June 29, 2011

Liliahna,

Holy cow! You are a good little swimmer! You went from being pretty much terrified of being in the water to learning the front crawl in two days! I'm not sure how the major progress came, but we're loving it! We're living in PHX this summer while we wait for B-school at Stanford to start, so you're getting a lot of water time right now. You ask me or mom to swim out to the middle of the pool, and then you like to swim out to us, then swim back to the steps. I'm so proud of your efforts Lili!

Dad

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Serelle,

Or should I say "D-Rell"? Your cute sister Lili (or should I say Lil-eye) just loves you! She loves playing with you and can often be heard calling your name. Because she can't say her "S" very well, your name comes out sounding like D-Rell. The Mattingly's especially caught on to this and now you are affectionately referred to as D-Rell. We sure love you D-Rell!

Mom

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Liliahana,

We are in Phoenix AZ for the summer staying at Mimi and Rhino's house until we get ready to move to "Dalifornia". In an attempt to survive the intense summer heat of AZ, Mimi signed you, Satchel and Serelle up for swim lessons over at Vicki and Jerry's house. Last Friday was the first day of swim lessons and it was a disaster. All three kids cried the entire lesson. But something happened over the weekend. You became a swimmer. You absolutely love spending time in the pool! Today at your swim lessons, your teacher Jason was so proud of your improvement! He even had you start learning the big arms of a pre-freestyle swim! What a big girl!

Mom