June 25, 2012

Week in the Heat
Dad took the Varsity Scouts to Moab for the first week in June. While he was gone I decided to take the kids to Grandpa and Grandma Dicks house in Arizona. We squeezed into our little Honda (which saved us probably $150 in gas) - it really wasn't too crowded at all. Aunt Jenny and her kids were there too, so all the kids had a great time playing with cousins. We did a LOT of swimming (twice every single day we were there - probably at least 15 hours of swimming). I decided not to put the kids in swim lessons this year, so I was hoping our trip to Grandma's house would help them all get a little more comfortable in the water. Megan remembered how to swim under water and also learned how to tread water and doggy paddle. She is our most hesitant child in water. She likes to swim, but she gets tired of it after a while and goes inside (while the other kids will stay out there all day long if you let them). She got pretty brave by the end of the week - trying to swim across the pool before I was even out in the water with her. She got the hang of it.
We also took a fun day trip to an indoor amusement park. It was great - small enough to be able to stand up and look around and be able to see all the kids, but big enough to have several different rides that were fun for the age of the kiddos. The very first thing the kids did was run to the little carnival coaster ride, which was actually pretty fast for an indoor ride. It's one of those rides that goes around in a circle faster and faster and faster. Megan got on and just laughed and laughed the entire time. There was a couple of other times throughout the day that I would find her over at the coaster all by herself riding it.