noteworthy milestones

Bennett is asking that I document the fact that he went down the red waterslide with his cousin, Cole, last week at her pool. This was, in fact, an amazing feat considering that last year, Bennett would not get near the slides at the pool. But, he and Cole have been taking swimming lessons at our pool for the past two weeks, so he has found the courage to put his head under the water and to go down the kiddie slides at the pool. In fact, he even went down one of the slides on the cruise ship, just barely making the height requirement to do so.

Here's proof:

This is Bennett racing his dad down the slides on the cruise ship.

And this is Bennett going down the slide at Cole's pool:

He is quite proud of his accomplishments.

And speaking of accomplishments, Anderson shot a 40 on 9 holes this week at the golf course. That means he could legitimately shoot an 80 on a par 72 course. Not bad for a 12 year old who, frankly, doesn't play as often as he could. He just has a God-given ability like his daddy. Paul noted after the round that if he had not been playing carefully, Anderson could have beaten him that day. I am looking forward to watching Anderson's game progress over the next few years. I believe by high school he will regularly be shooting par.