Family Camping Trip

It's a water parade, a water parade!

We went camping at Philips lake outside of Baker this past week. All of my siblings and their families were able to make it along with Mom and Dad and Grandma and Grandpa Romans. Things were great once we got up there. It was a ton of work to get ready to leave and that first night as we ate dinner it was fun hearing other couples had the same problems. “Going” camping in stressful. But of course once we were there it was fantastic. The lake was super fun to play in. My kids both had their “best friends” with them. Cousins are so fun to play with and they were entertained the entire time. Jeff and I were both able to sleep well at night and get naps in during the day. The food was SUPER DELICIOUS. It really was a vacation and hard to come back from. We will definitely go play with water toys more this summer now that we have a cool raft.

Swim Lessons

We had two different swimming lesson sessions this summer. The first week in June, when the weather was still cold, we basically had the pool to ourselves and the best teachers! Cassie Anthony taught Braxton again (she had him when he was three) and Shalise Ewing taught Brooke. Both did an amazing job and the kids learned. Braxton seemed to go regress at times and thought it was frustrating there has been improvement since. Last week Braxton and Brooke were able to take lessons again. Brooke can put her face in the water and push off the wall while doing “Supergirls” and Braxton can swim underwater well just get scared when he has to come up for air and go back down on his own. Both kids can go off the slide by themselves though Brooke likes it much more than Braxton. Both can go off the diving boards when caught by their teacher though Braxton loves it much more than Brooke. The big news is BRAXTON JUMPED OFF OF THE HIGH DIVE. He really wanted to be the first cousin to complete the audacious undertaking. He is very proud of his accomplishment though he will not jump again until next year. “It was too scary.”

T-Ball



Thanks Becky Clark for taking such AWESOME pictures.  I LOVE THIS PHOTO!



Look at the leg in his throwing photos!


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Peyton Bates, Spur Jacobs, Callie Arriola, Luke McGourty, Braxton, Nate Clark, Trever Bates, Alexa (Chelsea Ross' Daughter)  Not pictured Case and Coy Schaffeld.

Braxton had a great season and asked every morning what day of the week it was because he knew that Monday and Wednesday's were t-ball days.  He loved his #15 camo shirt and picked out red shorts at the store to wear to every game.  The only time in my life I have ever seen him care about shopping.  He loved hitting the ball, watching it, and then running "super fast" to first.  He liked playing first and pitcher best but his favorite thing about t-ball was the treats at the end.