Swimming and the Fourth

My little sparkler. Too bad she wouldn't keep them on

Her 4th of July outfit

It's a great picture of Ashlyn (too bad I had my eyes closed)

Ashlyn and Haiden playing

Playing some more

Ashyln's first two swimming lessons have gone great! We are really enjoying them. I really like her teacher and think she is great with kids. We get to do water versions of the "Itsy Bitsy Spider", "The Hokey Pokey", and "The Wheels on the Bus". Ashlyn also gets to practice floating on her stomach and back. She is the only girl in her class. She is also the youngest. There was a boy there today that just turned one. He is very cute. I swear they could not take their eyes of each other the entire lesson. It was cute. Today the teacher had a bad burn on her leg. Since she could not get in the water, she said that we could come to another class this week. I think I am going to bring Ashlyn on Friday so she can get in an additional lesson for free.



We had a great Fourth of July. Joey and I have been dying to have a small get together for the Fourth ever since we bought this house. We have the perfect view of the Sky Sox fireworks. Ashlyn got all dressed up in her patriotic clothing. She looked adorable. Everyone came over around 5:00. We had a great turnout and the food was good. Ashlyn's friend Haiden came over with her parents. They were excited to see one another. Ashlyn went home with her Grandma around 7:00. It was her bedtime and she had enough excitement for one day. There is no way she would have made it to the fireworks since they did not go off until 10:30.



On Saturday we headed up to Buena Vista. We dropped Ashlyn off at her Grandparents. They were very excited to get to have her all day and all night. Joey and I spent the night at my Dad's cabin while Ashlyn stayed with her Grandparents. We picked her up the next morning. They said she was very good and they had lots of fun with her. I am sure she got very spoiled :)