Moses Lake

The week after school got out the kids were signed up for swimming lessons for two weeks. Unlike the last time, this was a little painful to sit through. I couldn't get all the lessons at the same time so we had to stay for two sessions and after the first 1/2 hour that place gets HOT and Lucy wasn't the little baby that just sat happily in her carseat. I spent the whole time holding her while she and I both sweated to death. The kids did great though and really improved there swimming skills (I wish I had a video of Julia and her dolphin kick, she is amazingly good!) which was awesome because we have spent this summer SWIMMING!  

June in Seattle isn't the best month of the year. It rains pretty much the whole month and is cold when you think it should be warm. So while I was sitting at swimming lessons sweating but the outside temp was raining and 50 degrees, I hatched a plan to go somewhere warm and SUNNY.  The day swim lessons finished we took off for Moses Lake to stay in a hotel and go to the water park there for a two-day vacation.  It was just what we needed.  We invited Mitch's parents along and had a great time.  We rented an apartment, but the kids thought it was a hotel (they don't even know the difference!)  That night a little boy who was staying in the lower apartment came out to play with the kids.  Natalie kept calling the place a hotel and the boy kept saying, "This isn't a hotel-this is a house!"  His family was staying there for temporary housing while his dad worked.  Both he and Natalie were getting mad at the other, it was kind of funny. 

The weather was 100 degrees and sunny!

On a walk that night, Cameron found the biggest "wish flower" he had ever seen and wanted me to take a picture of it.

The water park was fun, crowded and just what the doctor ordered! Snow cones for lunch and to cool off.

We slathered on the sun block and swam all day! And when we couldn't swim any longer we got in the car and came home.  It was the perfect kick off for our summer!

Lucy was about the cutest thing ever in the water.  She loved sitting in the shallow water-splashing, splashing, splashing!!