Holden's swimming lessons!

For the past two weeks, Holden has been attending swimming lessons for 25 minutes each session. It was a bit touch and go the first few sessions as to whether or not she would even get in the water but she finally realized that swimming lessons was not punishment! Above she is showing off her "mingo" swimsuit!
She actually looks like she is paying attention to her teacher but I can assure you she was not! Every time he would ask her to do something, she would shake her head and tell him no! Our little girl is so funny!
Just hanging out on the steps of the pool!
Blowing some bubbles!
Holden quickly realized that the toys at the pool weren't good enough and we had to take our own! This is her rocket that she would normally play with in the bathtub! I'm not sure how much she is learning but we do know one thing - it's made hair washing lots, lots easier - and that was worth the fee for the lessons! :)

Colby graduates from Kindergarten!

Friday morning, May 30th, Colby graduated from Kindergarten at Pebble Creek Elementary. He had a wonderful year and we are all anxious and excited about him starting 1st grade in the fall. Wow - this year went by really fast!

Miss Gore's Kindergarten graduates:
What a difference a year makes:

August 2007

May 2008and the family pictures...
August 2007 vs. May 2008

My oldest niece, Christian, graduates from high school

I feel REALLY old but here is a picture of Christian and me before she graduated from Henderson High School this past Thursday night. I was three days shy of turning 16 when she was born! Since I was still in high school, she was with me all the time! It's hard to believe that she's 18 and college bound!
Christian will be attending Baylor University in the fall. Yes, we are sad that she's not coming to A&M but glad that she'll only be 90 miles away! When we told Colby that she was going to Baylor, he asked if we could still talk to her! Poor thing is brain washed and thinks that anyone that doesn't go to A&M is the enemy!
This is my sister, Paige, Christian, me and Collyn - she'll be a freshman at Henderson next year!

Colby learns to blow a bubble gum bubble!

Well, Colby has reached another first - this is one of his first bubble gum bubbles! I can't tell you how long he has been trying to do this! This truly is a great accomplishment! This along with learning to whistle have been two of his highlights this spring! Oh, the little things!!!

High School Musical On Ice

On Saturday, May 24th, my mom came to town with my sister-in-law, Lynn, and my three nieces, Kylie, Loren & Sydney. They along with me, Colby and Holden went to Reed Arena to see High School Musical On Ice. Thanks to our friend, Amy, we were able to get front row tickets and I can honestly say that the kids were mesmerized! The show was fantastic and the music was super! The kids really needed to see it a second time to fully enjoy it - I think they were over whelmed the first time. But, we had so much fun!

Holden and her "mingo" in matching dresses

Recently my mom bought Holden a dress that had a matching dress for a baby doll. Well, if you know Holden, you know that she's not that crazy about baby dolls. So, we had to dress her "mingo" instead!

2008 Spring Green Mambas

Coach Bill, Luke, Connor, Dillon, Colby, Caden, Mike

Catherine & Carly

The 2008 spring season came to a bittersweet end in May. This was the last season that our team would play together. Starting in the fall, the boys will play together and the girls will form their own teams. Catherine and Carly could really hang with the boys and we are going to miss having them on our team!

The season wouldn't be complete without a silly picture!