More Swimming

I have this broke into 3 different videos. Taryn is all done YAY, Sweet Pea!!!!! Evan has a few more lessons...he isn't floating that well or actually he just hates floating but we finally made some progress this past week so hopefully he will only have a few lessons this next week and then be done YIPPEE!!!!!!

The first video is of Taryn practicing her skills fully clothed

This video is from Taryns final lesson this past Monday

This video is of Evan 2 Friday's ago...I will be able to record him practicing his skills in clothing as well as his final lesson so hopefully we will get to do both this week and be done w/ swimming...well at least for now. They will have to do maintenance lessons along the way to keep them up on their skills....as tough as it has been to watch I am glad that we did this. It has been amazing to watch them learn this new skill at such a young age :-)

Swimming #4

Here is last weeks video...I know I am so behind...maybe next week I will get up the video from this week. UGH...so much to keep up w/and so little time. Taryn is just about done....she has one more lesson on Monday (tomorrow) and Evan will probably be done after this week. He has to have a few more lessons as he hates to float so she has to work w/him a little more on that :-)

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Weekend Photos

I think these photos speak for themselves...total cuteness :-)

From Here...to Home

It's miles and miles
From here to there
But I hold you close
As I pray this prayer

Dear Lord, Fill my heart
Quinch this sadness away
miles from home
There's still gift in this day

My blessing from you
Is my team of three
My family is my hope
That's what they are to me

Hold them close
As you see me through
I'm called by our nation
But I trust and hold on to You

I ask for no more
Than to get home safe and sound
The beauty in this world...
In my family is where that's found

One day at a time
The homecoming draws near
Please be with them there
As You are with me here

This time apart passes
Moments never to be gained again
But I trust that Your purpose
Has filled up what this time has been

It's pained my heart in unfathomable ways
To be away from home once more
I make the best of the now
Looking forward to what's in store

That I've been blessed by you
With such a beautiful family
Everyday, here or there
I see what they are to me

I've never worried, Lord
'Cause you've always been beside me
With life having exponential meaning these days
Home is where I long to be

Lord my world other than you
Is my wife, my daughter and my son
Keep them safe and hold them close
Until this time away is done

Thank you, Lord
For life that allows me to see and be
Part of the greatest blessing ever
'Cause that's what my family is to me

-Amen.

100 Sales

My ETSY store offically reached 100 sales today :-). YAY!!!! Here is to 100 more :-).

I started this store after some prompting from Chad and my good friend Gina who came to our house and saw my "Home Sweet Home" I had made for our living room and asked me to make one like it for her new home. Of course I was happy to do it for her and thus started my ETSY store. I have played around doing some Save the Dates and such but they weren't doing as well as the letters and ornaments so I took them off and am going to reattach them w/a different design offering. I am currently working on my first Wedding Invitation order so I will be expanding my offerings here shortly to include Wedding Invitation and possibly other wedding paper products. I will be doing escort cards, table number and beverage sings for another customer who I had done save the dates for. So there is lots of room for growth. We will just see where this takes us :-).

In the next week or two I will be adding "Baby Book" that I have been hard at work on. I will post a sneak peak below :-).

This is the book I am making for Evan

I am making Taryn a Cherry Blossom Book but dont have her book covered yet but this is what her interior pages will look like

Swimming #3

So here is the video from the end of their 3rd week of lessons...they are doing awesome. The instructor says that Taryn has the an awesome float and Evan has an awesome flip and they both are awesome swimmers :-). Also when they see the steps neither one of them want to flip they keep wanting to swim but she is trying to teach them to flip and rest until they get close and then flip back over and grab the step. There are still lots of tears but they are doing better.

And all the world is right again when they get to sit in their stroller and munch on some cheerios. The first few days were really hard because they would fuss while I was taking care of the other one. So I started bring stuff to distract them and the Munchie Mugs were the magic trick. They love them and are totally content munching on some Cheerios holding their Munchie Mugs :-)