Summer swim lessons

We have done swim lessons for last past month and every Thursday Bryn has gotten to jump off the diving board. She loves the water and swimming on her own but always had to have her teacher hold her hand as she jumped. Well on our last day she did it all by herself. She was so proud of herself and I was too.

Autumn's class has been learning to dive. This is her first experience with the idea of diving and she thinks it is so cool, but it is hard and as you can see she still needs some work. She is an amazing swimmer and loves that she can out compete a lot of the older kids. She has really got it down and I am sure she can out perform me. Her class had to tread water for 2 minutes and she was right there the entire time. She amazes me, I love to see her so confident at something.

Aren't my little swimmers so cute.

Fourth of July!

We had a great Fourth of July weekend. We were able to spend it with Ian and Steph's family at their home. We did all the crazy Fourth of July traditions. Parades, food, crowds, and fireworks. Ian and Ben went mountain biking and Steph and I took the kids to a really fun park. There are no parks with ducks and lots of toys where we live so we really enjoyed the park. Steph and I staked out a plot for the parade. We were so shocked by the amount of chairs and blankets that were put out the afternoon before. It was kind of fun to join the crowds and pick a spot we thought would work. However, we didn't think about sprinkler systems and when we got to the parade all our blankets and chairs were literally dripping wet. We still enjoyed the parade, well should I say the kids enjoyed the parade (Does any adult enjoy the parade?) We skipped the city fireworks and enjoyed a show on Ian's driveway. Wahoo we had the kids in bed by 8:30. Much more my speed then staying out all night with too many little ones. Well, we had lots of fun and are just grateful they live close enough for us to visit and have someone to celebrate with.