Monthly Archives: June 2006
Emma Is Always Afraid Of Drowning In The Pool [Swimming]
It isn’t the worst fear to have, but it often handicaps her ability to relax and learn to swim. Hopefully she’s working through it this week as she and Layla take swim lessons. For example, she doesn’t like putting her … Continue reading
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Layla Is A Very Good Swimmer [Swimming]
Layla really enjoys sports, but she is sometimes a bit timid. Not so with swimming. She (along with Emma) is taking swimming lessons this week and is attacking the water and doing very well. [Note: The camera had some trouble … Continue reading
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Holly Must Be Bored [Holly]
This last week was the first full week since school let out for the kids. I guess Holly was already bored with summer as she has Speed signed up for football camp, Madysen at volleyball camp, and swimming lessons for … Continue reading
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Alice And A Baby Bride: Luckily, Not Real Life [Dance]
I covered much of this already (see Part I, Part II, and Part III–which I guess makes this Part IV), but I have this nagging completist string in my DNA, so I’m including a few other photos here and excerpts … Continue reading
More T-Ball Cuteness [Emma]
I posted on Emma’s first t-ball game and team portraits back in the summer of 2006 when she played on the Cardinals, coached by a neighbor friend of ours. And because these pictures of her are so cute, I can’t … Continue reading
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How’s A Guy Supposed To Get Any Work Done? [Me]
So the Mavericks are in their first-ever NBA Finals. Coming home from Speed’s practice last night, North Dallas/Plano were a ghost town like as Game 1 started and everyone is inside watching. The city is electric. But the big news–for … Continue reading
Ballet Recitals–Part Trois [Dance]
Well, this took some time, but I finally got it done. Even more amazing than my video-editing skills is the basic idea that all of this can be done, uploaded, shared, etc. so simply. Layla’s performance piece was almost 20 … Continue reading
Houston Is Hot In June [Soccer]
While Holly, Speed, Layla, and Emma were relaxing indoors at the ballet recitals, Madysen and I spent last weekend near the surface of the sun–Houston. It is so stinking hot and humid; how people (including my parents) live down there … Continue reading
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Ballet Recitals–Part Deux [Dance]
Following up on my first post about Layla and Emma’s ballet recital, I still haven’t cut-down Layla’s dress rehearsal video, but here are a few cute pictures of the girls in costume to tide you over.
Ballet Recitals [Dance]
Emma and Layla have their ballet recitals tonight. Emma’s costume is Alice of Alice in Wonderland; Layla is in white wedding attire. Since Madysen and I are in Houston at–what else?–a soccer tournament, I went to last night’s dress rehearsal … Continue reading
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