Summer

Here is what we've been doing a lot of this summer...SWIMMING!

All kids 5 and under (everyone, but Max) were able to take 2 weeks of swimming lessons through the city for FREE! So I have been taking a mommy and me class with the twins. Thankfully the life guard does it with Daisy for me and uses her to demonstrate. Daisy is like Van in the water, she just jumps right in and loves it! The classes have made Walt feel much more comfortable. Hanna was already swimming she's just improving her strokes and other skills. And when Van isn't being a little stinker he shows his great skills!

My wonderful friend Shelly has this awesome pool and a huge heart! We've been swimming here about 3 times a week. In this heat swimming is all we really can do! So thank you Shelly!

Here is what we haven't been doing enough of...SLEEPING!

Walt

Not sure where these glasses came from, but Walt really likes them and I find it funny whenever I see him wearing them. Danny has started online website design classes, so he did a little editing practice to this photo.

Found Walt in the office with these glasses on, a pen and my phone in his hand. Too cute!

Van

Van fell asleep on the kitchen counter while waiting for his lunch to be done. Would this be considered dangerous?

T-Ball

Max on 1st base.
Hanna on 3rd base.

T-ball season is officially over! Max and Hanna played on the same t-ball team this year, (the Indians). It worked out great for me and Hanna enjoyed being on the same team as Max. Max however, felt that he was playing with the "babies". He did look a little strange out there because he's so tall (at age 6 he started wearing size 10 boys pants and jeans), but he was in the right age group. This might be our last T-ball season, it is too time consuming for me. Excited for soccer to start. I'll be coaching Hanna's soccer team in the fall.

Danny's Skin Infection

Danny was playing racquetball last Thursday and fell and hurt his knee. On Friday he had a fever and a lump under his lower knee. He was feeling miserable and by Sunday he knew it was infected so he went to urgent care, they gave him antibiotics and sent him home. The next evening he was in so much pain and the infection had spread so he went back to urgent care. They gave him an I.V. and stronger antibiotics and sent him home. By Tuesday his infection had spread down to almost his ankle and his friends told him to get to the hospital (in Vegas of course). He went to a hospital in Vegas and was admitted for two days. Danny was treated for Cellulitis (a general term for a skin infection). Because Danny had no open wound (which is rear) they needed to make sure the antibiotics were working before letting him go home. We are glad he's back home and is recovering well. A big thanks to all our friends for there help, concern, love and prayers!

Campus Food Service Ends

Danny has owned his own Food Service business called Campus Food Service and has provided food services for the three community colleges in Las Vegas for the past 6 years. Danny and his brother's, Tom and Jeff started the business as a Hogi Yogi in August of 2003. Soon after they received the bid at the Charleston Campus and relocated there. 2 years later Danny bought out his brother's and received further bids at the other two campuses. Every few years the college has to put the bid out for the public to have the opportunity to bid. Well in the past 6 years he's been doing this no one has been interested in the contract. This year the largest college food service business in the WORLD (Sodexho) decided they wanted the contract, so with that being said Danny was out bid. Danny was shocked that Sodexho would ever want the contract since they are such a large company, but since Danny has been there he has set it up so well that they became interested! They are even interested in keeping Danny's current employees and planning on running it mostly the way Danny has it set up. Danny put in an amazing bid showing how a small business will continue to work with the college and continue to improve their stores, he also showed how his pricing is 20% better on food items then Sodexho at UNLV. The college is just hoping a big company will come in and take away all their worries. Danny is doing just fine and will continue to trust in the Lord. He feels blessed for the hands on business experience and will continue to be an entrepreneur!