An EARTHQUAKE while blogging..

After going everyday to swim lesson for 6 weeks (well at least m-f) we decided to end our swimming lessons for the summer. Jacob and Chloe had so much fun but let me tell it was so nice to wake up yesterday morning and not have to rush out the door!! OH MY GOSH... write now as I was writing this there was an earthquake!! My hands are shaking so bad because I had to run around and check on the kids while it was happening!!! My heart is beating so fast. It wasn't bad (here at least) but everything was shaking inside our house. Jacob and Chloe were outside and Bella was asleep so I had to run around. You are not supposed to do that during an earthquake but what do you do when you have to check on your kids!! When you start feeling the shaking you don't know how bad it is going to get and that is what is scary. I'm looking at the news now and they said it was a 5.4. It was centered probably about an hour away from me. Ok, sorry I'll stop talking about it now. It was just crazy because I was writing this when it happened. My cell phone and my home phone are not working so I can't call David.
Alright back to swimming. Their last day of swimming is called Firday Fun day. Here is some pictures from that day. (I know all I post are swimming pictures lately, sorry)
This is Chloe too scared to jump from the top, so she jumped from the second step

This is her telling me, "Mom, I jumped all by myself!"

She is ready for a morning nap!!!!!!!

Jacob wanted to do a big splash with the lifeguard

Meet Marley

Marley is the newest addition to our family. David and Chloe had to talk me into it but I have to admit he is pretty cute. We got him when he was 6 weeks old. (He is 10 weeks old now.) Of course he is all puppy running around, jumping on us and nipping, and yes, having to be potty trained. As you can see he loves to sleep on Chloe's bed. He was the biggest one in the liter of 13 and also the cutest! David is already trying to talk me into a buddy for him....Yikes..

Since you've last heard from us...

I know, I'm back to barely updating our blog again. I'm so behind on sharing our summer I thought I would try to sum it up in one post. Soccer is going good. David has been playing too and we are both enjoying it. It's great to be reminded that we are getting older and we are very out of shape! :) Who wouldn't love that? It truly is fun to play. I think once I get back into shape and get used to playing again I will be able to hold my own out there. I was so happy to get that first game out of the way. It's funny to think about how nervous I was.
Another reason I have been so bad about keeping up with our blog is because in my free time I was busy reading Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse. I loved reading them. Thanks for the recommendation Mindy!! Now I can't wait for the last book. My sister in law works nights and she read New Moon in one shift! I know David is happy to have me back!!:) :)
Jacob and Chloe have been involved in swimming lessons. They are having a lot of fun. Jacob can already swim pretty well but I want him to get stronger and then eventually learn the different techniques. Chloe is still a little timid about swimming on her own. She is able to do it but I don't think she believes it yet. :) Bella loves the water!!! She hasn't been doing lessons but I do take her swimming a lot. She basically laughs and splashes a lot.
We've been going to the water park with the kids. I don't have any pictures but we all love to hang out in the lazy river and cool off. We've been trying to relax (I'm not sure if that has happened yet) and spend some quality time with the kids.
Bella started crawling and cut her first tooth all in the same week! She has been ear infection free..YEA..for a month and a half. She is pulling herself up on everything including everything that falls over once she pulls on it. She even has started taking a few steps while holding onto things. She really loves her new freedom.
Here are some pictures from this summer...

Swimming at a friend's house

Gotta love the tan lines!!!

Swimming lessons

This is when we first started lessons at the end of June. We had to do lessons in the evening because of preschool and Chloe was too cold!!

Playing with friends

Playing at our soccer games

The shirt and bracelet Chloe bought with her gift card from her grandma for her birthday :) (I know that was awhile ago)

Bella loves to try and eat David's hats!

Soccer

So, somehow I was talked into playing on a coed soccer team starting today. Ya, I did play soccer for 12 years growing up but let's face it; the last time I played was 10 plus years ago. I AM SO NERVOUS!! First of all, I just had a baby 7 months ago (well I guess that is not too bad), and I am not in good enough shape to play 2, 40 minute halves!! I don't know what is wrong with me but I can barely eat today. David is just laughing at me and he won't let me back out. He'll actually play too if they need him. I'm probable just being silly but I need to get this over with today so I can feel normal again. Hopefully I don't fall flat on my face out of pure exhaustion!! I'll let you know how it goes. Wish me luck....

Libby Lu

Chloe has been begging me to do this. Everytime she sees Libby Lu at Downtown Disney or at our mall she asks and asks when she can do it. She ended up looking so cute and I needed to adjust the settings on my camera so I took her to get her picture taken to capture the moment. You look so cute Chloe!

Cherry Picking

It's cherry picking season so we took the kids! They wanted to get dressed up for the occasion as you can see. We had a lot of fun and ended up with too many cherries!!

Basketball

David and I both grew up playing sports, but neither of us were really basketball players. So when I took Jacob to basketball I was really impressed with his skills. He can dribble and shoot really well! He's in a class where they teach the kids the fundamentals of basketball. They were doing a drill where they run up to the basket and shoot. I suppose they are supposed to be doing a layup but these kids are 4 and 5 so it doesn't really work out that way. Anyways, Jacob was the last to go. When it was his turn his coach said to him, "Ok Jacob, I know you know how to shoot so let's see you go up there and make it your first try." That is exactly what he did. Way to go Jacob!!