Future Coastie

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I love the smushed face and that little grin. 

Jacob loves to play with Red's headset.  After coming home from this last deployment he had all of his stuff sitting in the rocking chair.  Now  the temptation was just to much for Jacob.  I came into the living room to find  him with Red headset on, gloves on and his cover on.  It was to cute to miss not taking a picture of.  If you ask Jacob what he is going to do when he grows up he most of the time will tell you that he is going to be in the Coast Guard.  Future Coastie in training.

Redneck Water Slide

I have to say it. I am broad with the pool. I am tired of washing bath suites and towels every day. Now the boys love it. They want to go swimming every day they can. To try and do something different we have had the boys going down there slide in the back yard, you can have lots of fun with just a slide some water and dish soap. So came the water slide. I was just using the slide, but Red came home and said wait I have something to add to it. Out comes the trap cover for the pool cover. Add just a little bit more soap and some water and you get the Redneck Water Slide. The boys had a blast, I loved it also. I will admit that I started them playing on it because its funny to watch the slip and slide every were. :-)

Swimming

Since our new house has a pool in the backyard, the boys love to go swimming every night. Justin is going to turn into a little fish, he is doing great with swimming. He did two rounds of swim lesson at the YMCA this spring and now getting to swim every night is really good for him. He LOVES to jump in the pool. He is always making up these crazy names for his jumps. He does still use arm floaties but he is spending more and more time without them. Jacob is doing well also. He likes things to be very calm in the water. He doesn't like to jump in. You can't throw him up in the air. He just likes to float around in his live vest or arm floaties. Sometimes he gets into doing fun things but other wise he likes things to be calm. UMMM much like Mommy's does, Justin is wild and crazy like his Daddy.

GG and Papa

My parents came out with my oldest sister for a two week visit. We loved getting to send time with them. While here we went up to DC and had a great time up visiting the nations capital. We did have the van broken into while up there, It happens. We ended up having both the driver and passenger side windows replaced. We took the boys to the Smithsonian, the national zoo and on a night tour. Four days of being busy can were a person out. Then it was home for the Fourth of July and back to site seeing. We also took my family to Williamsburg and out to see the Wright Brother memorial and some lighthouses. We had a great time them. Thanks for coming for a visit. We love you and miss you.

New House

Yes, we did it. We finally moved out of our flooding house as the boys call it. WHOA. Pictures to come soon.

Happy Birthday Jacob

My baby is three. Where did the time go. Mommy and Daddy love you big boy. You have brought so much joy and fun to mommy and daddy. We love you more and more everyday.

Swim Lessons and Preschool Graduation

Whew May is over. YEAH. May was a crazy month for us. I am glad its over with. The boys took swim lesson during the month of May. Which works out great for the new house and the pool that goes with it. The boys did a good job during swim lesson. Justin is ready to start swimming. Just a few weeks in our new pool and he will be swimming. Jacob and I did the parent child class and he did great. Next summer we will see how he does in the other class. We learned lots of fun stuff for him to try and in the new pool.


Next up was Justin preschool graduation. It was super cute. The sang a few songs and then next they came out in there cap and gowns. It was a fun day for him.