The last 2 weeks have been filled with trips to Bloomfield and participating in swimming lessons. Joey did really well for his age. I am so proud of him. He should of been in "mom and tot" swimming lessons, but I really though he would be bored out of his mind. He is so accustomed to the water at his age, the basics of blowing bubbles and splashing would of been beneath him. I talked to a lady I know from church that teaches swimming lessons at her home. She usually doesn't take kids until they are 4 but Joey is very advanced for his age thanks to our hot tub. He did great, that kid is a natural swimmer. By the end of the 2 weeks he was swimming underwater, practicing his "swimming arms," kicking accross the width of the pool with a kick board and swimming with a noodle. I am so proud of him!
First of all I want to apologize that I am posting this 3 weeks or so after the fact but I guess better late than never.
Our 4th of July weekend started on Wednesday the 2nd. The very first thing that we did as a family is buy some sparklers and pops for Joey. He had a lot of fun throwing the pops down and stepping on them. He couldn't quite throw them hard enough to make them pop so he ended up just stepping on them. That evening we had a few friends over and had a campfire in the backyard. We roasted marshmallow and let Joey use his sparklers.
Joey and his pops
Sparklers!!
Farmington does its annual fireworks show on the 3rd. We watched them at the church on College Blvd. We had a wonderful view of the fireworks from here. Joey had a lot of fun before and during the fireworks. We got there early so that we could get a good seat. While we were waiting, he played soccer with his dad and some other friends that were waiting as well. Aaron Rich's younger brother was there and he played with Joey and helped me a lot by puching Lillie around in the stroller when I needed a break. Lillie can't just sit still, come on that would be way too boring, she has to be kept entertained!
Lillie and Daddy
This picure is funny, looks like she's thinking "what the heck!!!"
She is such a happy baby girl
Joey and his Uncle Aaron
Joey is such a flirt, he decided he would not get off her lap. He started winking at her by the end of the night.
The next day we got up and headed to Durango. We had lunch with my parents, grandma and with my Aunt Lori and Uncle Rory and their kids. We then headed up to Cascade Village, where my parents rented out a townhouse for the evening for all of us to stay. It was really nice getting away with the family. It was kinda crazy and loud at time, 5 kids and 7 adults, but it was great being with family. That evening we went to Silverton Colorado where we got to watch fireworks again. Let me tell you, their firework show puts all other shows to shame. We seriously set directly underneath the fireworks and we had soot and ashes falling on us. About 20 feet away at one point we had a hot coal land. Silverton is in a valley formed by HUGE mountains and the echo from the fireworks was so loud and it just went on and on for minutes after a firework was shot off. At times, the people shooting them off would stop and the echo would continue. The amazing thing about this was that Lillie slept through the entire show! I have no clue how she did it but it was nice so we could just sit and watch. I had to find pictures off the internet of the fireworks because I was to occupied watching them to take the time and snap pictures of my own. The only downfall of watching these fireworks was that Silverton has one road leading in and 1 road leading out. There is 1 paved street in the whole town, and the school house holds k-8. There isn't even a high school, so as you can, tell Silverton is small. There were an estimated 15,000 people there. It took like what seemed forever to get out of there. The fireworkds were over at 10 PM and we jumped right into our car but we didn't get out of town until 11:15 and didn't make it back to Cascade until 12. CRAZY!!! We definatly wan't to go back and do it again next year. The drive (well actually we sat in a line of cars the majority of the time) stunk but it was way worth it because the fireworks are amazing.
This is the townhouses where we stayed
The view from our front door
Joey at the pool
Cali at the pool
What a handsome boy!
Sorry I had to post this, Jaci's diaper was so swollen because they forgot to bring her swimming diapers. FUNNY!
Joey is such a flirt, he decided he would not get off her lap. He started winking at her by the end of the night.
