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Thanks Dixie.

We went to Louisiana to celebrate Luke's 1st birthday with family. It was a quick trip, and lots of fun. It was good to see everybody, and we are very grateful for Me-me and Pawpaw for being such great hosts. Unfortunately, our camera decided to take its own vacation, and would not take a picture at all, so we did't get any pictures. Luke didn't actually turn 1 until we got back home, so he got cake twice. Anyway, here he is showing off his stuff. He likes to entertain people. He really likes to make people smile and laugh. He still prefers his monkey scoot to walking. It's a faster way to travel at the moment. Pawpaw nicknamed him Scooter, and it fits. He isn't growing as fast as his big brother and sister did. His height and weight are both average. His stats from the doc are 21.4lb, 30cm

Jack's debut

Jack made 8 dollars for his first paying gig. Uncle Dave let him borrow his keyboard while they took a break at Tin Lizzy's. He loved playing for so many people. The videos are a couple minutes long. He played once, then went up later for an encore. Not bad for a 6 yr old.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7jUHRo1zGQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qR9uzOAqVc

Family pictures

We finally got some family shots taken by a real person. Raegan has wanted to do this for years. Anyway, incoming lots of pictures

Homage to Dimebag Darrell Abbott. RIP

I forgot this one was on the camera. Jack found a sharpie.


My father's day present was family uniforms!

busy!

We finished up swimming lessons for Jack and Grace. I tried to get video, but it kept fogging up on me, and I had Luke squirming, so I gave up after a few attempts. They did really good, they both got to the deep end, jumping off the diving board, and swimming to the side. They can hold their breath underwater, and float, so we are getting closer to safety. There is one more beginner class, where they learn the basics of breathing while swimming. All of the classes are full, so they will have to wait. After that class, I'll take over, teaching them the different strokes, treading water, etc. Ive taught a million scouts how to swim, but never beginner swimming, so this is a good start for them. Luke is still doing good in his class. He almost jumps in the water and swims to me, he is still a little hesitant, but he has 2 more lessons to get it down.

Grace's art teacher from school started a 1 on 1 class with Grace today. We will add Jack to the lesson next week, and have her over to the house for most of the lessons. She is only charging $10/ hr. which is ridiculously cheap, especially having someone that Grace knows, and that knows Grace. Her and Jack are very excited. They will be doing paper mache next week, and we will go wherever Grace wants to take it. I hope to get her into oils before school starts. We will move lessons to different places, based on medium. Im excited for them, too.

So, every morning, we get up and go to the gym. On monday, they have art, tuesday is piano, wed is drums, then in the evening, we go back to the gym with Raegan for yoga/cardio/pilates. Last week, add swimming lessons between everything, and it all adds up to ...... this will be a packed summer. I'll post some pics later, we have new video of piano, baby standing and walking, etc. Oh ya, Luke is starting to walk.

Here we go

His second lesson was good. He knew what was coming, and held his breath better. Some of the other kids were screaming, and I had to keep him away from their negative attitudes, but he is doing good.