Swim Team

Elli wanted to try the swim team this year. She loves to swim and wanted more than one week of lessons this summer. She said she would rather swim than walk, which doesn't make sense to me. Swimming totally wears me out!

Thursday was her first meet. She had 3 races and said the backstroke was her favorite.
I think it's because she gets to start in the water rather than dive from the block.
She did so well! I was surprised and proud. She didn't seem nervous at all and can't wait to practice each day. She must get it from Riley. I am not comfortable in the water at all.

Emmaus Parade

Our friend Christina (between Elli and Amy), invited us to the Emmaus parade. The girls were excited because last year, candy was thrown at them from the floats. This year, the parade lasted for a total of 2 minutes I think. Seriously 2 minutes. There was a small band from the highschool and some scouts and old people and that was it. Not sure if it was the same parade as last time or not. A bunch of them tried to catch another parade in Macungie at 10:00, but we had some errands to do in Emmaus and I didn't want to hop back and forth. So we...

Went to the Park Instead!

Adam was having a total blast, as you can tell!
Elli has been asking to go to this park for a while. It has a very squeaky merry-go-round that she likes.
Amy is the monkey bar queen at school, but was recovering from related blisters, so decided to swing, too. Thanks for getting us out of the house, Christina!

Hair Cut

Someone around here needed a haircut. He actually wants me to pay him to cut his hair. So, I got mine cut instead. Now we almost match! I am not quite sure what I have done. That's all I will say about that right now.

Pennsylvania's Rolling Hills and Shaggy Buffalo

Riley runs on a trail up in these hills and wanted to show us what he found. This green country is everywhere out here and part of why we love Pennsylvania. Imagine this in the Fall!
We started out on the trail in search of some buffalo herd that is protected 'round these parts. It was up and down and we almost lost Elli. She just didn't think she could make up one more hill.
We finally found them and they were large! Of course as soon as we get to the top of the hill, the herd headed down to the bottom. Elli's grumbling probably scared them.
After catching our breath, the girls were ready for a photo. It was a nice trail and we got to bring home some momentos. We pulled off at least 20 ticks from Sandy and are still finding big fat swollen ones in her fur. G-ross!