Nothing like takin' a dip in the pool

Saturday was the annual Nelson's Pool Party.

All of the neighbors, from where Brian and Jennifer grew up, get together with their families and have a pool party and BBQ.  Each year there are more and more kids there :-)

I was amazed at how great Jennifer's kids do in the water and it got me thinking that I really need to get Hannah into swimming lessons.

Miss Courtney.  Jumping in front of the camera being her silly-self.  Courtney is 6 now and is such a sweet cousin.  She always pays attention to Hannah and Hailey.  I don't think I have ever seen her walk past Hailey without stopping to pat her on the top of the head or give her a little kiss.

Justin the fish.  This kid is a natural born swimmer.  Without even blinking he walked over to the diving board and jumped right off. Tom had to keep reminding him that he really can't swim too well and he needed to leave those floaters on.  It was crazy to see how brave he was in the water.

Adam.  Three weeks older than Hannah by age and 10 years by amount of courage.  Many times throughout the day I would be watching the 'shallow end' to see Hannah with the other kids and then turn my head to the right and there would be Adam, doggy paddling in the deep end.  A few times he got up the courage to stand on the diving board.  He never made it off but it wasn't for lack of trying!

Then there is Hannah.

She loves the water and all day kept running up to daddy and me telling us that she loves that pool. 

Jennifer helped her get on top of the floating turtle...looks like it wasn't too sturdy :-)

Thanks to Auntie Jennifer who went swimming with Hannah so she could enjoy the pool.  She had so much fun and is already asking when she can go back to go swimming.  Looks like we need to talk Grandpa into putting a pool in the back yard :-)