August 4, 2011

July: Costumes, Lots More Swimming, Cuteness and Red Butte

Andrew's favorite friend is our neighbor Daniel who is 4 years older than him. They play almost everyday. They were pretty excited to have matching Bumblebee Transformer costumes, and matching bikes from their little siblings. 
This day was Ninja Day, with sidekicks Spidergirl and DinosaurIt's all very intense
 More and more swim lessons. The kids did swim lessons for 7 of 8 weeks in June and July, between 3 different pools. One week the sessions overlapped and they had 2 lessons a day. It was fun, but a bit much. We're all done now. The kids loved it and did so well. (Except one session when Andrew had a strict teacher; so not his style)
 Ashley is fearless, as always, and would swim 4-5 feet to a favorite teacher. If she were bigger she could take off. 
Andrew loves to goof off during lessons, he dunks under water whenever he doesn't want to listen and swims off to do his own thing constantly. But, he is an excellent swimmer. Just yesterday we went swimming and he jumped off the diving board and swam the entire length (not width) of the pool to the far opposite wall with no help at all. It was amazing! 
 Cute Hailey entertained herself day after day on patio furniture
 My beautiful daughters after church
 
Red Butte Garden
  To the left is a big sign: 'Don't Climb on the Rocks' but, my kids think that's ridiculous. 

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