Sunday, July 29, 2007

Mom feeling better

Saturday was an excellent day. Mom got dressed and came with Chris, the girls, and I to Matt and Elaine's to cut down two trees. She was a trooper. She sat out in the heat from 10 to about 2; then went back later that afternoon for supper. While at Matt and Elaine's, she was able to walk up the stairs to enjoy the A/C, no bugs, and a nice chat with Mrs. Connie. All in all, a great day; althought she is paying for it today.

Friday, July 27, 2007

Annalise falling asleep

Annalise was a little exhausted tonight while eating dinner and could hardly keep her eyes open.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Gymnastics - Annalise's First Time

Lauren had her third development gymnastics lesson last night. Last Thursday night while at gymnastics, we decided that we would sign Annalise up for class also during the same timeframe. This would give Annalise something creative to do for an hour and an hour to play with me.

Well last night was her first class. She was completely adorable in her blue leotard. Due to her teacher being on vacation, she joined Lauren's advanced class for the first 30 minutes. This allowed her the chance to show off her balance beam skills. She walked back and forth on the big beam and the little beam; as well as swinging from the big bars. And I do mean swinging and hanging from the bars. Her second teacher tried to convince her to flip over and she was having no part of that. After all of her hardwork, she was able to play in the "cheese" (aka - the pit). This was the ultimate goal she was hoping for. She is now counting down the days until the next class.

Lauren is doing excellent and rapidly advancing. She is doing her forward and backward rolls, bridges, splits, and balance beam kicks. She had two new lessons last night; they were a forward roll on the big balance beam and a hand stand. She was so excited that she was able to accomplish them both with a little assistance.

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Chaos gets married

On Saturday night, our friend Chris Smith (aka Chaos) finally got married. He married a girl from the Lafayette area Candy Vidrine. They had a beautiful reception at VermilionVille in Lafayette. It was a museum. The girls enjoyed looking in the windows of the various shops (restaurant, cooking school, museum, etc...); also sitting on a pier under a pavilion looking at the water flowing underneath us.

Attached are a couple of photos of the girls.