Summer Swimming

Our summer has been full of swimming fun....mostly because we have so many swimming options available to us with little or no cost. Swimming is easy entertainment, gets out plenty of energy, and the kids love it!!

Swimming Lessons:

We started off the summer with swimming lessons for 4 weeks in June and the kids learned a lot. Mikayla was in the Starfish class and worked on jumping in the pool, front and back floats, and kicking with her face in the water. She enjoyed having a friend from church in her class which made it more fun.

Austin was in the Dolphin class and worked on freestyle, backstroke, elementary backstroke, kneel dive, stride dive, and treading water for 1 minute. He said that treading water was the hardest but was proud that he could do it. He also enjoyed having a friend from church in his class as well.

Grandma and Grandpa Reid's pool:

 The kids also got to enjoy swimming every Wednesday at my parents pool. The first week of summer they only filled the pool up part way so even Mikayla could touch the bottom.

Dave and Debbie's pool:



We also enjoyed getting together with family and hanging out at this pool.

Our Neighborhood pool:

We loved having a pool just right down the street from our house. We would enjoy running into friends from the neighborhood at the pool and occasionally we would bring some friends of our own to join us there.

Frontier Pool:

 

 On most Thursdays on the summer we would meet up with cousins at Frontier pool to swim. Kayla and Kambria enjoyed playing together in the kiddie area.

Even though Austin and Klayton are excellent swimmers there is a height restriction to these slides. At the beginning of the summer they weren't tall enough. At the end of the summer they wanted to go and get measured again and were surprised and thrilled when the lifeguard said they were tall enough to go down. So that is what they did over and over and over. They were loving it until unfortunately the head lifeguard measured them and said they were just a tad too short still. They were pretty disappointed at first but still enjoyed the rest of the pool.

Phillips 66 Pool:

 

 We also enjoyed going to the pool here which was indoor and a nice break from the sun. The boys discovered the power and fun of the flippers. Austin loved how fast he could swim while using them.

 They also enjoyed using some of the swim toys that were available.

 Kayla practicing her back float

 The boys had fun doing different jumps off the diving board.

 Connor doing a cannonball

 Austin doing a "pencil" jump as they call it

 The girls also learned they could jump of the diving board with life-jackets and although they were nervous about it at first they loved being able to be like the "big kids".

 

So much fun!!

Independence pool:

To celebrate our 100 days of scripture reading, we join up with Jeff & Andrea and kids and went to the Independence water park. Unfortunately, Craig became sick the day before so wasn't able to join us.

 Austin and Klayton were so excited to find out that they were tall enough to ride the slides here and so that is what they spent most of their time doing.

The even got brave enough to ride the toilet bowl slide.

 While the boys were off having their fun, Me and Andrea stayed in the Kiddie section with Kayla and Kambria and enjoyed watching them have a fun time.

 There was also a high-diving board which the boys loved also. I was surprised when I watched Austin get up there for the first time and jump off without even hesitating. He loved it!

 Klayton and Austin in the lazy river

 Austin making his way across the lily pads

Kayla and Kambria enjoying the slides

 

We had a fantastic time swimming this summer and the kids are little fish because of it!!