Beaches

Our niece/cousin Cai was visiting us for the last two weeks, and we had a great time. We went to the beach on four different days! We went camping in Olympic National Park and went to Rialto Beach, which is part of the park. It was an overcast day, but still so beautiful.  We are so happy to live in a part of the country where we have such natural beauty to enjoy!

This is Kalaloch Beach, also a part of Olympic National Park. As you can see, Blake thinks sand is not only fun, but tasty, too. 

No matter that it was a cool day, Calvin couldn't stay out of the water. Surprisingly, the water wasn't that cold, so we all enjoyed some wading, but Calvin can never resist swimming. 

Poor little Abbey became sick during our trip, so we cut it short. You know you are sick when you go to the beach and sleep among the driftwood instead of playing!

Below is Dash Point State park on Puget Sound, Cai and the kids tried to dig a big hole, but the tide was too fast for them. 

Swimming Lessons

One of the best things about Spanish Fork, Utah in the Summer is the local pool. This year is the second year we did swimming lessons, and it is so much fun. They have made a huge difference in how confident the kids are in the water. 

Calvin was not nervous at all about going off the diving board on the last day of lessons, in fact he went off three times. Maybe he will be our Olympic swimmer! 
Abbey on the day they got to use the life jackets, she loved it! She talked my ear off about how fun it was. Here she is twirling around, she loved the freedom the jacket gave her. She amazed us with how much she changed from the beginning of lessons to the end, she started out being scared to dunk her head under water and after swimming lessons were done we could barely see her when we went swimming because she was going under all the time (on purpose, of course).