SWIMMING IN THE BATHTUB

LUKE IS A LITTLE FRIGHTFUL OF SWIMMING IN THE BIG POOL BUT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY HE WILL SWIM IN THE BATHTUB. HE GETS ON HIS BELLY AND BLOWS A FEW BUBBLES WITH HIS MOUTH AND BOOM....SWIMMING 101. I GUESS HE FEELS SAFE IN WATER SO SHALLOW. HE SAYS, "SWIMMING LIKE BUBBIE." HE IS A LITTLE MORE OF A RISK TAKER THAN MILES SO I THOUGHT HE MIGHT BE MORE AGRESSIVE IN THE WATER THIS SUMMER. SO FAR HE HAS STUCK TO THE BABY POOL AND A LITTLE BATHTUB SWIMMING. I LOVE YOU, LUKIE!!

LOOK, IT'S A BIG ONE!!!

MILES AND LUKE HAD THEIR FIRST FISHING TRIP. WE TOOK THEM TO SUSAN'S DAD'S POND IN BETHPAGE. WE CAUGHT A TON OF BLUE GILL AND THEY LOVED IT. AFTER A WHILE, THEY THOUGHT WHEN YOU REELED IN THE POLE THAT THERE SHOULD BE A FISH ON IT EVERY TIME. MILES HELD HIS FISH WITH NO HESITATION BUT LUKE JUST GAVE HIS A LITTLE TOUCH. EITHER WAY, IT WAS A GREAT DAY. FISHING WAS GREAT FUN!!

TIGER WANSTRATH

MILES HAS TAKEN UP YET ANOTHER NEW SPORT. HE HAS PLAYED PUTT PUTT MANY TIMES BEFORE BUT THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE BEING ON THE REAL GOLF COURSE WITH DADDY AND BUDMAN. MILES PUTTED THE BALL AT EVERY HOLE AND REALLY ENJOYED THE GOLF CART. HE LOVED IT SO MUCH THAT HE HAD DADDY TAKE HIM BACK AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THEY JUST PLAYED 4 DAYS AGO. AN EXPENSIVE HOBBY BUT WHAT THE HECK...DADDY IS ON VACATION. DOESNT HE LOOK JUST LIKE A LITTLE GOLF PRO. MAYBE WE WILL DO LESSONS NEXT SUMMER IF HE CONTINUES TO ENJOY IT.

NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME

KYLE AND MILES HAD A FANTASTIC TIME AT THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME. JAMES AND ALEX WENT WITH THEM TO ENJOY THE EXCITEMENT. THIS IS MILES' FIRST BASEBALL GAME AND WE THOUGHT HE MIGHT MAKE IT TO THE 4TH OR 5TH INNING. ALEX AND JAMES LEFT EARLY BUT MY BOYS MADE IT UNTIL THE END OF THE GAME AND DIDNT GET HOME UNTIL 10:30. KYLE SAID AS THEY WERE LEAVING THE PARKING LOT MILES ASKED WHEN THEY COULD GO AGAIN. THEN HE ASKED IF IT WAS PAST HIS BEDTIME BECAUSE HE WAS TIRED....THEN HE WAS SNORING. I AM SO GLAD THAT THEY GOT TO ENJOY THAT MOMENT TOGETHER. LUKE AND I WERE AT JOSIE'S FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY WHILE THE BIG BOYS WERE AT THE GAME.

JIMMY FLOYD'S POOL IN LEBANON

SUSAN, ANGEL, AND I TOOK THE KIDS TO LEBANON AND HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME. THE POOL WAS HUGE AND EQUIPPED WITH SLIDES FOR LUKE AND MILES. IT HAD FOUNTAINS, WATER MUSHROOMS, AND PLENTY OF OTHER THINGS TO DO. LUKE AND KENNEDI ENJOYED PLAYING IN THE FOUNTAINS. LUKE ENJOYED TAKING HIS BLUE CUP AND POURING WATER EVERYWHERE. MILES WAS A LITTLE MORE DARING AND WENT DOWN THE BIG BOY WATER SLIDE. HE WANTED TO ATTEMPT THE DIVING BOARD BUT THE WATER WAS 13 FEET AND NO SWIMMIES ALLOWED. IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND WE HOPE TO RETURN SOON.

SWIMMING WITH MIA AND AIDAN

TODAY I TOOK THE KIDS TO SWIM WITH MIA AND AIDAN. THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY POOL IN THEIR SUBDIVISION SO WE MET THEM FOR A DAY OF FUN. WE PACKED LUNCHES AND SNACKS FOR THE KIDS. LESA AND I GOT TO CATCH UP WHILE THE KIDS PLAYED IN THE POOL. AIDAN AND LUKE OPTED FOR THE BABY POOL WHILE MIA AND MILES SWAM IN THE BIG POOL AND DOVE WITH DIVING STICKS. IT WAS A PERFECT DAY AND MILES DIDNT WANT TO LEAVE. LUKE WAS POOPED AND READY FOR A NAP SO WE ONLY GOT TO STAY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. WE WILL DEFINATELY HAVE TO GO BACK BEFORE THE SUMMER IS OVER.

A DAY AT DRAKES CREEK

THE BOYS AND I WENT TO HAVE A SIMPLE DAY OF FEEDING THE DUCKS. THEY WERE EXTRA HUNGRY TODAY AND BOMBARDED US UNTIL THE BOYS WERE AFRAID AND JUST READY TO THROW THE WHOLE LOAF OF BREAD AT THEM. THE BRIDGE WAS OPEN TO THE LITTLE ISLAND SO WE WERE ABLE TO WALK ACROSS AND GO TO THE OTHER SIDE. THE BOYS GOT TO THROW ROCKS INTO THE WATER....THEIR NEW FAVORITE THING. WE HAD A FUN DAY.

WRESTLEMANIA 2008

BROTHERS WILL BE BROTHERS I GUESS. THE BOYS JUST RECENTLY BEGAN TO WRESTLE WITH EACH OTHER LIKE THEY DO WITH THEIR DADDY. LUCKILY IT HASNT CAUSED ANYONE TO SCREAM OR GET HURT YET. I FIGURE THAT IS COMING SOON ENOUGH. THIS PARTICULAR TIME THE MATCH TURNED INTO A HUG AT THE END. I THINK LUKIE WAS TIRED AND WAS DECIDING TO GIVE UP SO HE JUST COLLAPSED ON HIS BROTHER. I LOVE THE MOMENTS WHEN THEY ARE PLAYING AND NOT READY TO KILL ONE ANOTHER.