last week kicked my tail

i don't even know why. i just know i was a MESS the whole week. stomach in butterflies the second i woke up. that is, if i slept. it was bad.

but some beautiful stuff DID happen! it's amazing how He does that. just creates beauty amidst the messes we create.

bailey got her teeth fixed. AGAIN. remember how the skim board in the pool when we were in myrtle beach chipped her front tooth? AGAIN?!? well, we got it fixed. 

 she's a rockstar. and the dentist that we've been going to for this is AWESOME. could NOT recommend her enough if you ever need a cosmetic dentist and live in our area!

 the temps last week were glorious. not too hot, low humidity. i even had the air conditioning off and the windows open for a couple days!

wednesday we left everything behind and headed out to the farm. we picked plums.

they were abundant!

and then realized our friends, the Clarke's, were there, too!! so we got to play and eat lunch with them. it was SUPER fun!

you just can't understand how much i adore her.

that evening was yet another swim meet!

ALL the grandparents came! EVERY time one of the kids swam, this was the progression...

BIG hug from my dad...(i'd do just about anything for THAT hug! :-))

congrats from the grandma's :-)

some encouraging words from dad...

and a hug from granddad. aren't our kids blessed?!? i know!

cheering for joshua!

ok. this was AMAZING. lincoln and sawyer swim in the SAME race since they are in the same age group. whoever wins THAT race gets a "heat winner" ribbon. well, they TIED for "heat winner" for backstroke!!!! it was incredible! so they BOTH got ribbons! i don't know how it would be gone over if one won and not the other...i would like to hope it would have been fine. but it was super fun that they TIED when they got their first ribbons!

the kids got a FUN package one day! one of my students that i taught when he was in 2nd grade just signed with the New York Yankee's!! he's in training camp and my kids sent him letters...well, he sent them back signed baseballs and an amazing letter! it made their DAY!

date night!!
went with some friends to a concert on a weeknight!

 

 and missed one of joshua's baseball games. this was his text (using rebekah's ipod) after his game. cutest :-)