4th of July Weekend

This last weekend we got to go swim at Grandpa and Grandma Shirley's house. Peter's brother, Kevin, and his family came down from St. George for the weekend, so we got to see them as well. The kids had a great time swimming; the pool was just the right temperature and it was nice to be able to get out of the heat!

I was interested to see how comfortable the kids would be swimming after having been through a session of swim lessons. I bought the kids some floaties, which helped a lot. Jonah LOVED swimming. He just kicked around the whole pool and was having so much fun. Eden did well too, but wanted a buddie to swim with. She swam with Grandma for a while. Levi liked the water too, and hung out in the intertube.
Later on, Jonah wanted to take his floaties off and I told him he can't swim without them, but he get in the shallow end and played around. Then I guess he decided he could swim well enough and took a step off the shallow end and he sunk to the bottom of the pool like a rock! I had to hurry and get him up, and it didn't even seem to phase him, which is weird, because he's always been the kid who didn't like water in his face or was a little scared of swimming. Well, he's over that! He tried to swim by himself twice before I forced him to put his floaties back on. I never thought that Jonah would be the kid I'd have to watch super carefully around water!

Jonah making the rounds...

Well, anyway, we had a fun time and it was nice to be able to get in the pool. Our little toddler pool in the backyard just doesn't cut it for me. I wouldn't even be able to get my whole self in.

We hope you all had a great 4th of July. God Bless the USA!

I guess I should also mention that we saw Wicked on Friday night, here in Tempe. It was my first Broadway show (even though it was traveling) and I was so excited to see it. I have been addicted to the Wicked soundtrack for quite a while now, and I think it just might be my favorite Broadway musical right now. I really loved it, but I don't want to ruin it for anyone, so I'll just say that I loved the opening sequence, Dancing Through Life was pretty cool, and of course, Defying Gravity was awesome. I was surprised how much I liked Popular; I think it was because of Galinda. She was so funny throughout the whole play and kind of stole the show for me, even though Elphaba was great too. And I also loved No Good Deed.