July 2014

July has been a month full of swimming and outdoor activities, as well as continuing our summer reading and other programs at the libraries. Will and Emma both took their first swimming lessons the first 2 weeks of July. They had never had lessons, although we've worked with Will a little on holding breath, kicking and floating. They loved the lessons, and were always first to volunteer for each part. Emma finished the 2 weeks, and then ballet/tap started up again, so we're waiting until next summer for more lessons for her. She still needs to work on holding her breath and floating. But Will completed level 1 lessons, and moved on to level 2. He just completed level 2 today, and he's swimming so well now! I can't believe he went from not swimming at all to swimming so well in only a few weeks. He is looking forward to level 3, whenever he can get into more lessons. I posted a video below from about 2 weeks ago at our community pool when he first started swimming. It was like one day he couldn't, and the next day he was swimming! Now he can go halfway across the pool.

This month Jered started back to college, beginning his junior year of his bachelor's degree. His first class is pre-calculus, and he is working very hard on getting back into the groove of studying and testing, as well as keeping up with his job. He has been so busy, but has gotten a few days to go swimming with the family, and a couple of family movies. We take advantage of the $3 movies on base when we can. We just watched How to Train Your Dragon in 3D on base, followed by supper at the McDonald's down the street, for less than $30. Gotta love being close to a base! We definitely missed that part of the military lifestyle in San Diego.

We have one more month of summer since school doesn't start up until after Labor Day for both kids. We are hoping to enjoy more swimming, the beach, and summer library activities before school begins in September.