Junior Skelton's get a taste of diving

After church today, we went on a little dive adventure. About 4 villages over, a dive shop in the area was hosting a session to give a

dive experience. A lady in the village hosted the event at the pool and her husband and three children participated. One of her children happened to be in Maggie's class at school. After a quick session on the side of the pool, everyone splashed and after some basic instructions, they were learning some of the basic mechanics. We must have talked about diving enough around the dinner table because MJ and Mags took right to it. We were quite happy that they both were very comfortable and were quickly going through the drills. Dad was deemed the photographer for the day and the dive shop wants the pictures to advertise for the next class. Dad also got to help the poor folks that were struggling with some aspects of diving. Like dumping air so you don't just bounce around on the top of the water. After a bit, the dive master realized that Dad really wanted to get wet so he gave me a tank and I got to jump right in with the crew. Now all they talk about is getting certified and going on a real dive trip to Egypt. We'll see how that goes.

The other news of the week is that John was named player of the week for his basketball league. He came home with a trophy and medal. He returns the trophy but gets to keep the medal. He was telling me about it on the phone and I asked him how many points he scored. The answer was none. I asked him if he tried real hard. He said he tried the hardest on the court. He said he kept trying to get the other kids to throw him the ball because he's the youngest out there. That is when I asked the question of the week, "did you touch the ball". The answer to that is no but since he was excited to play, that is what counts (I keep telling myself that is OK). It's all about having fun.