Summer Fun

We've had a fun week!  We went swimming at the pool with friends on Monday.  Tuesday morning was the last library program for the summer.  Emma got her face painted and Ben played with all the miniatures.  On Wednesday, we took Lennard to the airport in Lethbridge so that he could fly to Vancouver to be with his dad.  After we dropped him off, I stopped in to Value Village and managed to find 13 shirts and 4 pairs of pants for the kids - all at 40% off!  Gotta love sales!  Then, the kids and I went out to eat at Boston Pizza.  Thursday was my father-in-law's surgery and thankfully it went well.  I babysat Holly's kids for an hour after lunch while she was at the dentist, and then we loaded up and headed to the pool again!  We were there until it closed at 5:00!  We had so much fun.  Ben even went down the waterslides all by himself about 4-5 times!  Hooray for getting braver!  I love going to the swimming pool with friends.  It is so much more fun (especially when I get to visit while the kids play!)

To finish off the week, we headed out to Wally's Beach this morning!  We haven't been in a few years, so it was extra 'special'!  Shauna came out with five of her kids so our kids were thrilled to get to play with their cousins!  It was so nice having older kids around to watch Emma and Ben too!

Look how perfectly beautiful it was!

 Emma found a 'mud hole' that she played in off and on throughout the day.  She and Anna added more sand and water to it and had lots of fun getting 'stuck'!

 Emma loved every minute of digging in the sand and got pretty brave going out in the water too.  She even tried to swim in it... with her nose plugged.  lol

 Anna attempted to bury her in the sand to make her a mermaid.

 To say that she had sand everywhere would be an understatement!  I couldn't stand being that sandy, but she had a blast!

 Ben was busy building a 'dam'.  Grace helped him out shoring up the sides and pouring water in.

 He was pretty happy with his 'hot tub'!  His toes are so wrinkly from being in the water!

 I just can't get over what a perfect day it was.  Seriously - so, so nice!  The bugs weren't bad and there wasn't any wind!

 Anna and Emma had a lot of fun together.

 Ben found a shady spot and claimed the chips as his own.  I love his pose here.  Such a cute boy!

 Shauna and I had a great time getting to visit and wade in the water to cool down.  It got pretty hot in the afternoon and we pretty much had to run over the hot sand to get to the water!  We are definitely going to have to go again!

 This is the picture I sent Lennard... such a rough life, but someone has to live it!