More busy summer days at the Greene's! And HOT too! For the third straight day in a row, WA has broken past records for heat (this same time in previous years!), with the temps into the mid 90'S! WOW! Needless to say, we spend evenings at the lake cooling off! Although, with Mark telling Shelby there was an octopus in the lake, I'm not so sure she'll jump in as eagerly! hahaha. (For those of you from the 'inland' states who don't know already, Octopi do NOT live in lakes!).

In the top picture, you can see our finished patio, complete with stairs! The retaining wall now has flowers planted in it, and the tiki torches are ready to light! We can't wait for Mom and Terri to get here (TOMORROW!!!) so that we can all sit out on the patio and enjoy the great outdoors!

Just in time for the heat wave, the kids (Shelby,Paige and Ben) started their summer swim lessons! Paige and Ben are in level 1 (they finished the previous level in April), and Shelby is in level 5. Shelby has concerns about the requirements for completing level 5, as there are alot of things that she hasn't done before it seems! But Mark told her that we'd go to public swimming and he would catch her up on all the skills she needs to master. Shelby is such a smart kid, and SUCH a GREAT swimmer, we have no doubt that she will master and pass level 5 with no problems! One of the neat things about this level though, is that Shelby has made a couple of really nice friends! With swimming and Youth group (starting next week!) at Church, Shelby will make a nice little group of friends that she will be able to keep in touch with when she goes back to WI and look forward to seeing whenever she comes out here next (spring break and summer 2007)!

You can see in the two bottom pictures, the kids in their various lessons. The two monkeys in pink and blue (respectively) goggles are Paige and Ben....

We head to the airport tomorrow to pick up Mom and Terri! We are soooo excited about their visit! Once we are home, we head straight to swim lessons (every monday and wednesday!) and then out for dinner at a local Chinese restaurant! (I said that I just CAN'T cook after such a busy day! hehehe).....

We will keep you up to date on all the trouble we get into over the next week!

Hugs,
Mark, Jaye and Gang