The White Family

Swim Lessons

Julia had a very valuable experience taking swim lessons with our friend, Ashley. Julia had no idea what she was getting into the first class, since she had not set foot in a pool since last summer and even then did not like putting her face in the water or even blowing bubbles. We were so impressed with how good Ashley was with Julia - gently reassuring her while pushing her to do more than any of us would imagine she would be able to do. Example: after the first 30-minute lesson, Ashley had Julia swimming under her legs. We were shocked and excited. There were lots of tears, although Ashley didn't pay much attention to them, and lots of sno-cones for Julia (we rewarded her with one after almost every lesson). The video below were taken on her last lesson.

A day in pictures

Here are pictures from a fun day the kids and I had together. First we played at home for a little while, then went for a walk to the neighborhood park, later to the library to play since it was so hot outside, then to the river that evening for a picnic since Kyle worked late.

Colin us rolling around more now to explore and get to more toys.

Ooh - a basket full of neat stuff!

Headed to the park.

She is good at climbing the wall, with assistance.

Having her pretend ice cream cone.

Colin's first bites of banana while we were at the library.

Excited for our first ever picnic at the park!

Waving to the ducks and geese.

Colin in the BabyBjorn carrier while Julia looked at the ducks and played at the park.

Recent Pictures

Fun with Daddy!

Colin really liked Julia's balloon from H-E-B.

Sweet sleeping baby.

Colin can sit up!! His first time to sit all by himself - long enough for me to snap a few pictures.

Julia was so proud of Colin for his new achievement.

We're so thankful Colin finally decided to eat solid food.

Cute together.

Anniversary Trip

To celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary, we spent 5 wonderful nights at Dreams Los Cabos, an all-inclusive resort between San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. My parents graciously offered to stay with Colin and Julia so we could take the vacation, and we were so grateful for the opportunity! The weather was perfect during our stay and we had a relaxing trip.

I loved the open-air concept for the resort. This photo was taken from the reception area.

Our room.

The view from our room.

Our first night there was a dinner buffet on the beach.

The main pool.

Another pool.

Our view from dinner one evening.

We spent part of one day in San Jose del Cabo. It was quite small an there wasn't much to see or do.

Outside a historic mission.

The breakfast buffet was wonderful, and we loved sitting outside every morning.

We spent a day in Cabo San Lucas, where we took a boat to see the famous arch. In the photo above, a gap in the rock formations on the peninsula connects two beaches.

The famous arch. We were told that only once every 4 years is sand visible under the arch. Sometimes it is safe enough to walk there, but not when we went.

The boat dropped everyone off so we could explore.

Huge waves crashing behind Kyle. Obviously it wasn't safe to swim.

Here I am facing one body of water with the other beach behind me.

We had heard of Cabo Wabo, so we made sure to find it. We had a late lunch there, so it was pretty quiet. We could tell, though, that it must really come to life at night.

Dinner at the seafood restaurant.

We enjoyed strolling along the shore. The strong undertow and force of the giant waves on most of the shoreline around the resort made it too dangerous to swim. We knew that ahead of time, so we weren't disappointed. It was beautiful to look at, though.