My Favorite Wedding of the Week

I have been to more weddings lately than I have in the past few years.  But last Saturday one of my very good friends, who I miss SO much, had the wedding that every wedding should be.  Congrats and thanks to Lisa & David!!  It always helps when you have friends there with you ...

We ran up to see Lisa before the wedding, and I broke the strap to her dress (straps were only added for the ceremony in the church) when I hugged her.  The reception was a short walk from the church.  There was an amazing snack table with things like gummy bears!!! There were plenty of beverages to go around, including Dr. Pepper!! They had a photo booth, they printed two copies of each strip of photos, one for us and one for Lisa & David.  Someone was taping the photos in and letting you write on the pages.  They weren't in the church forever after the wedding taking pictures.  The made the rounds and we were able to talk to them several times during the couple of hours that we stayed.  There were funny bits ....

And everything was beautiful ...

my favorite place

No Shows

I had three classes in a row not show up today ... so I played.  It has been a long time since I have played like that in the pool.  I attempted to help Chelsea with her underwater photography experiment by letting her take pictures of me, most of which were just scary.  Then I got brave.  I tried to dive.  And I still can.  It has been 18 years since I have competed in diving and I wasn't great then, but I can still do a front dive with a half twist -- my favorite dive!  It may not be great, but I can still do it.  I am sure if Botsy was there I would hear something to the effect of,  "I've seen better form from a beer can thrown off a bridge."

I did not attempt to exit the pool feet first.  Instead, I successfully climbed out at the ladder like an old lady ....

A glamorous job ...

Teaching swim lessons used to mean a couple of cute swim suits, a hat, a few bottles of sunscreen and an awesome pair of sunglasses.  I would teaching standing in thigh deep water, or teaching advanced kids from the deck, and attempting to stay as dry as possible for as long as possible.

That was 17 years ago.

Now swim lessons means Dad keeping Xman at the pool, packing books, food, diapers, & milk, cramming my body into a swim suit that would have fit well about 5 years ago, crawling on my hands and knees in a 18 inches of water, no sunscreen needed because we are teaching at an indoor pool, but it is also colder because the sun is not beating down on you.

We are three days in and I have raw knees, cut feet, and I think I am allergic to my swim suit and chlorine ...

I enjoy teaching little ones to swim and I am pretty good at it ... imagine that ... after only 17 years!  When we moved back I was teaching swim lessons to make extra money in the summer.  Since I have started teaching high school, every year I said it was my last year.  The last few years, it has been a necessity.  I am hoping that I will quit teaching lessons all day every week before I am 40!  (Notice how I am already giving myself some outs there!)  Pray for me ...

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