we're all mad here...

 on tuesday evening we had seven 7ish girls over for kylinn's "mad hatter tea" themed birthday party. the girls (plus one brother to entertain kylinn's brother) all had a wonderful time. the decor was awesome and the girls loved dining in their private tent- a major perk to having an event planner for a mother. tegan sported a teenage mutant ninja turtle costume for the occasion.

thank you to those who came and celebrated with us.

hamming it up

we are thankful

(summer on the beach in lexington)

are you a phelps phan?

wow! if you're already not, you should be!

aside from supporting a wolverine, he's simply an incredible swimmer. it's funny to watch swimming ever since my "retirement." i still find myself holding my breath when watching a flip-turn, or getting anxious before the start of their race. this morning, my rotator cuff was hurting. i wonder if i was sleep-swimming or something.

anyway, michael phelps is both horrifically ugly and athletically fascinating. i simply can't seem to stop watching him. it was so amazing to see him claim his tenth gold medal and watch his sister crying with excitement and pride. what is even more incredible, is to note most of the olympic swimmers poor techniques (which is easy to critique when you're not the one in the water) but i'm talking serious issues here: sloppy movement, chopping hands, earrings, lack of swim caps, etc. what about drag??? are they so fast that it simply doesn't matter? did anyone happen to see the chubby japanese male? i'm shocked. it's so amazing, that they can be so "off" and yet be smashing world records. i was practically ready to wax my eyebrows off to break my school records.

but i digress. perhaps my kids won't become competitive swimmers, but i hope they always love each other as much as the phelps do. in the meantime, congrats to michael phelps- what an accomplishment.

swim lessons & fun @ the rec center

I regret to announce this,

but since part of my old romeo crowd reads this blog:

kendall & stacey peake's youngest son, kyle, has passed away.
visitation, funeral service and his obituary can be found on this site.