Fishing at Payson Lakes

In the end of July

and first part of August

my family had a reunion

I have three sisters who live out of state

and it is always fun to have everyone together

It has become one of our favorite traditions

to go to Payson Lakes for a day

to fish,

play in the water,

or just hang out.

Doesn't Bruce look so cute here?!?!

Bruce helps all the kids bait their hooks

he loves fishing with the whole family

even if most of his time is spent

helping out the kids with their poles!

Bailey loves to fish too

she loves to spend time with her daddy

Morgan loves the outdoors too

I LOVE the one of her with her fishing hat

Kim found this at a yardsale on the way to the lake

Owen was having a bit of a rough start

he tripped on the way over to the fishing spot

but as soon as the poles came out he was excited!

Reagan thought that she was such a big girl with her pole

she had been practicing reeling in

on our front lawn for a few weeks now

so she was a pro with reeling!

We love going to Payson Lakes
we really should go more often
since we live only 10 minutes away!

At our fishing hole there was this cute group of ducks

I loved how they were all crowded up on the rock in the middle of the water

Bailey's swimming lessons

Bailey of course did excellent in swimming

she does so well

her strokes and technique are excellent

she did really well
her teacher would always call on her as the example

she worked really hard

and she passed with flying colors

she only needs to practice on her diving

Morgan's swimming lessons

Morgan loved swimming lessons

she was a little worried about having to be in the deep

but her teacher was very good

about making her comfortable when she couldn't touch

she finally realized that if she could swim

it didn't matter if the water was 3 feet

or 30 feet

it was the same when you swim

she even started diving off the diving board

and she passed her class with flying colors!

She always hopped out of the pool with her big smile

I just love that smile!

Owen's swimming lessons

Owen had swimming lessons first

so I didn't get any of him hanging out before

He loved swimming lessons!

He loved diving for the rings the best

he is a little fish

Owen never went through a 'scared of water' phase

like the other kids did

if he could live in water he would

he learned a lot during lessons

he started floating on his back really good

he started getting down the strokes really good

and he started diving really good

I am so proud of him

and I know that he will get better every year!

Swimming lessons for Reagan

Man!

I am so behind on my blog!

I keep thinking that it will just magically get caught up

but somehow it just doesn't!

The kids took swimming lessons last month

and since there are a ton of pictures

I am going to do a post for each kid

there will still be tons of pictures!

Anyways....

Here are Reagans pictures

I wasn't going to put her in lessons

but at the last minute I decided to

IF there was a class open during the time the others had lessons

and luck would have it that there was an opening

I was a little worried about it

(she is such a mommies girl

if she could be attached to my hip she would be happy!)

Well the first class she cried the ENTIRE time

but I didn't run to her 'rescue'

I talked to her teacher after the class

wondering if she was alright with Reagan crying

she said that she was okay with the crying if I was okay with it

so the second day she cried the first five minutes

then she was fine the rest of the time

I am so happy that we got her in lessons

when we go to the pool she is a little fish

she love diving for rings

she loves getting her face wet

and she loves trying to float on her back

we will defiantly get her in again next year!