Swimming with Laura

Laura and her family came over to swim today.  She is getting quite a tummy.  She has a baby boy due in January.  So far all the tests look fine.  They don't think he will have downs, but he has a higher chance of spina bifida.  Laura said that she would be fine if he has downs.  Of course she hopes that he won't have those challenges, but if he has downs then Sage will have a friend.

We had planned on swimming with my friends Jami and Carly and their families.  Carly had something come up and she was unable to make it.  I never heard from Jami.  Oh well.  It would have been cool to see them, but I had fun with just Laura.  That is who I spent most of my time growing up with anyway.

Sage and Miles

Laura came over today with her cute little family.  We spent a couple hours of swimming.  I didn't get any pictures of Autumn, but I have pictures of her other two.  Sage was so cute in the jeep, I kept following her around.  She walks really well now and Laura says she is into everything.  She has no fear and she just goes.  That's gotta keep Laura on her toes!

Sage & Miles

Leatherwoods - Part 2

Another great day of summer. First I started with a run to my mom's grave. I was able to make it all the way there and most of the way back without stopping. I did start walking when I reached the top of the hill, but that was at the end of the run. That is a very good accomplishment considering I haven't run since college.

I then took Stockton to diving, dominated at Dominion, did laundry, took Jorja to and from Chinese camp, and then played all day. Yes, I do have a rough life. Bubs & Ange came over to swim along with the Leatherwoods. Bubs & I swam with Lincoln, Ella, Abbs & Preston for about an hour before the Leatherwoods came. Once they came, Stockton came out to swim as well. He had fun diving with John. I was able to enjoy their visit more this time because I didn't have to be worried about forgetting to pick up Jorja from Chinese camp.

Sage was so cute. Kalani (her dad) would put her on the diving board. She would clap her hands over and over. Finally she would lean over and dive head first into the pool with her mouth open. Kalani would pick her up quick, she would cough and then would be ready to do it all over again. Stockton loved doing cannonballs right next to Sage. That made me nervous, but Sage seemed to like it.

Sage

I asked Mike to come and take a picture of Sage. Right when he brought the camera out, this is what he caught our boys doing. I'm not sure this is a good idea.

Laura, Kalani & Sage watching Preston on Stockton's back

While I was in the pool, Maysen and Jorja somehow conned Bubs into taking them to the store. Then they made a cake. It turned out quite well. Jorja said, "We asked dad if we could make a cake because we knew you would say no." How well they know me.

1,000th Post!

Yes, I am officially proud of myself. Today is my 1,000th post - in 1,000 days. Pretty cool. The winners to be part of this moment are . . . The Leatherwoods!

Bryan Leatherwood is getting married in a few days, so all the Leatherwoods are together. I had been harassing Laura to bring everyone to my house to swim. We had 22 kids and 8 adults. That was just the Leatherwoods. My dad came to help me watch Lincoln, Ella and Abby. Ange had a follow up doctor appointment from her surgery last week.

Phil asked me if this was the most people we had swim at one time. I told him it was a new record. He asked me what the old record was. I just said, "You crushed the record." I had a wonderful time. It was great seeing people who are practically family. Julie was so cute, she said, "This is the best swim party ever!" with the biggest smile on her face. Pretty awesome. (For the record, Julie does great back flips . . . and one and a halves . . . I think I saw Leslie do a backflip, but I'm not sure.) The Leatherwoods are going to come back for one last hurrah before Leslie and Julie leave to Arkansas and Colorado. I'm not sure if any of the others live out of town . . . I'll have to pay attention. (As loyal readers of this blog know, that is not my strong suit.)

I'm not even going to attempt labeling these

Phil diving

Other things that happened today were: Stockton started diving again. I know, he took a whole weekend off! He loved his diving today! Except the warm-ups. This diving is more intensive than the community dive program. He loved it. Besides having a 1-meter and 3-meter spring board, there were 5-meter, 7-meter and 10-meter platforms. Stockton jumped off the 7-meter and did 1 1/2s off the 5-meter. He also did an inward flip for the first time. He was not excited to try that dive, but he did great!

Jorja started her Chinese camp today. This week she will be going to school for three hours a day. She didn't have too much to say about it except her table is the frog table. She's quite happy about that. There is also a boy that is starting Chinese for the first time. Man I feel for him. The first couple of months were hard! Hopefully Jorja won't be as far behind when this school year starts. I'm hoping that she will be caught up by the end of 3rd grade. She works really hard, but it is quite a challenge.

L-A-U-R-A

My best friend from growing up came over to play with me today! Laura brought her three little kids and we went swimming. If I wasn't so tired, I'm sure I could document it better . . . but I am tired, so pictures will have to suffice.

The first picture is obviously Maysen. It is from girls camp. I sent her with this camera, so when I was looking at pictures from today I found this one. I like it. She was the Cheshire Cat in their skit.

Maysen

Autumn

Laura

Sage

Stockton loves babies. He is so sweet. He spent a lot of time playing with Sage in the pool. He liked to put his face close to her and have her push him away. He was very dramatic about it and it would make her laugh.

Sage & Stockton

Preston

I love this picture. I don't know why exactly. My guess is because of the way Stockton is looking at Preston. He sure does love his brother.

Stockton & Preston

Preston, do you remember how you like to say, "I didn't" when Stockton says things like, "Preston pulled my hair!" I'm not quite sure who to believe, but I guess a picture is worth one thousand words. On a side note, why do you do that?

Stockton & Preston

Sage, Laura, Miles

Stockton, Sage & Laura

Sage loved the slide. Her poor mom was exhausted going up and down the slide so many times! A lot of times Laura would put Sage on the edge of the slide. She would lean herself back and fall into the pool. I don't know how to explain it, but the way her back moves is crazy. She was so cute and funny.

Sage wants to ride again!

Sage & Laura

Thanks for coming Laura! You made my day!