Every "Tail" Has a Beginning

It's pretty hot in Atlanta in the afternoons already this summer. One afternoon, after walking home from the park dragging a panting dog and pushing a sweaty little girl in a stroller we came inside to enjoy the air conditioning...  but sometimes it helps to get your hair off your neck. Thus, Samantha's first pony tail!

Poor Duncan could have used about 50 little pony tails...

Being Brief

 Much has happened since I posted about my Mom going swimming...

The BRIEF summary, Maria had a baby and so did I.

Samantha Jane Swafford is now 14 months old and quite the character.

Her cousin Lydia Dunlap is 19 months old, and very much a character as well.

David continues to work on his PhD with the finish date of DECEMBER 2013, and for the summer we are living in Rocky and Maria's house in Atlanta while they live in Metz, France.

Hopefully I will post a little this summer about things we do!