Wet and Wild!

Ok, so it's not so much "wild," but there is a water theme going on here! And...with seven kids one could just always list life as "wild," right? =)

Here we are, last week Sunday, our first time on our boat for the season. Between the weather and my ankle, it just hasn't happened. It was a beautiful day, and we hope to go again after church tomorrow!

Getting ready to put the boat it. Yes, we pull the boat with Bob!

Who cut this kids hair?!? Good thing he's so cute!

I'm hot stuff!
Daddy helped me in the water for just a few minutes.

Snack time...
Svanna wasn't sure about getting in the water (she and Gabe didn't like the whole idea of fish in the lake), but after she did she had a great time! Here she is playing on our friends tube. Since she's not a good swimmer (yet) we didn't let her go for a ride. But she had fun playing.

Gabe had fun, but wasn't too interested in getting in the water. Neither was Tye! Tye did last year, but he takes a while to warm up to it again.

Then this past week, I had the older 5 in swimming lessons. They did so well!! And now Gabe is much more confident about the water, and both Svanna and Gabe are a little safer when it comes to swimming. They've got a ways to go but they did so good!

The oldest fish, making her splash...

Svanna enjoying the water. The first couple of days they FROZE, even though it was noon. But the rest of the week was nice enough to swim comfortably. She was brave from the start, and did great.

Always a pose...=)

Gabe started off quite uncertain (plus it was cold). The first day he hung on to the edge almost the whole time. We've been to pools but he had a life jacket on when not in the baby pool. But ever day he improved by leaps and bounds! All the teachers did such a good job with the kids.Gabe's first time ever off a diving board...
closer...closer...

Here he goes! He was so brave!!