Summer 2010: Swimming

We had lots of opportunities to swim this summer and tried to take advantage of them. My in-laws have an unheated pool, so that means in Oregon, we have to wait for the heat waves (which there weren't many of this year) and head over. The girls all made a lot of progress in their swimming skills this year, partly because Emily and Angela took 4 weeks of swim lessons. Ashley enjoyed the water too.

We had friends come with us a few times which made it so much more fun for everyone.

At the beginning of the summer, Angela would only jump off the diving board in her lifejacket, but she stopped using it shortly after.

The girls love it when Matthew is able to come to and play with them.

We also went to a swim party with my cousins and their kids at the pool where my Grandparents live.

My cousin Kim

One of the ladies I visit teach has a pool in her backyard and invited us to swim one day. Until then, Nicole wouldn't swim on her own, even with flotation, but she finally got comfortable swimming around on her own with a lifejacket and a noodle. Yay, now I could actually go to a public pool since I will only have 1 kid to hold.