Saturday, July 9, 2011

Summer Fun! 2010

Claire enjoying our water slide in the back yard. She had recently turned 2 when these were taken.
I love the look of pure joy on her face-- priceless!









The kids after swim lessons.

Isn't summertime grand?



To swim, or not to swim that is the question.


Deep thoughts, by Meghan Hendershot...





We get terrible wind storms here in the summer. This was a particularly bad one, and it practically took down our Aspen tree. Hans and I tried to save it during the storm. We tried holding it up. I was determined not to give in. I had my feet braced against the big rock and was pushing the trunk up with all of my might while the wind blew on. A neighbor saw what was happening and came over to offer some advice. His advice was, "Melissa, you're crazy, get in the house until the storm's over!" Hans had been telling me the same thing, but I didn't want to give up. I was almost in tears. But finally reason took over and I caved. We went inside to wait it out. This was the result the next morning.


We did save the tree though! Now it's upright and staked better. I should put a before and after picture. That would give you a better idea of the difference. That'll be a future blog project.

On to more important things....

One morning I found Claire in our master bathroom on her potty chair doing a little light reading.
For spiritual enlightenment, "The Ensign" and...





She's got to stay on top of what's going on in the business world, so
"Entrepreneur" was her final choice. :)





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