the last days of summer

Brad's awesome coach, 'coach Alan' from Ireland. They really did an amazing job. The pictures where they have the wacky outfits were on 'dress your coach day'. Brad was a trooper and really worked hard all week. It was a really great introduction to the sport.

These images are taken up in Evergreen, where Laurie and Jared live. The first group are up in a creek in town and the others are at Laurie's house. that one with the mountains in the background is Laurie's deck! :)

For us, the summer is almost over. Brad goes back to school on August 18th. We have two trips to squeeze in before then. We leave for Illinois in the morning. We had soccer and swimming all week and it was a lot of fun.

Marcy gets new summer hair-do. It is just too hot for long hair, I say.

The kids have done a LOT of swimming in the last couple weeks. Brian isn't exactly taking to it but he participates as required. Brad still loves the water. We recently found an awesome swim coach, pictured here, who has helped to get Brad to the next level.

Also pictured, is Brian 'enjoying' soccer camp. Brian and I prefered to lounge in the shade and eat snacks while Brad ran around in the hot sun. We all have our style of 'sporting', right?