The Brittons

You would think that with summer, we would have more free time, right?  It appears that we have the exact opposite.  The first week of summer "break" we had dance rehearsals and recitals almost every night.  T-ball was also still going on, and Nick started summer wrestling sessions and also went to Florida for a convention for 5 days.  Immediately after recitals, Gracie and Owen started at Lily Pad 3 days/week while I work and Gracie has started gymnastics at a Club in Ames.  She is also in swimming lessons for two weeks and her days at Lily Pad are very full of activities.  She goes to Slater to swim once weekly and has one other field trip every week.  This week he got to go to the science center in Des Moines.  She is so excited to be back there this summer.   Owen is also still excited to be at Lily Pad.  They get out little pools at the facility once a week to have their swim day and they walk to a park whenever the weather all...

Well, now that it's been over a month and a half again since I've posted anything, I'll catch up starting with May.  The days, weeks, and months seem to go by so fast!  With work, it seemed like May couldn't get done fast enough, but before we knew it, the month was gone.  There was a lot going on, to say the least.  I'll do my best to recap.       Nick went to a few jazz band rehearsals in May and played in the spring concert with the high school kids, as requested by the band director.  He had a great time doing it and it was fun for him to get his sax out to play again.    We spent a lot of time going to the forest just south of where we live to hike.  This picture is in early May and Gracie and Owen had their friend Raegan go with us.  They always have fun there.     I don't usually post many pictures of myself, but here are a few of the race that I did with a team of ladies.  We took ...