Happy Father's Day

Brandon playing with the present the girls got him....CandyLand! Can't you tell he is excited??

Happy Father's Day Brandon!! This is the only present the girls didn't tell him beforehand. He knew about the golf shoes and swimsuit. Piper had even said, "Dad you are NOT getting a orange striped swimsuit." She laughed and laughed when he tried on his striped swimsuit today! He has been taking the girls swimming a few times a week, so we
needed to update his style:)

Yesterday we went to Hanna's Horse Vaulting Performance. It was a fundraiser for her team that she had joined only three weeks ago and look at her!! Wow, I had never seen her and I was so surprised at how she switched positions on the moving horse! There is an actual team that she could compete on if she wants. I love it, because this gives her and her dad something to do that is outside of our gym it doesn't have to do with me. (we do kindof butt heads when it comes to me coaching her....) I was so proud of her and her dad! We need to go shopping for boots for the family though if we are going to be attending these events often. The cute, glittery sandals and cute fashionable clothes didn't quite cut it when around horses, dirt, and you know!!

Recognize this food?

Anyone want to guess what this food is that Alizah is eating? I was soooo, super, super excited when Alizah started eating this food, but that was before she made her own addition! Send me a guess and no fair if I already told you!

My latest drama....

You walk into my house and you see this......

You turn the corner and you see this.......

And this.............

And this little valve is responsible for this minor disaster!!

So if anyone recalls, we had a kitchen fire in November and just had the kitchen floors replaced in mid-April. I noticed a few bumps in the vinyl last week and called the guy who did the floors to come and fix his work. He walked in and said, "you have water damage". Water damage, what water? We hadn't ever seen any water! So after investigating, we found a tiny leak behind the fridge. We called a water damage place to come dry it out Friday morning. By noon, that same day, my kitchen was gone. I even had dirty dishes in the sink that I had to just rinse and throw in box because they were demolishing so quickly. They had to rip out two subfloors, walls, and the cabinets in both the kitchen and the laundry room. I don't even know what this means for us other than a fridge in the living room and paper products for the rest of the summer! They've told us a minimum of six weeks and that's if everything goes smooth with the insurance-who will more than likely drop us because we've had two claims. I don't really understand how that works, you pay into insurance for the purpose of disasters and then they drop you because you use them???? What the heck??? So the kids are enjoying cheetos and cereal which is what they are living on. And we are going to be spending a lot of time at the pool and away from this whole in my house that all I can do is stare at and cry over the brand new vinyl that I watched being ripped up!
Oh, by the way take this as a fair warning to anyone that lives in Moses Lake or the surrounding areas. We will be expecting a hurricane or huge wind storm shortly. The Service Master guys joked with me that disasters come in threes-so we've had the fire and water, so expect the wind anytime soon:)

Noteworthy event!!

One sentence for today...and I WISH I had a picture to document this historic event:)

ALIZAH and HANNA VACUUMED THEIR OWN BEDROOMS LAST NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!

First Annual Geriatric Gymnastics Meet

Coach Craig showing the girls how graceful vault should look!

The girls pointed out how my toe is not pointed.....

The girls also told Amy that her cast was not 90 degrees!

This was one the girls' teachers from school in Royal City whose wife is actually from Burley!!

This event was one of our funnest things we had done all year. The First Annual Geriatric Gymnastics Meet was held right after our May's Fun Meet for the Recreation gymnasts. We were raising money for the Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation. (We raised over $500!!) There were 13 competitors varying in skill level and past gym experience. I took second and Amy took first. It helped because we were both over 30 (+.1 for every year over 30 to All-Around score) and had three kids (also +.1 for every kid to our all-around score!). Lots of our coaches competed and entertained the crowd with past gym routines and new routines that I'm not sure could really be called routines! Lots of memories and we were all sore for a few weeks!