The week of swimming

So. I'm not a big swimmer. I loved it as a kid, aside from the sunburn I almost always got but as an adult, I'm just not super into it. It honestly stresses me out because I have to stay with Maggie and I can't just leave Jake & Allie. If something happened, I just don't have enough hands. But if I Loved swimming, this probably wouldn't stop me. Anyway, much to the dismay of my two older children, we don't do a ton of summer swimming. Allie actually started enjoying it this summer but Jake is still pretty scared. This week we went swimming nearly everyday and they loved it.

On Monday (Jul 16), we swam with friends at their neighborhood pool who are getting ready to move out of state and had a great time. I'm much more comfortable with other adults around. Will really gets along with their oldest, Austin, but Jake and Asa are super good buds. 

Then they begged me to go to Grandma & Paga's pool on Tuesday (Jul 17) so we did. Nothing better than ice cream after swimming.

Wednesday (Jul 18), my sister and kids came over and swam in our neighborhood pool, which we rarely use for above mentioned reasons, so it was nice to get use out of it. This was nice because not only was my sister there to help me keep an eye, but her big kids were in with my kids, keeping everyone double safe. 

Then today, Jake had an end of year swim party with his class at church. I tried, but he mostly just stayed on the stairs and did very little actual swimming. 

Labor Day Weekend

The kids and I, along with my parents headed up to St. Louis for my Aunt Cheri's Labor Day weekend pool party. The kids had a blast! I was busy with them but in the evenings got to chat and even got in the hot tub on our last night. We had a nice little getaway.

 This will be my Halloween photo from here on out. Hilarious

Sad to head home, but had a very fun weekend!

Our Summer

Boy, it's been a long time since I've posted anything! We have been bu-say. We've had friends over, went to friends houses, visited St. Louis, had my cousin, Rachel, and family visit us for a week- well, they stayed at our house a few days and my parents' house a few days, went to the Science Center, celebrated Independence Day, went to a family reunion, had family over to swim, went to the zoo and have just had lots of fun. All this in between the typical and trying to get some projects done. Needless to say, there has been much time to blog. In all the busyness, I didn't take many pictures, but here's a few:

driving to St. Louis...first time with the headphones on

Daniel sometimes calls this little one DJ Jake so Will put on this slap
bracelet as 'headphones'

Will and baby Abigail

Will has started swimming on his own now and is super proud of himself. He's learned the doggy paddle and is in full on fish mode...I think the child could swim all day. And he got his first sunburn, which made me feel horrible, but he made it out alive. Here he is going back and forth from me to the ladder...under and on top of the water.

I'm so proud of my little man! And he was super excited to show off his new skill. Love you Will Will!