Summer Swim Team

K was a little nervous about swimming in the lake at camp this year. I think there was just something about water without a clear ending that bothered him...can't say that I blame him. We finally convinced him to try a summer recreational swim team with some of his friends. We were hoping it would ease his fears and create confidence in himself as a swimmer.

Done! He has been at camp for 3 weeks now and has had absolutely no hesitations about the lake. He even completed his first "Mile Swim" yesterday. Attawaytogo, K!

Swimming Lessons

J and Mighty both had swimming lessons this spring. Both boys advanced by leaps and bounds. J has been kind of stalled out, for lack of a better term, for about 2 years now. He completed Nitro 1 and has now begun Nitro 2. Woo hoo! Mighty had good, bad, and embarrassing days. In the end, he loves going under the water and will actually "swim" from one parent to the other underwater.

All in all, we had a great experience with swimming lessons this year!

Pool Time

Now that school has begun and fall has arrived, we are missing these fun summer days with cousins!

Mommy Love

As a mother of 3 boys, the open signs of appreciation do not come around every day. These are just some of the mementos from the last year that touched my heart in a special way. In our house we call this "mommy love."



K made this for me in the spring. I was not feeling well. I came home from work and excused myself from all motherly duties and went to bed (this NEVER happens, so I think he was a little worried). He came in with the word love spelled out with wiki sticks.




For Christmas this year, J made this for me. It is a dinosaur TV. Don't be mistaken if you receive a gift like this...it is not really for you. I got to borrow it for a short while before he reclaimed it for a new project.

This one is a rock that J made for both mom and dad. He drew a J, B, and D to symbolize all of our initials and added a heart. We were told that we need to take turns letting the rock live on our bedside tables. So far we get to keep this one!

What's your favorite place to read?

Someone in the Wilhelmi household chooses Dr. Seuss, in the bathtub, with an iPhone.

Mighty Fine

We always love spending a little time a Mighty Fine. Mighty loves that his name is in the name of the restaurant and it certainly doesn't hurt that they have a "magic" window in the boys bathroom, a "robot" to wash your hands, and a pretty awesome playscape.

First Visit to CLH for 2010

We were excited to make our first visit to CLH for the summer! We even got to bring a friend along. I think the pictures tell it all. We had an absolutely wonderful time.

Mer and Mighty in the Lazy River

Like Pop, like grandson

The Boys

Kindergarten Graduation

Memories of J's Graduation...

Lego Fun

The boys got creative with their Lego's. They spelled out the word "Longhorn" for UT and built a tower like the one on campus. Then they made "LSU" and built a tower like the one on our campus...sort of. We definitely needed J and K's interpretation to make sense of it all.

The UT tower is tall but no one can go inside it. The LSU tower is short and wide, but it is cool because you can go inside. Hmmm.

J attempting an LSU hand signal.

K with his hand signal for UT.

Mighty's Soccer Debut

My good friend, Emily, invited us to indoor soccer. Her daughter was able to bring a friend to one of the sessions. We thought it would be great for Mighty to get a little socialization.

Needless to say, it was an adventure. He was super excited about getting to wear J's old uniform and was decent at dribbling, but he didn't have a clue about how to wait for his turn or stand in a line. Yikes! School is going to be interesting...

BPE Art Show

We were thrilled that the school art show was the same night as the Kindergarten Musical this year. We were able to knock them both out in one visit.



K's Masterpiece


J's Masterpiece