I just love swimming.  Everybody is always so happy in a swimming pool. We never get to do it enough in the northwest.  It is too short of a season, you have to belong to a club, and most of the time they are indoor.  It's just not the same, it has to be outdoor! Because we don't go often, my kids have never been strong swimmers, which is so frustrating to me because I was practically born swimming. It's no fun for me to have four kids hanging on me all the time. This year the boys have been more confident. Our good friends invited us to their pool where the boys actually went down the windy slide all by themselves. One time was all it took, and they were hooked!