Week in the Heat

Sean took the Varsity Scouts to Moab for the first week in June. It was a great trip of white water rafting, mountain biking, hiking, off roading, cliff jumping, swimming, volleyball with the Girls Camp (which was right next to their campsite), high ropes course, etc. While he was gone I decided to take the kids to Grandpa and Grandma Dicks house in Arizona. We squeezed into our little Honda (which saved us probably $150 in gas) - it really wasn't too crowded at all. Aunt Jenny and her kids were there too, so all the kids had a great time playing with cousins. We did a LOT of swimming (twice every single day we were there - probably at least 15 hours of swimming). I decided not to put the kids in swim lessons this year, so I was hoping our trip to Grandma's house would help them all get a little more comfortable in the water. Caelan and Ben are great little swimmers - all over the pool. Megan remembered how to swim under water and also learned how to tread water and doggy paddle. Nathan was pretty hesitant the whole time. He played on the step but would cling on to me for dear life anytime I took him off the step. Finally on the last afternoon we were there I grabbed him while he had his floaties on and took him out in the water. It only took him a minute to realize he could float on his own with the arm wings on. Then there was no stopping him - he was all over the pool and eventually started jumping off the edge and even went down the slide and LOVED it.




We also took a fun day trip to an indoor amusement park. It was great - small enough to be able to stand up and look around and be able to see all the kids, but big enough to have several different rides that were fun for the age of the kiddos.