Memorial weekend and backyard fun

After church, I took the kids to the store to pick out a pool for the backyard. They, of course, wanted the huge pool that cost over $200, but I talked them into a little $25 pool that was a little closer to the size that I was looking for. FYI- the Sunday of a very hot Memorial day weekend is not the time to go looking for a pool. Apparently many other people had the same idea of pool fun before me. They were very picked over. We decided on the one we got simply because there was really no other choice, but when you take your kids to the store promising them a pool.....you CAN NOT come home empty handed. Owen did not swim last summer because he was to little, so this would be Owen's fist back yard pool experience. And it was Grace and Ethan's first back yard swim this year. They were all just bubbling with excitement!




Owen is sporting Grace's goggles. He lost patience with us shortly after this picture. Can you tell from his expression that he is getting annoyed with us? He is just so darned cute!

Owen is discovering the sprinkler. He wasn't sure at first what he thought of that cold water, but very quickly....it became lots and lots of fun.

Ethan had tons of fun on the slip and slide. There was a little bit of a learning curve for him, but he soon had it down and could slide down the whole thing into the little pool of water at the end.
I love how his tongue is sticking out as he is concentrating on something.

Owen did not really play on the slip and slide in the conventional way. He loved splashing in the puddle of water at the end of it. It was just the right sized little puddle for our little man.

Grace is chillin in the pool. I just love this girl. Her freckles are so adorable (in my opinion.)

My boys in their matching dinosaur swim trunks. Yes, Ethan is holding a play gun. He spent some time in the tower of the swing set hunting deer, dinosaurs, dragons, bears, and much much more. He has such a great imagination. Owen was "digging" in the water with his pink shovel.

If it looks like she is about to say something....that's because she is. It is hard to get this girl to stop talking for any amount of time. Which strikes me as funny now because we were so worried with her hearing loss that she was quite slow to learn to talk. She certainly has made up for that!

Here's a picture of Ethan hunting from the swing set tower. According to him....it was a very successful hunt.

Grace loved the pool yesterday. As you can probably tell, because all my pictures of her from yesterday, she is in the pool.

We spent the entire afternoon in the backyard. We went through quite a bit of sunscreen. The kids had tons and tons of fun. We let them eat supper on the patio, and then we roasted some marshmallows. Aunt Lori even provided some sparklers for the older kids to enjoy. All in all, it was a great family day spent in the sunshine in the backyard!

Love,

Katie