Reunion Fun

We had a fun family reunion last weekend!! There were lots of cousins and second cousins running around but the highlight was horseback riding. Bedums planned her outfit out more than a week in advance and the girls were in heaven!! Buggins was pretty nervous and kept yelling, "Whoa!!" Teen 1 got a lot of practice driving in too. Fun, fun.

And these two are twin cousins--born the exact same day but four years apart.

Swim Lessons Part 2

Buggins mastered the yellow level. I should've had him in blue. He's improved sooo much over the last year!! He loved the high dive, but kept pulling his knees up so they'd slap the water and he'd come up yelling, "OW!!!"

Swimming Lessons

Bedums completed level white/red. She just needs to work on her back. She even dared do the diving board, which is huge and a first for her!!

They hatched!!

Amazingly, the butterflies hatched today!! They're pretty. They'll live 1-2 weeks and hopefully will lay eggs.

Rocky and Smokey

Teen 2 got two new little baby dwarf hamsters today. They ate so cute!!

Chrysalis Time!!

They've been in this state for a few days. Hopefully we'll have butterflies by the end of the week or first of next week!

It's Official!!

Teen 1 is 15 now, which in our great state means he's old enough for a driving learner's permit. I refused to take him in until he took at least 2 practice tests online. He did those yesterday morning and asked to go in, so I took him and he passed!! He now has his learner's permit. I had some errands to do yesterday, so he drove me around. Holy Cow!! He's not too bad, but he will get better, right?! If I don't die of a heart attack first...