Dad and Ryan at the Pool

Ryan loves to have his dad help him do flips in the pool.

Marc couldn't see some of them because he throws Ryan over his head....so he wanted me to take a video of them. :)

Ryan at Jiu Jitsu

Ryan started taking Jiu Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts last fall at Creighton Mixed Martial Arts. 

 Renzo Gracie Jiu Jitsu teaches that a smaller, weaker person can successfully defend against a bigger, stronger assailant by using leverage and proper technique—most notably by applying joint-locks and chokeholds to defeat the other person.

He's been having fun and doing well.  Ryan is the blond, yellow belt in front doing the rolls.

Ryan gets lots of actual hands-on experience sparring with classmates.

June Flowers

I took some photos of flowers in our yard the other day.  I just love the hydrangeas.  

In the south the pH of the soil  determines how blue or pink they are.

These are my neighbor's hydrangeas. You can see they are a lighter blue than the ones I have.

Two years ago for my birthday my friend Sarah gave me this Bee Balm .

A tea rose my husband gave me last year for Mother's Day.

Just a note:  The clay soil here in Georgia is just like what you'd find if you went to a pottery class.