pooltime fun

*ok, this is the last set of photos before i’m all caught up.  woo hoo!*

so about a month ago, my dad had come over for a weekend visit while phil was on call.  we headed down to hang out with my brother’s family at one of the pools in their complex.  it was a super nice, summery warm day– perfect weather to be poolside and everyone had a GREAT time.

lauren spent most of her time being held by grandpa.  i think they were both pretty okay with that arrangement.

she’s been into making faces lately…

and thanks to mikey’s swim classes at the y, he’s been getting more and more comfortable in the water.

to do stuff like this:

these next two pictures i just love.

my dad even took lauren down the water slide.  once.

there was also this ‘beach’ area with sand that led into the pool.  the kiddos had a great time playing in this sandy shallow end.  especially this little guy, who was determined not to smile for the camera.

until his daddy snuck up on him.

leave it to daddies to know how to get the giggles going.

check out the intensity!

thankfully, he turned and aimed at johnny.

pretty good aim!

two of my kiddos.

my littlest kiddo and grandpa sharing a hug.

love this shot of all the grandkids (with the exception of baby joy who was hanging out on a blanket with her mommy) playing around grandpa.  you can see mikey up at the top getting ready to go down the slide.

my cutie-pie nephew.  just can’t get enough of this little guy!

lauren was pretty content with grandpa the whole time.

but she was getting pretty cold, so it was time to get her out and bundle her up.

uncle johnny testing out the water slide.

jeremiah wasn’t too interested in going down the slide himself, but liked walking on the rocks near it and watching mikey go down.

all bundled up + with grandpa = happy girl.

allie decided to make a sand birthday cake for grandpa.

after she sang the birthday song to him, he obligingly blew out the candle.

want some sand cake?

then it was lauren’s turn for cake!

my girl with a sandy butt.

offering me a piece of cake.  why thank you, allie girl!

a shot of me and allie- thanks joanna for taking it!

jeremiah kept himself pretty busy filling up his bucket.

this sand area was seriously the best thing ever!

allie came by to contribute some sand, too.

baby joy can’t go in the water just yet, but was a happy girl being held by her daddy.

such a sweetheart!

this guy finally got too cold and had to come out to warm up.

going nose to nose.

but this little guy stayed in til the bitter end!

yep, good times.  definitely.