stay away now.
I also finished up trek journals. 350.
I'm hoping to do a post soon with the details on how I made them... for future reference, and to share. I think they turned out awesome.
Coming up:
Britt and Scarlett arrive tomorrow.
Wicked with the girls tomorrow night.
Grandma and Grandpa S. coming this weekend.
Taylor and Lynnea arriving Saturday.
Mar's last regular season swim meet Saturday (she'll miss one during trek).
Lolo's "farewell" Sunday (she is so so nervous! Pray for her!).
Father's Day.
Trek for Bill, Mar and I next Wednesday through Saturday.
One-and-a-half-week countdown and last minute to-dos before Shi heads to England.
