Tea party

Lat Thursday I went to the annual "college roomies" get together. Well, it's not necessarily annually....more of a matter of when we decide to try to arrange 4 different work schedules to find a time we can all get together. I think each time we get together, there's a new kid in the mix. This time we went to Lisa's house in Charleston for a tea party! We all had chicken salad croissants and sweet goodies to go along. Oh and of course the tea. Crystal and Kylee both went to high school with me and were in the class graduating ahead of me. I met Lisa when I moved in with the three of them after my first semester at Eastern and we took several classes together. The two of us started painting as well. Yep, my first semester at Eastern when I lived by myself was spent learning how to paint with Bob Ross (those of you that aren't aware, he was a hippie artist who painted "happie little trees" in his landscape paintings. Unfortunately, I haven't seemed to have had the time to keep up with my painting hobby since I've been married:(

Just Dance

Reagan has been in a 6 week dance class over the summer. She's really enjoyed learning how to be a ballerina! Last night she had a dance recital at the Parish Center here in Newton. I couldn't have been more proud of her. She really is a shy girl and we've always had a hard time getting her to get up on the stage at church. A few weeks ago she had to get on the stage at church for vacation bible school and she did an awesome job. She repeated again last night. She went up there with no problems, smiled, and did all the moves! The dance class is over but we intend to start back up on the tumbling again in September.

Swimming

Reagan took swimming lessons this summer and has got a lot of enjoyment out of using the new Newton City Pool. Recently, Jessica's mom and dad bought a house just a few doors down from Kevin's parents. They have a really nice enclosed in-ground pool in the backyard. Needless to say, we've spent a lot of time there lately. Reagan's swimming abilities have really improved this summer. She can now jump in by herself while holding her nose. In the last few days, she has started to swim under water a little bit after jumping in and before she comes up! She's also gone down the slide by herself at Jessica's moms. At the beginning of the summer, we could barely get her to go under and she would sort of flip out anytime she got water in her eyes! I'm hoping to get Reese in the water soon but plan on waiting a few weeks. She is now exactly a month old already. Where does the time go?