Tubing It

The boys decided they needed to cool off one afternoon after getting all hot and sweaty on the trampoline.  Clothes and all!  They had so much fun in the kiddie pool with our tubes from Slide the City.

 This happened more than once...must be a kid thing!

An Evening Swim

Our sweet friends, the Olsons, once again opened up their family's pool to us one hot evening.  It was just perfect!  The kids all got to swim with friends and the water felt good to all!

 Britta just loves the water!

Our friends, Andrea and Isaiah and their youngest child, Conway

 The slide is a big hit and Juliana was brave and went down!

 Kari is our resident fish and now, high flyer!

 Under Grandpa's watchful eyes, Juliana ventured into the water sans life vest.  

She's the more timid of the children when it comes to swimming so this was big for her!

Romy and Emily

Christian and his friends, Sullivan and Brett

Romy, Kari, and Emily

 Bathing beauty Britta!

Bathing Beauties

We LOVE the pool!

Pool Opens!

Huzzah!  It's always a party when the pool opens!  It was Britta's first experience in the big water.  At first, she was not a big fan of the cold water.  But, just a couple of weeks into summer and she was blowing bubbles and splashing with everyone else!

 Juliana wasted no time at all getting her splash on.  (The big kids were already off and swimming in the big pool and could not be reached for comment.)

A Freezing Fun Day

 One would think that the temperatures on July 1st in Nebraska would be awful and more awful (aka hot and humid).  However, this year proved me wrong!  Now, being 32 weeks pregnant, I'm not complaining.  But, it wasn't exactly ideal for a warm "fun day" to finish up our swim lessons this year.  I mean, we're talking 70 degrees!  I was happy to stay out of the water and take pictures.  And, after Juliana got to jump off of the diving board, she was happy to get out of her cold, wet swimsuit and join me on the sidelines!

 Kari and Juliana were both excited to jump off of the diving board to "Miss Emily" (Juliana's teacher and our friend).

Christian caught some air on his jump!

Kari, impervious to cold, got to swim with Daddy once Ju-Ju got out.

Emily loved spending her Fun Day with Brianne, her favorite instructor.

Christian and Emily :-).

It was a chilly wrap-up to the year's lessons, but, the kids had fun!

Swim Lessons

 We did swim lessons a little bit differently this year.  Instead of morning lessons, we signed up for the evening so that Cubby would be able to get in on the fun!

Nebraska in June sometimes has unpredictable weather--our first scheduled swim lesson got cancelled due to storms and the second one almost did!  (The first photo is the view of the big pool...and, you turn around and the second picture are the clouds coming in over the kiddie area.)  Thankfully, the storms stayed away and the kids were able to jump right in!

Emily began Level 4

Level 3 puts Christian in the deep end--gulp!

Kari is a "Guppy" and lives up to the title--the girl is a total fish in the water!

Juliana and Daddy

Juliana LOVES swim lessons--she and Daddy have had a lot of fun together!

Swim lessons will be wrapping up this week with "Fun Day"--always a favorite with the kids.  What would summer be without our swim lessons?!

Swim Lessons, Part II

Yikes.  I'm soooo behind on my posts.  Well, I guess that's what happens in the summer!  But, I'm going to try and catch up before school starts again next week--whaa???  Summer's already over??!  Ok, well, here goes a bit of catch up...

Oh, how we love our swimming lessons at Papio Bay!  Our second session of lessons brought some warm weather with it and so swimming was wonderful!  (And I had a Mommy-and-me class with Juliana so I was, for once, grateful for the heat!)  Christian passed on to Level 3, Kari will move on to the 4 yr old class (guppys??) next summer, and Emily will work on her endurance in Level 4 again.

The kids really love their instructors so we brought everyone dum-dum lollipops as a "thank you."  Christian and Kari had fun handing them out (with Miss Emily helping them along.)

Grandma Karen came with us for Fun Day and Juliana was stuck like glue to her!

Here's Emily and Miss Caitlin, our favorite guard/manager!  She and her sister, Emily, have taken the kids out almost every Friday afternoon this summer and they have loved every.single.minute!!!

Juliana has no fear when it comes to the water and she LOVED the slides and going off of the diving board!  Her teacher, Marissa, was so happy to have the "littlest Lindseth" in her class and was thrilled when Juliana warmed up to her enough to jump to her a couple of times!

Here she goes again!

Can you say "lifeguard in training??"  Here's Emily with Bree, one of her former instructors.

Cute Kari, who ended up having to go to the bathroom right after I took this picture.  Can you tell??

 Here's Christian, happy as can be and turning into such a great swimmer!

Gma and Juliana, keeping it cool

Kari and her teacher, Mia

Emily and Ella, best friends and swim buddies!

Campbell and Kari, ready for the diving board!

Kari, Miss Emily (Caitlin's sister), and Campbell!

Christian, got up his nerve and attempted the high dive!

He jumped!  (And did a 180 and belly-flopped it looking for the ladder.)  He said he'll wait until next year to do the high dive again.

And, here's Emily going off of the high dive.  She figured out that if she crosses her legs and points her toes, it doesn't hurt when she hits the water.

I'm so grateful my kids love going to swim lessons so much!  Great instructors who really enjoy teaching makes such a difference and we can't wait until next summer!