More July Craziness

I love this guy's shield - "STOP Don't Hurt Me!"



The three amigos reunited (and a little drunk...)


Our little family trucks along through the summer... Jimmy is sort-of-kind-of doing better in his swimming lessons - taught by me this year, although if he can learn to stop panicking when the water hits his face he can go to regular lessons next summer. He's learned to blow bubbles in the water, and doesn't get nearly as upset when it splashes his eyes. We're working on remembering two things; "Stay calm" and "Deal with it." Next up is the back-float, which we tried a few days ago and Jimmy definitely didn't like. Kirsi has a little pool floaty, and LOVES the water.
Kirsi's talking more and more. She says, 'bye, hi, daddy, mama, brother, kitty, out, up, okay, num-num (food), belly, tickle-tickle, cup....' I'm sure there are more I'm forgetting, plus several animal sounds. She's also turning into a climber - yes, Mom, I hear you saying, "Payback."
We took a trip out to Libby two weekends ago and went disc-golfing at the course there. Apart from Jim getting bored and me almost whacking an older gentleman with my driver (Leaped over it at the last second) we had a very nice time. We took the kids to the playground there after, and finally got home well after bedtime and VERY tired.
My life is currently a whirl of horses and SCA - Carole's last week, SCA last weekend, starting at Carole's again tomorrow, SCA the weekend after next, then Carole's again when I get back from that. Whew! At least I'm making enough money with the horses and the SCA merchanting to pay for my trips. It's worth it to get to see my SCAdian friends - Viva los tres amigos! And I'm getting some great pix!
Chris has been busy, and is finally getting used to working full days again. SO nice to actually have some work coming in again! He's gaming with the geeks (love you guys) again, so he's getting relax time too.
Still no word on the house or the job, but we've got our fingers crossed.