My grandpeeps, Elijah and Shelby, at Echo Valley Swimming Pool this afternoon. They have such a brief time to enjoy the summer before school starts again. School has been out for several weeks now (in fact, school will begin again in about two weeks) and I had not taken them swimming. It was a spur of the moment kind of thing. I knew there was a chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon, but it was a really nice day for the pool--hot, but not too hot with some clouds to keep the sun from scorching us. We got there at two and enjoyed about an hour and a half of cool splashing before one of the lifeguards yelled, "I hear thunder! Everybody out of the pool!" Then it started to pour rain. So that was that. We had some fun while it lasted. Maybe we'll try again next week. And if we don't make it to the pool again, we do have the beach to look forward to before our summer is just a memory.
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Showing posts with label Echo Valley Swimming Pool. Show all posts
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Day One Hundred Eighty Eight 2011
My grandpeeps, Elijah and Shelby, at Echo Valley Swimming Pool this afternoon. They have such a brief time to enjoy the summer before school starts again. School has been out for several weeks now (in fact, school will begin again in about two weeks) and I had not taken them swimming. It was a spur of the moment kind of thing. I knew there was a chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon, but it was a really nice day for the pool--hot, but not too hot with some clouds to keep the sun from scorching us. We got there at two and enjoyed about an hour and a half of cool splashing before one of the lifeguards yelled, "I hear thunder! Everybody out of the pool!" Then it started to pour rain. So that was that. We had some fun while it lasted. Maybe we'll try again next week. And if we don't make it to the pool again, we do have the beach to look forward to before our summer is just a memory.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Day One Hundred Fifty Nine 2011
Daughter Kelly and son in law Kerry are visiting for a day or two and took grandpeeps Shelby and Elijah to Echo Valley Pool this afternoon for some cool fun in the hot sun. They had a blast and came home tired and hungry and happy.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Day One Hundred Seventy Three 2010
Splash!
Elijah refused a flotation device and practiced submerging himself with his eyes open doing a dog paddle. He's used to swimming in a lake with a life jacket on. He was so proud that he could open his eyes under water.
These two are definitely water babies.
Shelby is a regular mermaid. She likes to jump off the diving board into the nine foot deep end. Elijah will get there, too, someday. We had a good time (especially after the crowd thinned out). As Shelby so bluntly put it: It's better than sitting at home watching TV. She's right, of course. I'm sure they'll want to do this again soon.
Neil took a half day off after lunch today, and we took the grand kids swimming at Echo Valley Pool. It was a nice hot day to be in the pool, which was crazy crowded with screaming kids.
Elijah refused a flotation device and practiced submerging himself with his eyes open doing a dog paddle. He's used to swimming in a lake with a life jacket on. He was so proud that he could open his eyes under water.
These two are definitely water babies.
Shelby is a regular mermaid. She likes to jump off the diving board into the nine foot deep end. Elijah will get there, too, someday. We had a good time (especially after the crowd thinned out). As Shelby so bluntly put it: It's better than sitting at home watching TV. She's right, of course. I'm sure they'll want to do this again soon.
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