Just some random photos

Some pics from our weekend at the shore. Nothing exciting--just Neal had a couple days off so we went to Mimi and Pop Pop's beach house for the weekend. Did the boardwalk thing, the beach thing, and the mini-golf thing. Meg lost her ball; Matthew got a hole-in-one. (Maybe Matthew should quit while ahead--last golf outing, Meg got the hole-in-one.)



Matthew and the latest girlfriend. They went driving together. Very much a "love 'em and leave 'em" kinda guy still--by the next ride, he had a new flame.


Ok, it's not the best of pictures. But at least they're both looking at the camera. (Hey, I have low standards. The Santa's Court photographers like me.) Anyway, this is the boys on the Apache Helicopters on the Wild Wheels pier. It's rare to get them both on a ride together, other than the bumper cars (where they attempt to knock each other out of the ring) or the Tilt-a-Whirl (which doesn't get good pictures due to high speed of car and greenness of Mom after a few whirls).


What Celia would look like in a burka. Just kidding. She was hooked up to her feeding tube/pump, so no rides for her that night. So she invented her own fun--she discovered a vent in the stroller hood and played peek-a-boo with Neal and the camera.

More pics later. I have some beach pictures and some of the kids in the pool. They'll have to wait until I have time to edit the file sizes, though. Hugs to all.

Scott Hamilton started with crossovers, too...

Finally, we got some pictures of Luke skating. Check out his new skates...he got "too good" for his old ones. They were rated for entry-level skating, not for jumps and spins. Luke decided that in lieu of a birthday party, he wanted to participate in Skate Camp.






He skates 3 1/2 hours on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. He's still working on some of his "old" moves, but has also begun work on jumps and spins. He can do a pretty decent Waltz jump, even if it's his Mom saying so.



It's not perfect, but it's a one foot take off and one foot land. (NOT an on-the-butt landing, like Mom would. If she got the nerve up to start with.) Roland, the jump coach, has also been instructing them in some toe jumps. Luke spends more time kissing the ice with those. His only complaint with the whole camp is Roland makes them work hard. I told Luke that was his job. Of course, Roland had him jumping in under half an hour, so Luke has decided Roland's a pretty OK guy, in the end. He's also begun taking private lessons on Mondays and Wednesdays with Laura Handy, his former group instructor (yes, who also makes him work). Laura has encouraged him to enter into a local skating competition, so Luke will be competing at the 2006 Sun Sand & Skate competition in Atlantic City, NJ on August 5th. He is entered in two events--the Basic 3 Compulsories, and the Basic B Program (levels Basic 3 and 4). The compulsories are the traditional "skill execution", and the Program is a skating routine with music. He's very excited and looking forward to it. We're proud of him for just giving it a shot.