Fun at Aunt Cari's

As soon as the 4th of July was over, we hit Aunt Cari's and hit the pool. Steven, Cyndi and Tillman, and Cody and Emily came over for an evening swim so that Eric would have a chance to see some family before he left for Tucson. Cari had the camera and didn't get a picture of everyone, but here are a few.


The highlight of the night was the diving board competition between Garrett, Cari, Cody and I, and occasionally Steven when he decided it was challenging enough to be worth his effort! Thankfully we have no pictures of that, although I wouldn't mind seeing Cari's "Ladmo" over and over again. Eric was kind enough to skip out and spend some quality time with Carter in the little pool. He was heartbroken! :)

Garrett and Cody

Ashlyn didn't spend a lot of time in the water the first night, but she is slowly becoming more comfortable with it and doesn't protest quite as much when I drag her in.

Our diving board competition was pretty hot, but nothing quite compares to the kids' amazing jumps!

Nikki

Isaac LOVES the diving board and is quite the ham on it.

Kinnedy is the cutest little button and she is always willing to smile and pose for the camera.

Carter mostly hangs out in the little pool, but I think he's most comfortable as the pool man. I thought we had made some progress with swimming lessons, but not so much. He is an excellent bubble blower, though, and had me take several pictures of him putting his face in the water, but I decided not to post the back of his head.

After watching the other kids, we thought Carter was finally going to give it a try, with us in the water to catch him.

Yeah right. The ONLY way he would agree to it was with Aunt Cari holding him for the big jump, blow up ring and all, and ONLY if she promised to keep his head above water.

Hooray! It was a success!

The night before the reunion, Cari and I had to go to the grocery store to stock up on snacks, etc., so we left the kids with Uncle Garrett. I had laid Ashlyn down, but she got woken up right before we left. I told Garrett to let her cry, but his little heart just couldn't bear it, so he said "It's okay. Can't she just hang out with me for awhile?" This is how we found them when we got home.

Eating breakfast with the big girls and hanging out with cousins!

We're spending the week after the reunion with Cari and Garrett also, but swimming, swimming, playing with cousins, and swimming some more pretty much sums it up! Thanks for the great time!