The kids with their cousin, Kyra!
Me and my new niece, Brynna.
The girls pose in the pool!
Jackson is ready to get in!Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Summer is upon us!
It is hot in Oklahoma this summer! We've had our fair shair of 100F days and I am thankful we've had a pool to cool off in this summer. The kids have loved the pool. We find ourselves in it a few times a day.
Jackson has become a fish! He went from hardly swimming at all to becoming a swimming pro. He can dive in and swim freestyle. He can do flips and handstands in the water. It is really amazing to watch him learn how to swim so quickly. The girls show great improvement in their swimming too. Both girls can dive very well and have been working on different swimming strokes. All the kids love to snorkel and have spent much of their time practicing.
Our summer plans have been fairly low key. We began summer with a trip to Missouri to see my sister Kristen and her newest addition, my niece Brynna (born Apr 29). I'm traveling to Kansas City this weekend to attend the funeral of my grandfather, Fred Dimmel, who passed away July 13th from complications due to Alzheimer's and a bad fall he took back in the spring.
We have planned a trip to St. Louis to go to our first Cardinals game as a family this Aug! Jackson's first MLB game and the girls' first time at Busch Stadium. It should be a lot of fun. We might try going up in the Arch and going to a museum while we are there.
Then school will begin! We are back to homeschooling after trying a private school last school year. It was still not the right choice for our family. After much praying and a lot of discussion, we decided homeschooling was our calling. Yes, I strongly believe God is calling us to homeschool. This is still a crazy thing for me to say sometimes! I would have laughed if you had told me 3 yrs ago I would be homeschooling my kids. But I have changed a lot and through my continued walk with God and closer relationship with Him, I begun to realize why homeschooling was something He was calling us to do.
All new adventures and fun awaits us this fall. Besides homeschooling we are throwing in a trip to Disney World and hopefully another try at camping! There's more to come so stay tuned!
Jackson has become a fish! He went from hardly swimming at all to becoming a swimming pro. He can dive in and swim freestyle. He can do flips and handstands in the water. It is really amazing to watch him learn how to swim so quickly. The girls show great improvement in their swimming too. Both girls can dive very well and have been working on different swimming strokes. All the kids love to snorkel and have spent much of their time practicing.
Our summer plans have been fairly low key. We began summer with a trip to Missouri to see my sister Kristen and her newest addition, my niece Brynna (born Apr 29). I'm traveling to Kansas City this weekend to attend the funeral of my grandfather, Fred Dimmel, who passed away July 13th from complications due to Alzheimer's and a bad fall he took back in the spring.
We have planned a trip to St. Louis to go to our first Cardinals game as a family this Aug! Jackson's first MLB game and the girls' first time at Busch Stadium. It should be a lot of fun. We might try going up in the Arch and going to a museum while we are there.
Then school will begin! We are back to homeschooling after trying a private school last school year. It was still not the right choice for our family. After much praying and a lot of discussion, we decided homeschooling was our calling. Yes, I strongly believe God is calling us to homeschool. This is still a crazy thing for me to say sometimes! I would have laughed if you had told me 3 yrs ago I would be homeschooling my kids. But I have changed a lot and through my continued walk with God and closer relationship with Him, I begun to realize why homeschooling was something He was calling us to do.
All new adventures and fun awaits us this fall. Besides homeschooling we are throwing in a trip to Disney World and hopefully another try at camping! There's more to come so stay tuned!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Wow, 2 months without a post!
I have, until the past couple of months, been fairly good about posting on our blog. But then I got caught up in facebook and was having so much fun with it, I neglected our family blog!
So, in two months what have the Hills been doing? Well, the quick list is: Christmas, my birthday (34 already!?), an ice storm, 2nd semester of school began and a bout with pneumonia for Jackson.
Now we are in February and looking forward to warmer weather. It has been tough for all of us to have to look out at the pool each day and not get to use it! I am certain we will be spending lots of time in it this summer.
I'll try to be better about posting on here!
So, in two months what have the Hills been doing? Well, the quick list is: Christmas, my birthday (34 already!?), an ice storm, 2nd semester of school began and a bout with pneumonia for Jackson.
Now we are in February and looking forward to warmer weather. It has been tough for all of us to have to look out at the pool each day and not get to use it! I am certain we will be spending lots of time in it this summer.
I'll try to be better about posting on here!
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