I was so excited when a friend of mine on Facebook told me that Kate looks like me here. I never hear that, I always hear "they look just like Jerome". I've always secretly, well not really secretly, always wanted at least one of my kids to look a little bit like me....even just a teeny tiny bit would be nice.
We went to the pool the other day to swim. I love having the YMCA membership and spending our Summer days at the pool. Plus, it gives me a little bit to bribe the kids with.....the rule is......we don't go to the pool until your room is clean and your chores are finished. But the other day, the rule went out the window. I just wanted to enjoy a Summer day with the kids. Trust me, their rooms ARE NOT CLEAN. I have been trying to get ready for a yard sale we are having here this weekend and I have been cleaning and de-cluttering every single inch of this house.
I look at this and feel old....they are getting so tall and so grown up....
Poor girls....lol....I know they have to be getting tired of the "dress alike clothes".
They basically LIVE at the diving board while we are there. They absolutely love jumping off the diving board. This year, the pool has new rules and the kids had to take a swim test. They have to wear a green bracelet everyday so the life guards will know they are more than capable of swimming in the deep end of the pool.
Love the crazy goggles Natalie wears. I found them two years ago at Target, I wish I would have bought two pairs. They work so well, unlike many of the other pairs I have bought for the kids in the past.
They were watching the big kids jump off the diving board and just talking to each other while sitting on the edge of the pool here. I just love this picture of the two of them.
And....I wish I had a lot of pictures of Spencer to post, which I do but I don't think you would like to see him sticking his tongue out at me with a mouth full of food......gross! So here are the ones I do have that won't gross you out....
Spencer and his friends trying to dunk each other under water in the pool....
And here is Kate and Kate. Someday my Kate will make such a good little mommy. She adores babies and loves to hold them and play with them.
My friend Kelly's little girl, Kate.....
Thank you to everyone for the emails and phone calls asking for "the password", lol. I didn't realize there were so many wonderful people out there reading this blog everyday. You are all so wonderful. I don't want to stop sharing this blog with friends and family, it has always been a way for me to keep a record of our everyday life (when I post often enough, lol) and I also use it in our yearly family book. It is amazing the little things that simply slip away until going back and reading them. I love being able to record my family's life here and post here. I will keep a close eye on the numbers and try to protect this blog as much as I can, which means large logos and copyright strips across each picture to help protect it. Until then, if you are a regular follower of this blog, please leave a comment a little bit about who you are....it would be nice to know the people in all the stats numbers. I may in the future put it back to password protected, but for now I have decided not to.
~Amber Hope
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