What we REALLY did all Summer. . .

We Hung Out With These Gals

Swimming All Summer Long!

This is the only picture all summer of my three kids together at the pool.

I couldn't get them to slow down for one minute to pose for a picture.

They wanted to SWIM!

I love this picture. It says SUMMER to me in a way I can't explain.

There was some down time just relaxing by the pool. . .

or using the heat from the cement warm them up a little. . .

or chatting with friends. . .

or building forts out of beach towels and pool chairs. . .

But usually they were in the pool.

Kristopher even took the "plunge" and learned to swim all by himself!

Our favorite thing was the diving board!

They got very creative with their dives. . .

And would jump off that diving board with any pool toy they could find!

And then they got really creative and would make the tallest tower they could build. . .

And then. . . .

Jump right on top of it!

Really could summer be more fun than this?

This girl didn't think so.

In fact half the time she didn't even wait to get a swimsuit on to get in the water.

But most of all she loved having little girls all around her!

So much she was even willing to share a popsicle (this would never happen with her brothers)!

We had so much fun swimming this summer.

Thank you to

Marissa, Kyla, Elise, and Olivia for hanging out with us this summer

and Thank you JOAN for letting us use your pool whenever we wanted and for keeping your freezer stocked with ice cream bars and popsicles!

Now as summer vacation has come to a close we are getting ready for our big summer trip to the BEACH HOUSE!

Need a reminder?

Here we are last year!

So this year's theme is SUPER HEROES!

We've been busy all year trying to figure out our costumes.

Here is Kristopher with one idea. . .

What? You can't tell he's Ice Man from Incredibles?

Come on!

Well, tune in next week when we get back to see just exactly what SUPER HERO ideas we came up with.

Goodbye Summer Vacation,

but

Hello BEACH HOUSE!