Torturing the Facts: July 2009

The older girls and Becky were away at camp this week. I thought I'd get the little ones caught up on their summer swimming. Every day when I would get home from work we went swimming. We went to SCERA pool, the Orem rec center and Seven Peaks twice.

On Friday, after I'd spent the previous night at the E.R. passing a kidney stone, we went all out. I took the girls and checked into the La Quinta Inn Orem. What a blast! We checked in at 1:30 P.M. and swam until about 5:00. While the girls watched some T.V. I went and bought some take out, oh I also bought a Wii. (Something had to fill the gaps between swims! =:) By 9:00 P.M. it was back in the pool.

My little fish were really taking to the water and had learned to snorkel and not freak out. They even survived the 'rowdy teen hour' at the pool. Melinda can swim in water over her head for an extended time. When she gets tired she just rolls over and floats on her back before moving on. What a fish! Audrey liked reading her teenie magazine while floating on her raft. Fabulous!

I did have a wii bit on an ulterior motive. I like to relax by the pool and enjoy my kinds having a good time swimming. One of my favorite episodes was in Tucson when we stayed at the El Conquistador resort when Tammy had Stephen. That was truly an awesome week and funny enough it seemed to be just me and the two little ones at the pool all the time. Anyway, this weekend I read my book and synthesized plenty of vitamin D by the pool. The hotel had a nice little garden with a gazebo right by the pool. That was a nice place to read. On Pioneer day the Orem Owls put on some fireworks after the game. We watched from the comfortable couches in this nice little gazebo. Perfect!

No driving or travel, no rental car, no hastle. Just a 5 minute drive to Orem and a nice relaxing time with my girls. I do wish they were all there though. We'll have to do this again before summer ends.