Ode to Summer

Summer...my favorite time of year...and it's slipping away fast, too fast. Summer has always been my favorite time of the year because it has barbeques, lemonade, my birthday, popsicles, squirt guns, beaches, and the fourth of July. But most of all I love summer because of swimming! When I was younger growing up in Phoenix I pretty much spent every summer in the water. (Ask my parents if you dont believe me.) In fact to this day, Taylor says that I remind of him that big fat kid who when you were little tried to do everything to get invited over to your house to swim. (I just hope its not because he thinks I am fat but because I always want to go to the pool.)

Well... that is where the kids and I spent most of our time this summer, at the pool. Abby began the summer barely being able to swim 6 feet and finished being able to go wherever she wants including diving off the diving board. In May, Parker wouldn't leave the steps but now he wont stay on them. He is pretty much swimming on his own (well about 10 feet or so including breaths), and it is a big relief not to have to be so worried about him all the time. (Dont worry grandma, I still watch him!) Taylor, who was a pool-boy when I met him, will rarely get in, but when he does we all have a ball. Here are some photos of him playing with my baby barracuda, whom I affectionately call Parky.

The fish.

Up....

Up...

And Away....