At the RESORT! *Blue Tree Resort in Florida*

This picture says it all! My boys LOVED the pool and we swam in it almost TWICE a day!

Gavin and Grant waiting for the magic words ~ Alright, time for swimsuits, let's go to the POOL!


This was our cue that Grant wanted to go swimming first thing in the morning! PJs and goggles already on! :)


Here is the pool in the morning (above) Here is the pool in the evening (below)

and here is the pool mid-day! Notice, not many people! That is how ALL of Florida was. There wasn't hardly anyone there in the pools, at Gatorland, SeaWorld or Magic Kingdom! I mean, there are always lots of people, but nothing was EVER busy with waits in lines. Seriously, end of January/First of February is a great time to go to Florida!


Here are the 3 swimmers.
~On the first night, they were nervous, hesitant, and didn't want water on their face. They also clung to us- like frighten spider monkeys.
~By the end they all were OK floating by themselves, could kick and paddle from the steps to a mommy, grandpa or daddy, went under the water when jumping in, and put their faces in non-stop.
Corey and I were AMAZED at how well they did, how much they learned and how much fun we had being in the water a minimum of 3 hours per day!

On the second time in the water, we were still coaxing them in. Not full on leaping in the pool like the top picture or the video at the bottom!

Gabriel is definitely ready for full on swimming lessons and I truly believe that we will have a legitimate swimmer by the end of summer!

The boys' favorite game after going to Sea World was playing dolphin trainer. They would throw something or tell Corey and I to do a trick, then we would do it! We would retrieve it, pull them around the pool on our back, etc. and then they would throw-in a "pretend" fish! It was a crack up!

Gavin is sitting on the steps, warming up to the water!

Here I am with my oldest lovie GABRIEL!

The boys all LOVE their Grandpa so after jumping in to him and splashing him, he also got to tote them around the pool! How lucky!

Here we are in the pool. It was so warm, it was like a really warm bath. Probably at least 90 degrees!

Here is the whole gang ending our evening in the hot tub!! So stinkin' hot that I could hardly stand to be in it. But just perfect to get hot before jumping out and carrying in all of the sweet munchkins!

*Gavin, Larry, Grant, Gabe, Karen and Corey*