Our private pool (sort of)

One of the days on our vacation, we were supposed to hang out with my friend Lonni and her boys while Derek worked in Spokane. Unfortunately, one of her kids got sick during the night and we weren't able to get together. At first, this was going to be a problem, because we didn't think we could check into our next hotel until the afternoon. However, the hotel let us check in at 9:30am, which means we had the whole day to spend by the pool. So we ran over to Walmart, got some water toys, and set up camp in the pool area. We were the only ones there all day (until the later afternoon) which was very helpful since I was keeping track of all three kids by myself. It is so nice that Symantha and Hailey are swimming now, although there is still a whole lot of "Mom, watch this!" or "Catch me, Mom!" going on. I managed to keep them all alive, and we had a blast.

Symantha was particularly helpful with Addison, as she often is.

Jumping in is always a huge hit.

Over and over again.