Summer by the Pool

It is HOT here right now. It's summer time and we love it but it's hard to even go on a walk when you wake up and it's already blazing hot outside. So how do we cope? We swim. Our Family Nights (Every monday we spend the night together as a family with an activity and usually a short gospel message.) usually consist of going to the swimming pool and almost every Thursday is spent at the pool.

I have always loved the water. When I was little I dreamed of having a pool because I was my momma's little fish. It looks like little Olivia takes after her momma  because she also LOVES the water.

It is so fun to watch my princess in the water. She smiles and giggles and splashes. She soaks up every minute of her time in the pool and then lets us know she is done when she is ready to get out. She is fascinated by everything about the pool. It is so fun to watch the world from the eyes of a child. We will continue to enjoy our summer by the pool. 

Pura Vida!

Are we all jealous that Steve went sport fishing in Costa Rica and Panama? Humid air, surrounded by incredibly deep blue water and perfectly luscious looking GREEEN mountains! Yes...jealous. However, I get sea sick really easily so being on a boat 24/7 does not make me jealous one bit.

He had a blast with his Pop and Dad, unfortunately the fish were not biting. Fishing is a tricky thing and there is no real way to make sure that the fish will be there. Schools of fish are there one day and gone the next. Tricky little fishies.

One of the 3 fish Steve caught. This is a Dorado. 

Bunch of Goofballs

They started out in Los Suenos, Costa Rica. Next onto Golfido, Costa Rica (Banana Bay). Then onto Panama where they fished at the famous Hannibal Banks...famous for all the great fish (once again....stupid fish). Then they made their way back to Costa Rica! PURA VIDA!

They were on a 54 foot yacht sport fisher Viking. Beautiful boat. The captain made their meals for them. Sounds like a rough life right?

When they were getting too hot they would sit on this nice couch and Air-conditioning would blow right on them! 

Obviously they had a great time and he can't wait to go back and do it again!

Nemo.

Since the weather is so nice here (although the wind has been a big pain in the butt!) we decided to take Olivia swimming. The first time we went the pool had just been serviced for the year and it wasn't quite warm enough. Steve took her in and it lasted about 30 seconds before she decided she was not having it...I really don't blame her. I didn't even get in the pool that time.

She appears happy doesn't she...it didn't last long.

The second time was on friday and she loved it. At first she wasn't quite sure what was going on but then the smiles began to surface. Shortly followed by very excited squeals. Oh how I love those squeals. The squeals are always accompanied by jerky body movements and lots of leg kicking. We had so much fun swimming with her. I think we may have swam for about 15 minutes too long however. It wasn't long after our fun adventure that a different baby surfaced and cries were heard. We hopped in the car, drove home (only a 3 minute drive or less) and she was out. The sun had exhausted her poor thing. I can't wait for all of the fun times ahead of us this summer!!

She is our little fish! Our own little Nemo.

We may just have to make this swimming thing a bi-weekly (or more) event.

Something about a baby in a swimsuit is just absolutely delicious.