Swim team

Barrett just wrapped up his first season of swim team. He had a fun time and improved so much.  He is a much stronger swimmer. He just loves swimming laps and practicing. It was fun to watch him swim and we enjoyed getting to know more people in our neighborhood.  Saturday was our last meet and Barrett got to swim at UT. It was very cool and a fun experience for Barrett. We wrapped up the season with a pool party in the neighborhood last night!  What a great first year of swim team its been!!

Barrett's name on the screen at the pool after completing back

Backstroke start(B is in the middle)

Looking good

Strong finish in the backstroke

Freestyle finish(B is at top of pic)

Freestyle time

We even got to see our friends, Ben and Carter swim for their team.

Beach Bums!

We've just returned from several days at the beach.  Growing up, we went to the beach every summer with my cousins. I have great memories of that! And, I love that my kids can hang out and have fun with their cousins at the beach. Its fun for all of us adults to get together too.  Thanks mom and Dad for getting a house on the beach where we could all come and hang out and relax. We are all hoping it will become a yearly tradition.

Thanks Mom and dad

We celebrated my grandfather's 85th birthday while at the beach.  It was fun to see Pops and Dorrie.  We each came up with memories of Pops and put them in a jar.  We had 85 in all.  He is such a great man and we are lucky he is our Pops!

My wonderful grandparents and me

Pops and Olivia

We also celebrated Father's day.  it was nice to spend it with my dad, Shane and Derek and celebrate these wonderful daddies.

B & B with Teddy

Brooklyn loves her daddy

Me and my dad

Brooklyn and Teddy- proud supporter

Nana & Teddy and some of their grandkids

Here are some pics of our time at the beach.  Fun times and good memories!

Teddy building sandcastles with E & B

Sandcastles

Kara and Peyton

Miss O

Brooklyn and Olivia

B riding his bike

Brookyn and Mommy's drawing- Derek, Brooklyn and Jett

Building sandcastles

B & Aunt Kellee

Cousins

B & O

Loving on Miss O

We made several trips to the ice cream store-yum

Ice cream time

Brooklyn has a blast in the waves with daddy

Fun at the beach

Hong Kong

After we left Malaysia, we headed to Hong Kong for a few days.  Derek has been here many times and was really excited for me to go with him.  He loves this city and I can see why. We packed in alot of things while we were there and enjoyed exploring this city together.

We arrived in HK, got settled in our hotel, wandered around a bit and then went to have dinner at Aqua.  This place had amazing views over looking the harbor. Sadly,my iphone didn't get any good pics of the view. After dinner, we went to a night market to browse around and walked along the harbor.

At Aqua

Along the harbor at night

Night Market 

We packed in alot of things into the next 2 days and had a great time exploring Hong Kong
Running along Tsim Sha Tsui

Kowloon Park

flamingos

Victoria Peak

Dim Sum overlooking the harbor

Our view at lunch

Hong Kong Museum of History

Tea at The Penninsula Hotel

Riding the ferry across the harbor a few times

Man Mo Temple

Wong Tai Sin Temple

Me standing by the rabbit statue- I was born in the year of the rabbit

Dragon at the Buddist temple

Picking out our food at the seafood market

Dinner in HK after we picked our food out at the seafood market

I had a great time hanging with my guy, learning about Hong Kong and experiencing the culture of another place. It was so much fun and I loved the city.  Can't wait for our next trip together.