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Monday, July 23, 2012

One Thousand Gifts:: Take Thirty-Six

Oops... I have not posted a One Thousand Gifts list in a while! Here we go :)

1233-1271

1233. having probably the best summer in my 18 years of life :)
1234. the three best coworkers ever
1235. super fun kids
1236. our first winning/undefeated season in a very long time
1237. the joy and privilege of coaching 180 Gators!

1238. new friends
1239. closer relationships with old friends
1240. lots of fun and laughter
1241. hugs from my kids
1242. watching the kids "get" something after lots of hard work

1243. going to church, hearing God's Word preached, and fellowshipping with my dear church family
1244. my church family
1245. chats over lunch
1246. playing in the "worship band" :)
1247. that God is enough

1248. that God is sovereign over all, even the horrific shooting in CO

1249. seeing God specifically answer prayer
1250. verse of the day on my Bible app

1251. chats with Jenny- lots of laughter :)
1252. getting to see two of my coworkers whom I hadn't seen in a week
1253. cards and flowers from my Gators
1254. 18 years of life
1255. lots of love on my birthday

1256. babysitting super cute kids
1257. doing swim lessons with a very sweet family and seeing the kids improve

1258. a great recovery from having my wisdom teeth removed
1259. sweet friends coming to visit
1260. Julia making me potato cheese soup
1261. chickfila milkshakes

1262. discovering Freegal Music
1263. the library
1264. the nice people who work at the library
1265. Pandora
1266. Cherry Cokes from Jenny

1267. running into random, fun friends at various places and having lovely chats
1268. my dear family
1269. deep life chats with my "adopted" siblings :)
1270. hanging out at the pool with very fun people

1271. so many blessings from the King.

Love,

Lily

P.S. Here is a cute picture of me and my favorite coworkers :)

Friday, July 6, 2012

Life in Pictures

Hey friends!

Oops... I have not posted in a while! So thankful- city meet entries are DONE {for now :)} and IN! Very thankful for the super nice and patient people who helped get it done :) (you know who you are). I may or may not be slightly addicted to cherry coke zero and pandora now...

I hope everyone had a lovely 4th! Mine was spent at the pool, at a neighborhood picnic, meet entries, and Sweet Cece's. It was a great day!

Gator quote of the day... We have a 4 year old who once told one of our helpers that he had a magic password to make him swim. He told it to her, and she shared it with us. So, the other day when he wasn't swimming, I decided to try it out.

Me: "If I say your magic password, you need to swim."

4 year old: "Ok!"

Me: *pause to laugh first* "Dragon tales, dragon tales, dragon tales."

4 year old: "That's the wrong password."

Me: "What is the right one?"

4 year old: "Fire tales."

Me: "Ok. Fire tales, fire tales, fire tales. Now that I said it you have to swim!"

And what happened? He swam. Too funny! :)

Another Gator quote... Mom to 5 year old: "Ariel, Ursula is chasing you so you have to swim fast!"

This week we went to see Brave! It was weird. Not your typical Disney princess movie! There were several things that they forgot about I felt like... A tiara and a phrase. And the whole turning into bears thing? Very strange. I loved their accents though! And Merida's crazy hair!

So proud of my Gators- we are currently undefeated and first in our division by 161 points! Our most competitive meet is this Tuesday. Goooo Gators!!

One of the highlights of my week... Reliving my days of being a little kid and playing Capture the Flag and German Spotlight with some super fun kids! :) I was foolishly barefoot... When I cut my foot I was kind of in shock- I never get injured since I am so cautious! Oh well... :)

I love how God's Word is always applicable. And how the Lord uses specific verses to work through us. To be honest, this week has been kind of crazy and stressful. But today, I opened up my Bible app and what was the verse of the day?

2 Corinthians 12:9. "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me."

This was exactly what I needed to hear today. His grace is sufficient for me. His power is seen through my weakness.

Here are some recent pictures :)

Two of my favorite people!

Lunch with my favorite guy at my new fave restaurant- Tazikis!

Sooo good

Tshirt :)

Let's talk about how much I love Draw Something. Let me share some of my high quality drawings with you. Clearly I am artistically gifted... not ;)

No, it's not a robot...

Meet entries!

Fun facts on the back of a letter to the Fun Fact Queen! :)

Love them!! Blue team!

Sweet friends before SB left for CO! Love you girls!

Love you dear friend! Riley graduated!

Matching shoes! (I'm the green with pink toes :)

Riley and the Scott girls get crazy!

Thursday, June 21, 2012

#nogatorleftbehind

Let's talk about how much I love my job. It is amazing. I work with three super awesome people and our kids are so adorable.

Today my 6&unders did eight laps- the most they have done all season! Today was also the first day we have not had any tears! This past Tuesday we won our second meet- by 263 points! Last week we won by 290 points! Our kids had great swims, fabulous sportsmanship, and a super fun FLASH MOB!! (see last post for the link to the Interlude dance!) So proud of my Gators!!

Today my fabulous boss gave me the evening off! :) Mom and I went shopping- so much fun! I love you so much dear Mom! :)

It is so weird to not be at the pool... Whenever I am not I wonder, "What am I supposed to do with my life?!" So here I am- blogging a little update :)

Last week I met Sheryl Crow- so fun! I shook her hand :)

A little peek into life at the pool...

Things I say 500000 times a day! Our kids have these things drilled into them every day... Now I have them fill in the blanks or answer the question :)

- Q: How do we make ourselves float?

A: Heads back, bellies up!

- Q: How many hands do we touch with on breaststroke?

A: Two!

- Q: How many hands do we touch with on butterfly?

A: Two!

- Q: What do we NOT do on backstroke?

A: Roll onto our stomachs!

- Q: What do we do off the walls?

A: Streamline!

- Q: What are our feet doing when we are streamlining?

A: Kicking!

- Q: When do we take our last breath on freestyle and butterfly?

A: At the flags!

- Q: What's the order of the IM? (for 7&ups)

A: Butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle!

- Q: What's the order of the mini IM? (for 6&unders)

A: Backstroke then freestyle!

- Q: What do we do when we finish our race at a meet?

A: Stay in the water till everyone is done and then shake the hand of the person next to you! Or give them a high five!

- Q: We want to have good what?

A: Sportsmanship!

- Q: How often do we breathe on breaststroke?

A: Every stroke!

- Q: When do we take our first breath off the wall?

A: After two or three strokes!

- Q: What do we NOT do on breaststroke or butterfly?

A: Flutter kick!

Yes, our kids can answer those questions! :)

Me: "What do you do if you feel like you are sinking on backstroke?" 5 year old: "Poke that belly up!" This made me laugh because I say "poke that belly up" :)

Every day I wear my hair in a bun on top of my head and I wear sunglasses. The other day it wasn't super bright yet so I was wearing my normal glasses (so I could see haha). One of my kids: "What's up with the glasses?!" Me: "Well they are what I wear in real life" :)

7&8 year old: "I'm a sea orphan!" *goes underwater* I was really confused... then asked, "Do you mean sea urchin?" too funny!

You know you're a swim coach when... you see one of your 5 year olds in "real life" and they look at you and say, "What are YOU doing here?? Why aren't you wearing your swim suit?!" :)

If you would like to read more about coaching :) check out the following links on my Tumblr!

~it's great to be a gator!

~quotes of the day

~i love my job.

~what we do when it's 60 degrees outside

~happiness (part two of the wrench story)

~quotes.

~thankful. (part one of the wrench story)

Love,

Lily