Arizona HOT HOT HOT!!!

Through the past couple weeks, we've been under heat advisories left and right with temps near 115 almost every day. It's not hard to beat the heat when you have access to a swimming pool right out your back door! We're so lucky that we get to take advantage while we're living with Derek & Kristin!

Swimming with cousins is fun to do!!

Blake, Andrew, BrooklynGavin and Spence

Gavin is pretty much still a little fishy! He loves to go, go, go and be completely unrestricted. He does little distances under water and likes to float on his belly and see who he can "see" under the water.

Daddy loves to throw Gav in the air and flip him all about, which he goes nuts for! I just close my eyes!!!

Happy Boy!!!

Brooklyn and Blake have made tons of progress too with their swimming skills. Brooklyn doesn't really need to use her floaties any more! She swims all over the pool, dives from the side to get sticks and rings from the bottom of the pool and is working really hard on her strokes. Blake is doing much of the same and I'm just amazed to see their little bodies at work! Makes me really anxious to get them into formal swimming lessons and maybe even swim team! Thank goodness Matt is a former swim instructor and has been able to teach them a lot.

Oh, and I just have to put in a plug for my new favorite sunscreen- Banana Boat Continuous Spray Clear Mist. It's so quick to apply and no need to rub in sticky lotions! The kids prefer the stick on their faces still.