A Really Great Weekend

With Scott's return from Alaska, I was really feeling the need for some fun family time...and we got it! We had a great weekend.

Friday was the last day of swimming lessons for the kids. (I realize that most of my pictures are of Aaron. He was the only one without goggles on--Scott thinks goggles make our kids look "special"--and the other three always had their heads under water swimming or diving.)














They all did so great again this summer. Savannah, Josh, and Sara all are very comfortable with swimming and diving. Aaron finally figured out how to put his whole face in the water and somewhat swim.





Sara's favorite thing to do is dive for things, and she's really quite good at it. She's really quite a little fish swimming to the bottom of the pool to retrieve things.



Josh and Savannah started working on actual diving from the side of the pool. This is how their dives went for both of them--get in position, aim their hands toward the pool, then dive....and somehow they each ended up in an upright position when they entered the water. Oh well, something to work on next year.





Nate was somewhat patient as he watched from the sidelines.





And since it was the last day of lessons, and since we were the last lesson of the day, Michael told us we could stay and swim as a family as long as we wanted. What a fun way to end swimming lessons! Scott took a couple of hours off work and we had a great time swimming as a family. The kids especially loved the chance to show off for their dad everything they had learned.

Friday night we had fire pit for dinner. After we ate our fill of hot dogs, we decided to load up in the suburban and go get snow cones for dessert.

On Saturday we drove to Meridian to try out a new business that was opening. It's called Bounce and is just a big old warehouse room filled with inflatable jumpers and slides and such. The kids loved it. I loved that it's in one big open room, so Scott and I were able to just sit back and watch. The kids had free reign and could go from one thing to the other without us having to be right there. Even Nate had a great time. Since it was their grand opening weekend, they had a really good deal on a year family pass. So we bought an annual pass so we can go back and play anytime we want. We spent several hours there and totally wore out the kids. We came home and put a Redbox movie on upstairs for the kids and one on downstairs for Scott and me. All the kids were ready to go to sleep that night--it was a busy day.

These next three weeks are going to be busy ones. My parents are coming for Josh's birthday this weekend, then Scott and I get to sneak away on a little trip (I'll tell more about that later), and then we have our family vacation to Yellowstone. Before I know it, this summer is going to be over and the kids will be heading back to school. I'm sure the end of summer is going to come a lot sooner than any of us will be ready for. So for now, we have to take every chance to soak up the sun, enjoy the lack of scheduling or routines, the ability to play with friends all day long, late night bedtimes, sleeping in, digging in the sandbox for hours at a time, running through the sprinklers, and all the other joys that come with summer and kids.