Here's a quick peek at what Calvin has been up to lately!
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Swimming Lessons
Way back in February, Katie, Holly, Rachel Feenstra and I decided we would like to have our litte ones take swimming lessons.
We decided to go with our cousin Gayle Lotterman and to have them at Keith and Holly's pool. Gayle did a wonderful job being patient with our sometimes-not-so-willing little ones in the cool pool water. She was a champ!!
The kids had fun for the most part,at least mine did, I guess I shouldn't speak for everyone else, huh? Austin was able to complete all but one lesson, whereas Bradyn only completed 3 out of the eight. He came down with pneumonia after 2 days, and was finally better to complete the last lesson. Bummer!
I was amazed at how far Austin had come after only eight lessons!! By the end of the two weeks he was jumping into the deep end of the pool and swimming to the edge with no floating device whatsoever!! Pretty cool!!
Bradyn's lesson
Getting ready to swim with a noodle.
Austin and Dylan's lesson
Listening intently.....
Austin getting ready to jump in.
Swimming to the edge!!
Bradyn and Austin with Gayle.
We decided to go with our cousin Gayle Lotterman and to have them at Keith and Holly's pool. Gayle did a wonderful job being patient with our sometimes-not-so-willing little ones in the cool pool water. She was a champ!!
The kids had fun for the most part,at least mine did, I guess I shouldn't speak for everyone else, huh? Austin was able to complete all but one lesson, whereas Bradyn only completed 3 out of the eight. He came down with pneumonia after 2 days, and was finally better to complete the last lesson. Bummer!
I was amazed at how far Austin had come after only eight lessons!! By the end of the two weeks he was jumping into the deep end of the pool and swimming to the edge with no floating device whatsoever!! Pretty cool!!
Bradyn's lesson
Getting ready to swim with a noodle.
Austin and Dylan's lesson
Listening intently.....
Austin getting ready to jump in.
Swimming to the edge!!
Bradyn and Austin with Gayle.
Tree Cutting
On Saturday, June 18, we had a bunch of people over to help us cut down a bunch of trees. We also had a HUGE pile of junk at the back of our yard that needed to be burned, so Russ started that fire, and that is where all the branches from the cut trees went.
A huge thanks to all who showed up to help. Dad and Mom Lotterman, Keith, Ryan, Phil and Emily, Cornelis and Jared, Ethan, Kylar, Kyndra, Ashlinn and Ethan and Katrina. We really appreciate all you did to help, whether it was watching the kids, folding my laundry, or driving the tractor, we couldn't have gotten finished with all that we got finished with, without all of you!! The biggest accomplishment of the day was cutting down the row of HUGE pine trees on the west side of our property. It's so much brighter in the house now, without the trees blocking the sun! I'll post a few pictures of the fun we had. Enjoy!
Raking up the branches and leaves from the cut trees.
If you look closely you will see Ryan in the tree! He had the job of tying the rope
to the tree to help with pulling it down. Thanks Ryan!!
The boys had a lot of fun pulling on the rope to topple each tree.
Keith manning a chain saw. Thanks Keith!!
A huge thanks to all who showed up to help. Dad and Mom Lotterman, Keith, Ryan, Phil and Emily, Cornelis and Jared, Ethan, Kylar, Kyndra, Ashlinn and Ethan and Katrina. We really appreciate all you did to help, whether it was watching the kids, folding my laundry, or driving the tractor, we couldn't have gotten finished with all that we got finished with, without all of you!! The biggest accomplishment of the day was cutting down the row of HUGE pine trees on the west side of our property. It's so much brighter in the house now, without the trees blocking the sun! I'll post a few pictures of the fun we had. Enjoy!
Raking up the branches and leaves from the cut trees.
If you look closely you will see Ryan in the tree! He had the job of tying the rope
to the tree to help with pulling it down. Thanks Ryan!!
The boys had a lot of fun pulling on the rope to topple each tree.
Keith manning a chain saw. Thanks Keith!!
Catch Up
I guess I've fallen a bit behind in my posting. I'm going to do a few posts that are from a few weeks back to serve as a catch up on what has been going on in our lives.
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