Swimming Lessons

Alyssa has been taking swimming lessons this summer. She is doing great! Here is a short video I shot today of her in the water. 

Also, her current instructor is an Olympian!  She swam for Estonia at the Beijing games.  How cool is that?!?

Kitchen Refacing Project

A grand undertaking has begun. With the assistance of our neighbor's son-in-law, we are refacing our kitchen. I will attempt to chronicle the progress here on the blog. The project began on Friday, July 15th. Pray for us!

Day 0


Day 1


Day 2

Sibling Love

For Alyssa, it was love at first sight. For Titus, it has developed over the last 5.5 months. While I know there will be bickering and quarrels in the months and years to come, I also hope that the love these two share now will grow and prevail in our home.

Wildlife Seen IN and AROUND Our Home

 

From left to right, top row: golden silk spider, ground skink, white-tailed deer, opossum, brown anole; middle row: barred owl, Mediterranean gecko, green tree frog; bottom row: blue-tailed skink, cockroach, raccoon, armadillo.

Not pictured: all the common birds, the unidentified snakes, the unidentified spiders and the bajillion insects including the grasshopper that must have been 4 inches long.

Alyssa's 3rd B-day

Alyssa turned 3 this week. It's hard to believe. It's past my bedtime, so I won't write much. Here are a few pictures to summarize the big day.