Swimming in Vegas

Monday, June 22, 2009

Swimming in Vegas

We got the condo in Vegas, which turned out to be great because once we were driving we realized we were a lot more tired than we thought. The idea of driving late into the night was much less appealing than the concept of extending our vacation by one more day.

As soon as we got there, we changed into our swimming suits. Ammon got himself ready - including his life vest. As it turns out, it wasn't done up quite right so he started to sink a little in the pool. We got it fixed, though, before it caused any problems.

We all had so much fun swimming. The rain in Salt Lake had been long behind us and forgotten but I was talking to another woman in the hot tub and heard that it had continued to rain the ENTIRE time we were gone and it wasn't about to let up. We enjoyed our last moments soaking in the sun!

The boys loved the water. I am excited for Ammon to start his swimming lessons in another week. I remember last year, in Arizona, all the kids his age were like little fish. I think he'd like to be. He definitely loves the water that much - it's just a matter of opportunity to be in it!

Peter was a little bit tentative about getting in the big pool. He preferred the hot-tub (he was very happy to enjoy water sports in that Arizona climate...) We convinced him to have fun in the pool though (after I got too hot being in the hot tub with him and refused to go back).

We all had a lot of fun together. Andrew is planning to do a sprint triatholon this fall, so he enjoyed "practicing" for the swim.

We bought some Digornio pizza's for dinner and so I cooked them in the condo while I watched the guys swimming from the window.

Swimming all evening was WAY better than finishing up an 11 hour drive. Thanks, Katy and Jeremiah, for hooking us up!

1 comment:

ErickaJune 28, 2009 at 10:19 PM
You guys are always doing fun things!! Your boys are very lucky!!!
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