Cousin Swim Day

With school starting in two weeks we were excited to have Ice Cream, Candy and Milk Duds' cousins for the afternoon. We were lucky enough to have a picnic at a park and then headed to the pool. We spent two hours swimming followed by some DQ treats and playing back at our house. We really enjoyed having the girls with us and look forward to seeing them again.

Splash Pad

Fun HOT day in the sun. We were invited to another fun water day. This park is wonderful.

It was fun having a group of friends together.

We even got our nephew there to enjoy.

Cabin Fun - Triathlon Weekend

For those that did not know, Doughnut and Nectarine did a triathlon this weekend. More at the bottom. We made a weekend of it. Another family that participated in the race joined us at the cabin. We had Saturday to stay out of the sun, get rest, and prepare. No one said that would be easy with 5 kids but we did our best and this is how our no sun day went!!

Jet Sking - jumping off the trampoline

Water Skiing - kids went a few times. We just watched them from the jet ski or shore. Not one of us wanted to tire our arms for the big swim!!

Ice Cream tried knee boarding again. We tried it last year and it did not go well. This year he had a great time and he even showed off by using only one hand to hold.

Friends across the lake came with their boat and took us tubing. What fun to see them and know they are on the same lake.

Kids spent hours looking for frogs, making the sand box into a frog swamp and holding them.

Ended the night before the race with a fire, light-up bracelets and early bed times.

Milk Dud had a great day and was one of the only ones that stayed out of the sun!

Race was early. So we do not have many pictures as Uncle Pizza got their late. (Trying to get 5 kids ready in the morning is harder than it looks. Thanks to Pizza, Papa and Nana for watching all the kids.) We left around 6:40 am and headed 5 miles into town. It was a cool morning and nerves were tight. Not sure how much sleep we each got.

Got our equipment set up and headed to the beach to hear instructions. There were 5 total from our neighborhood that decided to join. It was a first for all of us. I, Nectarine decided to do this and others joined in on the fun. It was a great training and talking about what we would do or not do. We each decided our mountain bikes were ok but seeing all the faster bikes I think a few of us had bike envy.

We started with a quick 1/4 mile swim in a cold fresh water lake. I think once we started no one thought about the cold at all. Then we biked around that lake for 12 miles and closed the race with a 5K (just over 3 mile) run.

All in all, we all did GREAT!! We did far better then we expected and felt good that afternoon and the next week. We are glad the first one is over and I know a few of us will be back for more next year. I am sure you want to know so, Nectarine beat Doughnut by under a minute. If anyone wants to join us next year we would love to have you.

Club Day

Another new activity for the summer. With only a few weeks to go we found out that Ice Cream can climb a wall!! We had a fun day with friends at the climbing wall. He had difficulty at first but then quickly figured out what to do and made it all the way to the top to rang the bell. He was frustrated that he could not do every wall. I had to explain that this was not just for kids it was for people with long legs. Ice Cream said, "I have long legs." I said, "Yes, but Dad's legs are longer so he has to have a tougher one to do."

Candy, fresh off the weekend at the small slide at the hotel, wanted to try the large slide at the club. We have been there many days and she had never asked. Well, today we found out she is tall enough and can do it all by herself. We stayed by the slide for along time and will be going back soon.

It is always more fun with friends at the pool.

Pool Time on Vacation

After a 5 plus hour car ride we were all ready to head to the pool. Wow - it was fun!!

Here are a few of the highlights from the pool

Ice Cream found out that he is good at doing somersaults.

He can do 4 in a row without taking a breath. The next time we

were at the pool, he did 5 with one breath.

Candy loved that she could go down the slide by herself and swim to the edge.

She also really worked on her pulling and kicking under the water.

We have some swimmers here.

Milk Dud thought the water was a little cold and would

rather be in the hot tub.

We did take him down the water slide on our laps a few times ,but

he did not seem to like it or not like it.

The water slide was really fun for all!

Ice Cream felt great slam dunking the ball.