swimming + slides + splash pad = summer fun

we had the best time this summer staying cool. we soaked up the sun as much as possible...

at the beginning of summer, we spent lots of time in our little blow up pool at the house!

yeppp, even mama and loni got to enjoy it too :)

the kids were so spoiled by meme and gdaddy... they went to alabama adventure almost every friday! the whitt kids love some water slides!! seriously... i don't know how they did it with 7 kids... but they always had a blast. and noone ever got hurt, or lost. a few little sunburns, but hey- we'll take it!

some very generous friends from church let us swim a lot this summer. bitsy and poppi took the big kids almost weekly to mrs marsha's and mr tommy's pool. and a few weekends, mama and daddy got to take a time out from work and play as well! the kids were so brave... jumping off the diving boards and swimming in the deep end. they think they are so big!

 even sweet T stayed cool! popsicles were a fun treat this summer as well :)

grandaddy got a pool for his birthday this year :) the grandkids got lots of use out of it... and again, on sunday afternoons, when the kids napped, the parents got to float around and work on our tans some too!

 toward the end of summer, big springs park in springville opened their brand new splash pad! i took the kids and they loved it!! lucas was a little hesitant at first, but you can see it didn't take him long to follow trace's lead and explore the new park!

i love my water babies!! they love to play outside.. and in the heat of the summer, i can't stand to be outside, unless i'm in the water of course!

trace could have stayed forever by these fountains. LOVED it!

we will def look forward to going back to the splash pad next year!

so it's october now... i'm guessing our swimming days are over for this year.

no wait... only 49 more sleeps til our cruise... where i'm sure we will have lots of fun soaking up the sun, swimming in big pools and playing on waterslides!

#cantwait