July is Getting Away from Me!!!

I can't believe it's almost the middle of July and no posts from me! Here's a quick re-cap of the month:

Wet, cold, hot, wet, cold, hot. That about does it!

Seriously, on the fourth of July, we attended Stephen and Karen Herdina's annual 4th of July Party - we've gone for at least 6 years, if not 7. This is the 3rd year that it's rained on the 4th and it was by far the wettest 4th in a bit.

We were at the party, outside pool party, for 5 hours. It rained the entire 5 hours. Patrick and the kids were smart, though, as they spent about 4 of the hours in the pool which was heated to 83 degrees. It wasn't that warm outside. I was freezing my bum off!

Swim lessons for Athena started back up on the last week of June. She's in Level 3 which is a very hard class to pass. In order to pass she has to be able to swim without stopping across the short side of the pool. I don't think she'll pass this time, but I don't think any of the kids pass the first time. She needs to be a little bit taller and needs to work on her breathing from the side. Overall, though, her improvement this summer in the pool has been incredible.

I have some photos from this month that I'll pull off my phone and will upload here soon.