Sammy's 4th Birthday Party

Sammy had a party with his friends this past weekend. It was a Power Ranger theme (as you can see from the Power Ranger swim gear he is wearing:) and all of the kids had a fun time.

Both boys took swim lessons last week. Jake has become a fish and is continuing lessons. Sammy likes to be in the water but he was not too keen on the lessons so he will put those on hold for awhile.

We joined a local club that will let us take the boys swimming and play golf. It will be nice to have somewhere to take them this summer in the heat...they already want to go everyday! Work is slower for me now since school is out and with the boys out of school too we have lots and lots of time on our hands :) The pool will help us keep busy.

We head to Myrtle Beach in a couple of weeks for the annual father/son golf tournament which will be fun. We will get to see the grandmas and grandpa as well as Aunt Michelle.

We hope everyone is having a fun summer and we will talk to you soon!

Party

Darth Vader and his most trusted Storm Trooper will see you at Jake and Sam's birthday party.

Summer news

We have had lots of activity since my last post. Sammy got his "big boy" bike. He is doing really well on it and he is very happy to be like Jake now.

The boys also had "graduation" from pre-school last Thursday. It was truly Jake's last day as a pre schooler, but Sammy has one year to go. As you can see...the true "graduates" wore the robes :) The three year olds got to sing some extra songs as their "special" part of the day :) It was very cute and we got it all on video too. It has really been a wonderful school. In the pics you can see the boys with their teachers. It will be interesting to see how they do on their own at different schools next year as Jake moves onto the big K.

Jake also earned his yellow belt in Tae Kwan Do. It is the second belt for him (they all start at white). He had to "test" last week with all of the TKD students and adults. He had to stand in front of everyone with one other student and show some punches, blocks and how he can stand still for 30 seconds (toughest part!). He was very happy...he has wanted yellow for awhile now.

Sammy is taking a break from TKD :) It is just not something he enjoys all that much right now. It could be his age or maybe it is just not for him. We plan to try soccer in the fall.

We are heading to OH this week for Jake and Sammy's bday party so we hope to see many of you this weekend. We hope everyone is well and we'll talk to you soon!