(wish you) We're Here!! - Vacation 2011

Our summer vacation for 2011 has begun!! We arrived in Hilton Head early this evening and the kids wasted no time getting into the pool swimming.  Gigi and Bubba were gracious enough to swim with them while Greg and I did the grocery shopping for the week.  Here are a few pictures from our 1st evening!

the view from our balcony

can't wait to hit the beach tomorrow (who am I kidding, the kids don't like the beach)

Reagan showing off her newly learned swimming skills to Gigi and Bubba

Cooper splashing in the pool

the kids have so much fun with Gigi and Bubba

Cooper showed off his swimming skills too

You see that?

Looks like the "frog" and the "shark" are history.  Reagan and Cooper are swimming (for the most part) by themselves.  Can't wait to see what the rest of the week has in store!!

Darker

Today I went from this...

...To this

Fishy, Fishy in the Sea

Pictures and videos from this week's swimming lessons.

Reagan swimming under water

Cooper with a big 'ole smile

while waiting for his turn, he found a bag of pool toys

where's Reagan

swim Cooper!

time for the backstroke

Swimming Lesson Video

Swimming

Swim

Daddy's Day

Happy Father's Day!!  Reagan had another fun day of cooking planned for me and eating planned for Greg.  We started off with a breakfast of biscuits, eggs, and bacon.  After church we had leftover steak, shrimp and baked potatoes.  And for dinner Reagan chose spaghetti and garlic bread.  No pictures of the food, but trust me it was delicious and we were all stuffed by the end of the day!

Reagan and Daddy

Cooper and Daddy

Daddy acting silly with the kids

Reagan took this picture of me and Greg~ pretty good photography skills!

Reagan had a blast planning our meals (Cooper and Greg had fun eating them!).  After we finished praying before EVERY meal, Reagan would count "1-2-3" and we would all have to yell "Happy Father's Day!"  By the end of the day, I think Reagan was ready for some attention because she asked "when will it be sister's day?"

Happy Father's Day to my dad and father-in-law ~ two of the finest men you could ever hope to meet, much less be related to! 

Father's Day Eve

We started celebrating Father's Day a little early around here this year.  Reagan came up with a plan to cook Greg his favorite meal and surprise him with cupcakes.  We feasted on steak, shrimp and baked potatoes and of course cupcakes for dessert.  She wanted to hide and yell "Happy Father's day" when he walked in the room, but I told her he already knew it was father's day!  She was so excited about planning a party ~ she may have a future in that!  She and I went shopping a couple of days ago so she could plan the perfect Father's Day for Greg.



Getting ready to eat

the cupcake tower

let's eat!

Dive Forward Rolls

At gymnastics today, Reagan's class was practicing their dive forward rolls.  Reagan yelled across the gym for me to get her on video...so I did!!

More Missing Videos

Here are some videos of Reagan and Cooper jumping off the starting blocks into the pool.

Missing

Here are a couple of videos that have been missing from recent posts.

Cooper running to 1st base

Reagan swimming

SWIM

Reagan and Cooper had their swim lessons again tonight.  They are doing so well and I couldn't be prouder of them.

swimming to her teacher

all by herself

look at that big grin!

Cooper practicing his swim strokes

and his kicks

showing M her lost tooth

won't be long before he's swimming

Reagan swam across 2 lanes and her teacher starting humming the "Rocky" theme song

Cooper swimming by himself

look at that grin

the smile we've come to expect from Cooper

on to the backstroke