Close Call

On Tuesday last week we met Anna and her kids to go swimming at a private pool that Anna has access to. We were the only ones at the pool and the kids were having a great time. After awhile a neighbor who lives about 1/4 acre away came out and asked us if our kids could quiet down. She said they were quite loud. We couldn't believe it. It was 11:30 am and the kids were NOT being loud. I mean they were kids at a pool so there was the normal level of loud happening. That was so annoying to me. Go in the house and put in ear plugs lady! It's too bad she bought a house next to a pool. Oh well. That was kind of annoying.

Ryan is such a little fish with his floaties on and he just swims like crazy, but he was kind of tired and crabby and after about an hour he just wanted to sit on my lap. He sat on my lap forever and ate snacks and stayed right next to me and had his floaties off. I wasn't even thinking about it because he was right next to me. Another mom came with her kids and I was watching them come in when all of the sudden Anna said, "who's that in the pool." I looked and screamed "RYAN!" I ran over and snatched him out of the pool. That was probably the worst moment of my life. I think I will have that image of Ryan under the water in my head forever. I'm so glad Anna noticed when she did. I feel so guilty that I was so dumb to forget that he didn't have his floaties on and let him get away from my side. AHHH! Man crap like that happens in an instant and it's terrifying. We had a similar instance with my niece Greta in St. George. I am FIRED from pool duty. Swimming pools are scary and I obviously need to be more diligent.

On Friday night we went as a family to Roaring Springs. Corbin and Gabby had free roaring springs passes from reading at school and they were begging all summer to go. Even with the free passes it was cheaper to skip on the passes and go to the family slide night with a sprite can for the best deal. It was still expensive and Gabby, Piper, and Ryan had fun for about an hour and then they were over it! The slide night is from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. and it was a cloudy night and they were freezing. Scott ended up taking them home and Corbin and I stuck it out until 10:00. It was freezing! We did our best not to turn into Popsicle's and get our money's worth and go on as many rides as possible. Around 9:30 it was late and cold so the lines were zero. Corbin and I froze our buns and kept going strong until the park closed at 10:00. That was some fun bonding time between he and I.

I've been getting ready to take my kids camping for the Beal reunion starting tomorrow. I was planning on bailing out because camping is not my favorite (anymore) and tons of work but I decided I didn't want my kids to miss out so I'm sucking it up. My mom is helping me with the food which helps a TON since we don't have proper camping gear to cook with and it's less stress with planning so thanks mom! I have gathered half of my house in a pile in the garage for us to go in the morning. Wish us luck and hopefully no one will drown in the lake!