Week in Review

Even with all the rain this week we have had a great week. On Monday Todd was off work so we took the kids crabbing. They love it and had so much fun. Here are the boys helping Emily check her net (she checked hers like every 5 seconds so it took awhile before she caught something).

JT stands ready with the net to help daddy pull up the crab from the string.
Here are some of the 14+ crab we caught that day that were keepers.
Emily finally let her net sit long enough to catch something. It was one of the bigger ones for the day.
We brought them home and purged them and cleaned them and then we made seafood gumbo with them and some of the red fish Todd had caught a few weeks ago and some shrimp.
Our big dilemma. The boys have a bathroom that they share. You can only get to if from their rooms. Now Emily's room is by the hall bathroom (guest bathroom) so I guess this is her bathroom. So for awhile I have debated on painting and fixing the hall bathroom for her, but I don't want it to kiddy as it is also the guest bathroom. Todd says who cares and let her have her bathroom cute for her. So I gave in and as part of her birthday present we bought all new stuff for her bathroom and we are painting it. Here is what it looked like before and as soon as we finish it (hopefully this weekend or early next week) I will post the after pictures.

So last Wednesday the kids were bored and wanted to invite some friends over so I let them. Here are some pictures of the boys playing on the slide. The girls didn't want to do the slide so they are in the pool. Emily is in the pink swim cap. She swims so much that the ends of her hair are so green and dry. We have started making her wear a swim cap to help reduce that a little. She only has to wear it at home.

Once again yesterday we had a swim meet. The boys did so good. They both beat all of their past top times. They get better every week. They are such strong swimmers now I don't have to worry about them so much around pools and lakes. Here is a picture of Dylan (green cap in lead lower right hand corner) on his 25 yd freestyle.

Here is Dylan on his push off for the 25 yd backstroke. This is his event. He is a strong back stroker.

This is JT on the last part of the 50 yd free style. He is in the green cap just a little behind.

Here is JT (green cap next to the diving board) on his start off of the 50 yd freestyle.

The meets are kind of long and there is some down time in between the events that the kids swim so they have fun hanging out with their friends playing games. Here is Dylan and some friends playing a travel sized Sorry game.

That is about it for this week. Next week is our last week of swim team. Can't wait to start sleeping in a little. Time for me to get back to finishing Emily's bathroom. I need to go shopping to pick a few more things. Have a blessed week!