Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Vivian Swinging


Vivian is a natural born athelete!  She is really a great swimmer and she has been in some gymnastics classes that we have been able to see when visiting her in California.  Today Amy took her to a school playground in Sea Cliff and she was really amazing, climbing up and down the equipment.  But when she started hanging from the rings, and then swinging from ring to ring I was blown away. Look at her natural grace in this photograph!  She is a natural.  So she said "Let me see you do this Boppa (my nickname.")


So here I am swinging from ring to ring as Vivian follows me along the line of rings.  Yeah, sure I am.  OK, truth here, I am hanging from the rings while standing on the ground!  I was shocked to realize that I was not capable of holding myself up with my arms for more than a few seconds!  How sad is that... But it was amazing to see how capable Vivian is as an athelete.

 

4 comments:

Joan Edwards said...

Love these photos! They made my morning. Vivian is getting so big and is doing a great job swinging on the rings. Ken, you ride your bicycle for miles and in great physical shape. I'll give you a pass on the rings. LOL

Ken Spencer said...

Thanks, Joan! The pressure is now off that I don't have to be both a cyclist and a gymnast! Whew!

Anonymous said...

I am so happy to see more photos of Vivian! I am impressed with her strength. I couldn’t do that when I was younger but I liked playing sports. Had to laugh at second photo because I could tell you were standing :-) Betsey

Anonymous said...

Great photos and the look of determination on Vivian's face is so cute! Trace