Wyatt's Birthday and other June Stuff

It has been a busy week. We started out last weekend with a birthday party. Then Vivien had her first week of VBS. She is going to attend multiple VBS programs this summer. She had a total blast this first week. I'm so happy. The hours she goes are pretty much the time of Silas' morning nap, so I'm happy she doesn't have to just hang around here quietly waiting on him.

Last Saturday was Cousin Wyatt's first birthday. We went to his birthday party and had a fun time! Here is Jim, Vivien, and Alayna (our great niece....yes, great niece---we're old). Vivien refused to look at the camera.

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This is Vivien and her cousin Catherine. They love each other so much. Catherine is almost 12. She was Vivien's age when Jim and I first started dating. I can't believe how much she has grown up. She is such a sweet and beautiful girl.

Silas decided to help Wyatt open presents. When I say "help," I mean "eat."

Jim put together Wyatt's Cozy Coupe.

One of the other kids brought turtles, so Vivien was checking them out.

No party is a good party without a chicken fight.

Silas and Uncle Joel

Vivien played football with Sue, Wyatt's other grandmother, and his other cousins.

This was so funny...

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For some reason, we had a bad storm this week. This is our "safe" place. It's a tight squeeze and not much fun. Vivien was mad about having her picture taken, so she covered her face. This is not typical June weather. This is more like April weather.

The following night, we thought we were going to have another storm but it passed south of us. Nevertheless, it produced this eerie yellow sky. Our blinds were all drawn, but this weird yellow light filtered into the house. This was about 8:15 PM.

Vivien Rose's roses have a bunch of blooms right now.

Yesterday was the first day of this year's swimming lessons. As usual, when they called the kids to the pool, Vivien hid behind me. She does this on the first day of any new kind of lessons (gymnastics, ballet, etc...)

Once she got in the pool, she was fine. She was nervous about floating. It took a bit to convince her it was okay to put her arms back, but she still wouldn't put her head back. The rest of the swimming, she had no problem with until they had her jump in. The instructor didn't tell her she would let her dunk a bit under water. This really upset Vivien. She does not like to get her face wet, that is, except when her dad pours a gallon jug of water over her head in the bath every night.

She enjoyed this part...

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