The Growing Gant Family...

 Mothers Day...A day that reminds me of just how thankful I am that God granted me the privilege of being a Mom.  And what a great Mother-in-Law he gave me!   Soaking up all the little crafts and notes I get from my boys.  I know they won't quite be the same as they get older and I cherish them.

 Since we moved to Sublimity in 2016, William has been on a mission to dig a hole to China...Well, maybe not to China, but he's made it clear that it's gonna be deep.  And this kid is digging it all by hand, one little scoop at a time.  Talk about persistence and resilience! It was finally warm enough that the boys decided they wanted to fill their hole with water and go for a swim.  They laid a tarp down in so that it would help fill faster and then it became a boy's haven.  These twofer having the time of their lives.  These are memories I want them to have forever. There were some videos of them dunking themselves in the murky water that for some reason wouldn't upload...gotta go to the external hard drive to check them out (o; Simply hilarious!  They both dunked their heads and swam under the mud, although the video of Calvin's hesitation made me laugh out loud.

Both boys passed the last level of swim lessons in February and were gifted a free month of swim team so we decided to try it.  Both Curtis an I had our doubts that Calvin had actually fulfilled all of the requirements for the team, but couldn't hurt to try. They both seemed eager as they put on their trunks and we headed out the door.  Once in the door, it was an entirely different story.  The instructor was going to have them get in the pool and perform different swimming techniques to see what they could do.  Calvin started to jump up and follow her until he caught eye of William's hesitancy.  He wasn't going to go without his brother, so he sat back down. There's a bond between these two that truly is something special.  Of course they fight occasionally like all brothers do, but they also gel together in a lot of areas.  Part of what makes parenting them a joy.  Unfortunately, they can also feed off of each other's weaknesses.  Calvin adores and looks up th