Kasey, Breanne and Melissa

The brother and sisters pic. We don't have very many of these so I figured I better get it up there.

The Annual Rainbow Bridge Picture

Every single year at Lake Powell we have someone come with us that has never seen Rainbow Bridge. There is a select few that think that it might be a once in a lifetime opportunity for them. Soooo.....we end up going on the 1-2 mile hike up the trail to see Rainbow Bridge. It wasn't to bad of hike this year because the water level has gone up quite a bit. It's fun to get a picture up there, but I would be okay not doing it again.

Knee Boarding all by himself

We put Adam on the knee board and he was fine

as long as he thought I was holding on to the back of him....but I was a mean mom and let go. He wasn't too happy when he fell off and no one was there to help him.

Adam and Dad wakeboarding at Lake Powell

Ryan got Adam to stand between his legs on the wakeboard and go wakeboarding with him. It did not last very long. Adam does not do well with water splashing in his face. But he had a blast at Lake Powell.

Kempton Family Vacation

We took a trip up to Kalispell, MT in July. We arrived and it was snowing. Crazy....snow in July. We didn't show up dressed for snow, luckily it warmed up the days after that. We went white river rafting and enjoyed the beautiful weather. It was so green and pretty. Nothing like the dry desert of Las Vegas, NV.

Swimming Lessons

At the end of each session the swim academy pulls out the champion box for the kids to stand on. Once they are up there they recieve a ribbon for completion of the session. You can't read Adam's, but it says, "I swam across the pool."
Which means he was able to swim across the pool all by him self. He is such a good little swimmer. I'm so proud of him.

Swimming Lessons

I started Adam in swimming lessons. They consisted of two week sessions for four days a week with one on one lessons. The first week was pretty tough. Not because he was afraid of the water, but because he has problems with complete strangers. Which I guess is not a bad thing I wouldn't want him to be comfortable spending time with strangers. I tried explaining to him what was going on and that I wasn't going to be leaving him and that it was important to know how to swim.

So the first day he was not happy at all. His swim instructor wasn't aware that he was already a pretty good swimmer. So when she helped to the edge of the pool to hang on to the side. With assuming he would not be able to climb out of the pool, he jumped out of the pool as fast as he could and started running. She climbed out, not near as fast as Adam, and took off after him. Well, Adam is pretty fast so they ran around the pool a couple of times with Adam screaming to go home. I was so embarrassed and upset with Adam after paying the money for his lessons and experiencing the first day. Luckily every day got better with a little bribe. We had to pick out some toys at the dollar store and put them in a basket above the fridge. Everyday he did good without crying and doing what his instructor said he could come home and pick out a toy. It worked pretty good. Toward the end I didn't have to bribe and now he asks to go back to swimming lessons almost every morning. All in all it was a goog experience and I feel a lot more comfortable with him around water.