Tuesday, January 4, 2011

School is Out!

I am pretty proud of myself getting one post done a day until I catch up (gotta love New Year's Resolutions:)! I may even have a habit formed by then to keep up! The end of the school year came and we said goodbye to Mrs. Friel. She was being re-assigned to another school for next year. We will miss her southern accent and energy!
Good-bye to the bus driver:). He probably couldn't wait until the last kid stepped of the bus to shut the door and yell my brother's famous line..."So long suckers!"
Oh how we will miss Mrs. McKell. She loved the boys and we loved her!
As soon as the bus pulled up, it was time for our neighborhood "Mom's against kids!"
We all brought the water balloons again and it is so fun!
Too bad some of them hurt when you get nailed by them!
The "party" is growing every year!
Fun times! We pick up all the balloon pieces off the lawn and head home to start summer break!
The "opening" of the backyard pool... We had been planning on taking a year to just kind of relax at home and not feel like we had to rush to 7-Peaks or other venues 24/7. It was so nice that the kids could play and I could still get things done around the house while keeping an eye on them. It was the best 100 bucks (or so:) we have ever spent! I think it was 3,000 gallons of pure heaven on hot days!
Cute!
The only problem was that is was a bit on "the cool side" to start with!
Christian claims he is "cold-blooded" and they got used to the temperature pretty quickly! We also got smart and purchased the solar blanket covering to heat it up when not in use. It worked and made it about 10 degrees warmer.
Modeling for us...
More posing for Mom!
Thank goodness we have our own pump man! He had the idea of using the salt water system for the "chlorination" process. I was so glad I didn't have to do the weekly chemical checks etc. I thought it would be all gross and salt-watery but it was great! The pump gave us a few "pump pressure" problems, but was otherwise wonderful!
Mr. Daredevil...
Hey girls!
They loved the goggles!
More pics...

Attempted drownings:)...
Kiss the girl...
Cam's favorite thing: R&R!
Reverse drowning attempts!
Now it is looking a little too posed...
Let the summer memories begin!

2 comments:

Lexie said...

That is s fun. All of the pics. are adorable! :)

Mikelle said...

haha. they are all so funny! (: "is this picture a little to posed?" haha. that was so fun!!