A LOVELY Saturday!

And for those of you who know us, that is a miracle. :-)

We got up, fed, dressed and out the door by ten. We arrived at the swim lesson sign ups and the line was fairly short. We got lessons! We got lessons at eight in the morning for four weeks straight, *ugh* but we did get lessons! The first two weeks, James' class is at eight and John's is at eleven. Um, I think we'll do some "beach schooling" for a couple of weeks. Why not?

Then we went to the beach. The surf was rough and yet the boys actually went in the water! They got knocked all over kingdom come, we thought they were going to drown, but they laughed their heads off and had a blast! This, from children who are afraid of a swimming pool. I'm so confused some days.

Then, because we didn't have a beach bag ready to go, we had to come home, shower, change clothes and head back out. Lunch. Wal-Mart (for said beach bag supplies!) Home. Ahhh, a nice relaxing afternoon at home, eating jerky and watching Looney Tunes.

Jacob is still spotted, still happy, sans fever. He has a tooth. Er, almost has a tooth. It protrudes quite a bit from the gum, but the gum is refusing to break yet. Get this- it's his left upper canine tooth! I've never had a child get that tooth first! Wow, if the other one is next to come in, we'll have our own fat little Baby Dracula!

We've been light on our afternoon teas, with the weather so beautiful the past few months. I miss it, though, and so do the boys. We've decided to reinstitute tea time once swim lessons commence- I think that'll be a nice way to wind down a bit after a long, active day.

Calling all readers: do any of y'all have that lovely article about having an afternoon tea as part of your regular schedule? Sarah, was that you? Someone please share the link with me! I can't find it and am butchering the whole thing in trying to explain it to a friend! Thanks. :-)

Cousin Charles has made it to Alaska. They've camped on the beach for two days (oh, to be young and resilient!) and will be checking into the dorms shortly. All the guys are now looking for work. What an exciting time, and from the sound of Aunt B's email updates, they're having an absolutely wonderful time of it!

Ahh, tomorrow promises to be lovely if this weather will hold. I can't wait. Perhaps at some point I will be able to wrangle my family back to church, even!

Have a wonderful Sunday! I'm off to blogrun!