Swimming Lessons

The girls took swimming lessons at the Nat for a few weeks in June. They both loved it! DD2 was just old enough for the first class so she mostly worked on floating and kicking. DD1 actually took 2 sessions of classes and is getting really good at swimming with her face in the water. She is now working on swimming with her head above water (doggie paddle). Both girls love the water and going swimming!

New Toy

For mother's/father's day we purchased a bike trailer. It has been so much fun! Both of the girls can fit in it and they love to go out. DD1 sometimes rides her bike for the shorter excursions. We have never been able to go on "family" bike rides so this is a new adventure for us. Daddy says that it is easy to pull and rides really smoothly. Hopefully we will get lots more use out of it this summer (before my center of balance gets too far off!)

Coming soon...

Coming in October to a household near you!

Spring Break 2010

For spring break this year we decided to take a little mini vacation to Salt Lake. Really the girls don't care where we go, as long as we sleep in a hotel with a pool! My parents and sister's family came too and it was lots of fun!
On Friday we went to a place called Boondocks. It is like an all-in-one fun center. The kids liked the play center and the "blaster boats" the best. I didn't love the boats because we got soaking wet! They also had a cute mini bowling area and arcade games. There was tons more to do there, but we didn't have time to do it all. We will have to go back sometime.
Then we headed to SLC, the girls wanted to swim right away but we went to dinner first. We went to a Japanese restaurant called the Samurai. It was one of those restaurants that prepares your food on a grill right at your table. The food was good and it was a fun new experience for the kids, although they didn't really like being that close to the fire. When we got back we swam for a couple of hours and then we were ready for bed!
On Saturday morning we went to the zoo. It wasn't too hot or too crowded so it was a good day to go. The baby elephant was our favorite. The girls both picked out stuffed elephants to bring home. I love our zoo because it only takes 3 hours or so to see everything and that is the perfect amount of time. Finally we headed home. It was a fun couple of days and a great getaway!