Swimming

Our niece invited us to come swimming with her and her daughter at their community pool, so we of course said yes. As usual, we had the pool to ourselves. Tom and I got there first with our kids. They love swimming and were so excited to hop in.



I love Taylor's goggles. It's rare that they don't have water in them or aren't foggy, yet she insists on wearing them.


Once the big kids came, Tom hopped in and started flipping them in the air. Here's Ryan:


Ally:


Max:


Declan LOVES balls and spent most of the time playing with the beach ball.


Payden tends to venture in the water a bit, but generally enjoys playing on the steps. At one point she decided she didn't want any floaty device on. I tried to convince her that she'd drown, but she wouldn't listen, so I waited patiently nearby and in less than a minute she walked down the steps into water over her head. I grabbed her pretty quickly, but it scared her. She was extremely upset, but did finally decide to listen to Mom and put on her floaties. Hopefully one of these days she'll learn it's easier to listen to Mom then figure out everything on your own.





When not using her floaties, Payden really loved having Madison haul her around the pool. Fortunately Madison was happy to oblige.


Miss Shelby LOVES holding on to Mom and Dad and latched on to Tom for awhile.


Tom couldn't resist showing off his guns.


Unfortunately, we had to go home way before the kids were ready to get out, but it was fun, and you can't beat swimming on a nice hot summer day.