First waterski tournament

We competed in our first waterski tournament in too many years this weekend and Nathan and Maddie competed in their first tournament ever!

Nathan and Maddie are so proud of their first Medals. Nathan finished second and Maddie finished first. I don't think Nathan realizes Maddie beat him. Maddie did all of her tricks (side slides, touching the water, waving to the judge and for style points Blowing a Kiss). Nathan was focused on doing a hard trick (crossing the wake) which he couldn't quite do behind the wake of a big wakeboard boat and he forgot to do the easier tricks.

Heather won her division in slalom among some stiff competition and I finished second in my slalom division. I also won my kneeboard class.

Nathan wasn't able to get up for his slalom pass. It was his first attempt ever behind a boat ;). He wanted to try though.

I think the medals have given the kids some motivation.

Some Photos from the tournament

Nathan Loses his First Tooth

This is the post tooth pull interview.

We Lost our First Tooth

Nathan Lost his first tooth today. It had a little help. He was hit in the mouth a couple weeks ago and knocked it loose. Mommy finished the job this evening with a quick tug. He's pumped about the prospect of the tooth fairy coming tonight. A post tooth pull interview to come soon.

Heritage Kindergarten Celebration

Sorry, I've got to find another host for the video. Youtube limit is 10 minutes :(

Heritage Elementary held their 2009 Kindergarten Celebration May 22. This video is a portion of that Celebration through the eyes of 2 proud parents.

Maddie's Fortune

Maddie and I ate Chinese today and her fortune said "you are the Master of every situation". How do they know she is a control freak.
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Warner Robins Air Show

We slipped down to Warner Robins to see the Annual Air Show last weekend. We had a pretty good time despite the crowds, buses and parking. Hopefully the airforce doesn't run a military action the way they did the parking at the Macon Airport (to catch a shuttle bus to the Air Force Base).

Nathan and Maddie couldn't see over the crowd as the Blue Angels were preparing to take off and they wouldn't take turns on my shoulders so I had to improvise.

There are some more photos at the link provided. If I get around to it I'll post some video clips of the Blue Angels on the same page.

Heritgage PTA Tribute to Mothers

Nathan had a speaking part in the Kindergarten's tribute to mothers at Heritage Elementary.

Heather got pretty chocked up watching her little man.

Skiing Has Started

Skiing has started but we are off to a slow start. Heather and I are way out of shape and the kids are real timid. Nathan is riding the skimmer and skiing on trainers off the boom (with a little help from me). Despite having ridden the skimmer the last 2 summers Maddie won't even try it. She has tried skiing on the trainers off the boom... with my help of course. It's hard to believe this is the same little girl that tried to barefoot last summer.

We've only been out twice so I'm confident they will relax as they get more accustomed to skiing again. We plan to ski at Southern Waters (http://www.southernwaters.info/) this summer, too. There are several families out there with junior skiers that I hope will inspire Nathan and Maddie.