Summer seemed so short this year, but it was nice and mild. One of the biggest accomplishments was helping our kids overcome their fear of the water this summer. A few years ago, the float tube they were on behind the boat at our family reunion overturned, and they have all been pretty scared of learning to swim since then. I did a session of swim lessons and they all begged for me to never sign them up again. So after watching a few you tube videos, Jared took them to the rec center a few times and they learned so much more than they ever learned at expensive swimming lessons.............and it was free! We had a great time at the Lava Hot Springs pool. Besides the excitement of going down the super steep slides, there was an incident where a man who obviously had too much to drink, jumped off the Olympic high dive, face planted into the water, got a concussion and had to be taken out of the water by the lifeguards on a stretcher. So they also witnessed firsthand that drinking alcohol is not the smartest thing to do.
Alyssa can't stand having water sprinkled anywhere near her, so while the kids enjoyed the slip-n-slide she just had fun in the tub instead.
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