Fun With Friends

We've been having a lot of fun with our friends this summer.  One of our favorite things to do whenever we can is go swimming.  The "resort" development in our town has a great indoor pool with this wonderful little zero-entry kiddie pool.  It is the absolute best thing ever.  We mommies can just sit in chairs at the edge of the pool and chat while the kids have a total blast in the shallow water.  The first time we went I thought for sure the boys were going to bug me to get into the big pool, but they have so much fun in that kiddie pool that it's like the big one isn't even there!  The only problem is that you can only use the pool if you live in the development or are renting a place there.  Lowly old commoners like us can't even buy a membership or anything!  Luckily, one of our good friends that just moved to town has been renting a furnished house out there for a few months, so we've been able to go swimming quite a few times.  We are now trying to figure out a way to weasel our way in there as much as we can once she moves!  It's especially great in the winter, as you can imagine.  Here are some pics and a video of the last time we went...

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Here are the two cutest best friends I know enjoying a gorgeous day at the park...

We went to a fun princess birthday party the other day where "princess attire" was encouraged, so I did my best to make my boys look "princely."  I thought they looked adorable, and they actually kept their "costumes" on for longer than I thought they would.

Here's J and my friend Michelle's daughter, Addy, in this golf cart/ATV thingy at the party.  He was driving her around and they were squealing and cracking up.  It was the cutest thing.  Foreshadowing for prom 2023?  Oh, wait... hopefully we won't still live here in 2023!  But it would be cute to see them go to prom together.  :)  Anyway, the video below is the tail end of J driving down the driveway and slamming on the brakes to make them skid around.  They were laughing so hard!

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And here's two pictures of me with some of my friends!  We were out to dinner celebrating three birthdays.  It was a fun night with gorgeous weather and gorgeous friends.  :)

And if you can stand one more video, here's a cute one of the boys riding in their own Jeep at home.  Since driving that one at the party, J has a renewed love for driving the one we have at home.  And Emmett seems perfectly content (for now) to be the passenger (and mechanic)...

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