Catching You Up

It has been such a busy few days in our house. So, here's one of those catch you up kind of blogs. We're definitely enjoying summer and being together as a family this year. Richard has even braved taking the kids swimming by himself. Mallory is going to Blue Belle Camp this week (I know Amanda and Amber are thrilled about this one! Ha! Ha!). She seems to have had a great time. She knows several of the girls there. It seems like camp is always more exciting when you have friends there.
We've been swimming a lot here lately. Nonni and Paps have been on vacation this week and have kindly left us the keys to their house. We're loving the free reign on the pool. Granted we are welcome to swim anytime we want. Tyler is becoming more confident in the water. Perhaps he's becoming a little too confident. He thinks he's an expert. Let's just say I have to keep my eyes on him. On the other hand, Mallory can swim like a fish. She's constant cutting flips, doing "water gymnastics" (her interpretation of gymnastics in the water), and trying to swim long distances under the water. My dad's pool is in ground, and she's even braved jumping off of the diving board. On top of it all, Mallory has created her version of the "cannonball". I will definitely have to take a picture of this and post it.
Richard and I finally decided and booked our vacation. Don't ask why it took so long, but we just couldn't decide. His work schedule has been so hectic, and we really wanted to conserve money for our late anniversary/honeymoon we never took and our planned trip to Disney next year. I'll post some details about the vacation later this week.
We are however taking a little weekend trip this Friday. We're going to Charleston. I'm so excited because I haven't been in a while. We plan to take the kids over to the beach for a little bit and to the market. This is the first Saturday Richard has had off since coming home, and we're all looking forward to spending time together as a family. We won't get to leave until late Friday, because Richard has to work, but it works out great for me. Mallory has her dance camp performance that morning, and I'm have a lunch date with some friends. Let's just cross our fingers I have the kids ready and the car packed by the time he gets off work. Ahhh....I better get started!!!!!