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Beau had his first swimming lessons today. He did SO well!! I was amazed watching him. I made sure to sit way back where it would be hard for him to see me. I knew if I didn't there would be a lot of "hey mom watch this" "mom look at me" etc....fine for me but not so great for his teacher!! He got right in and did everything the teacher asked. His face went in the water right away. He even put his whole head WAY under water. I was a little nervous because I thought if he got upset that would be it for today if not the whole swimming lesson experience. But he came up laughing and did it again and again. The only complaint he had was that they didn't get to swim very long. I think we're going to head back after nap for a little more swimming and then on to t-ball tonight.

Talk about a busy weekend...and it's not even over yet!!! Here's a play by play. It all started when we decided we would try to do some landscaping this weekend. So, Friday night after work Luke met Beau and I at The Family Tree nursery to get some ideas. They ended up drawing us up a really nice plan of what plants to plant and where to put them. We decided to do it, and woke up early on Saturday morning to tear out sod, and clear away some of our existing rock. Then we headed into Rochester to search for pavers to do the edging. We found some we liked, so 1000 lbs later it was loaded into the back of the Jeep...(and this was all before noon)! On the way home we had a slight setback, while slightly exceeding the speed limit. Eventually we made it home and unloaded all of those bricks. Beau took a nice long nap while Luke and I finished tearing out the sod. By 4pm it was time to get cleaned up to head over to Cody and Melissa's for a grill out with some friends. Here's ...