Another Pool Day

Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom wound up being the only parks we ventured out to this year so that meant there was a lot of time for relaxing by the pool. At the beginning of the week, Katie was playing it safe, only staying on the steps and where she could touch the bottom of the pool. By Thursday, she had turned into a little fish and had no fear. She was all over the place!!!

Hey Jules, I think I'll just hang out by the steps! You go swim with Aunt Karen...

Maddie freaking out about a bug in the baby pool.

Underwater Fro

Going for a swim

Self Portrait

Rico Suave, lol

Swim Time

The girls patiently waiting for a trip to the pool...

Pretty girl

I have the remote and some fishies. I could just stay right here all day!

Can we go yet, Mom? Please!!!

Jen & Steve's Engagement Party

On Sunday, we went to Steve's grandmom's house for a party to celebrate Jen and Steve's engagement. The house was amazing, definitely set-up for great entertaining! Kudos to Steve's grandpop, who I heard did most of the building, etc. I told Joseph he would totally be jealous if he saw it! And Steve's mom and grandmom made a lot of delicious food and a beautiful cake. The weather was great too! All around a great party! :-)

The Happy Couple - Congrats Jen and Steve!

The Bridal Party
(minus the flower girl - Katie - because she was grumpy and wouldn't get in the picture!)

Katie wouldn't go in the real pool (because she said it was too deep, wuss! LOL)
so Steve's Aunt Barb (I think) gave Katie this 'pool' and she loved it!

This was after she went 'under'

Twirlin' with Aunt Karen

Nothing to say about this one... I just like it!

Beating the Heat!

We gave Poppy Katie's sprinkler so that Maddie and Katie could play in the water when we go there for dinner. Turned out the sprinkler didn't live up to its hype and the girls were bored quickly! So I decided to fill up a cooler for Katie to play in the water, like her on the outside, cups or something in the water. Instead, she hopped right in and even tried to do belly flops in there! LOL Then both of the girls were dunking their heads under and having a great time. Seriously, why do we spend so much money on toys when such simple things amuse them!

Welcome to the Redneck Swim Club!

Aaaaahhhhh, somebody help me!

Ah, much better!

Going in for a dip

Our "Swim Club"

Today Dave, Karen, Angie and Jared came over to visit since the kids weren't able to play when I stopped by their house on Wed night. Juli came over too to join in the swimming fun. The kids had a great time playing together!

Trying out their new "gobbles" as Juli says, :)

I don't remember what made them make this face but I had to post it because they both look so funny!

Katie loves her cousin!

Olivia thinking "Seriously now, what are those 2 weirdos doing???"

Enjoying the pool

Jared searching for his quarter

Choo-choo!

Time for a break

Karen forgot her bathing suit so this was her "dip"

Swim Time

Today it was ridiculously humid (it was NOT like that in Myrtle Beach!) so Joseph and I decided we wanted to buy Katie (ok, all of us) a pool for this year. We decided on a 10 ft, 30" pop-up pool - tall enough that Joseph and I can sit in it to cool off and shallow enough that Katie can play and stand in it without having to actually swim.

We picked Katie up from school early today and surprised her with the pool. She loved it!

Wondering what the 'surprise' would be

"It's my pool!"
She wanted to get in it right away and there wasn't even water in it yet, LOL

Joseph and Katie hopped in while it was filling up but it was so cold, I decided to stay out.Katie about to take a spill out of the float ring!
Katie finally convinced me to get in. I was only numb from the cold for a few minutes!

What do you mean swim time is over???

Katie stripped off her bathing suit and couldn't understand why I didn't want her running around the yard naked!

I guess the pool wore her out because this is what happened while watching Mary Poppins tonight.
Katie rarely falls asleep before she gets to her bed, so she must've been really tired!

Water Park

Ok, so really it's our front lawn but Katie had just as much fun as if it was a water park! She had a great time "swimming" in her mini-pool and squirting me and Joseph with the hose. I was about as wet as Katie is in these pictures. It was so hot though, I definitely didn't mind! Katie helped Daddy water the lawn and the tree, and then she carried her chair and a table out to the pool so she could relax poolside, lol.