In April (10-21) when Connor was nearly 6 months old, he had his first swim lessons at Richmond Street Elementary School. It was more to get him used to and comfortable in water (and to get out of the house) than actually teaching a 6 month old to swim. We signed up with my friend Becky and Connor's friend Kevin, who is a couple months older than Connor. The swim lessons were twice per week (T/Th) for 2 weeks. Our instructor's name was Moses. We had a great time.
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With El Segundo's free Beach shuttle during the summer months, how could we not visit the beach?! We visited El Porto in Manhattan Beach several times during the summer with friends and had a great time.
Connor didn't like how cold the water was. That ended our swimming in the ocean for the day.
LeeElle and Cohen. Cohen was fearless. He loves the water!
Amy Jo and some of the kiddos.
Connor loved playing in the sand.
Our entire gang on the way home from the beach. We filled the entire shuttle!
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August 8-13 Brad, Connor, and I drove up to Utah to visit Brad's family and for the Jeppson family vacation at Scofield Reservoir (near Price, UT).
Before driving down to the reservoir, we spent a few days at the Jeppsons' house and visited Brad's grandparents at their house.
This was Connor's favorite toy while we were there. A toy cash register that Brad used to play with when he was little.
On Monday night (Aug. 9) while we were in Utah we went to a Bee's game in Salt Lake and saw our friend Amy Jo and her cute daughters Ashley and Taylor. Ashley, who is 4, was the star of the game when she sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" for the 7th Inning Stretch. She was great!
Later in the week, we drove down to Scofield. All of Brad's immediate family and most of his extended family on the Jeppson side was there. Most of the family camped in tents by the water, but we stayed in a mini motel with Brad's grandparents so Connor would be warm enough. It was FREEZING at night, but very nice during the day. We went boating, water skiing, tubing, wave running, motorcycling; we played games and told stories; and I was able to get in some studying for my PE Exam coming up in October. Some of the time I was the one to stay behind to watch Connor so I studied while he took naps. We had a great time, and it was fun for many of Brad's cousins to finally meet Connor.
This is Brad's little cousin Ryan. He and Connor were inseparable - they were so adorable together!
Brad's cousin Nick and his fiance Fabiola (Fabby), and Brad's Aunt Jan holding Connor.
This is Ryan's older sister and Aunt Jan's daughter, Alyssa. Connor really loved her too.
Brad's cousin Matt, Alyssa and Ryan's older brother, also had fun playing with Connor.
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My El Segundo ward has some very athletic people. Many of them (including my bishop) signed up for the El Segundo Summer Slowpitch Softball League and asked me if I would play with them. My bishop's son Scott and Scott's wife Emily put the team together. It was a blast!! We played 10 games and ended up placing 2nd out of 6 teams. We almost had first place, but we lost our last game to the best team in the league. But we almost had them! The final score was 10-7 and the tying run was on base! It was your typical 2 outs, bases loaded, but we couldn't make it happen. Ugh. It was great, though. I always love me some good softball games!
My bishop is on the left. Scott is the one with blond hair on the right.
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This summer was so much fun. Now the next 2 months will be devoted entirely to studying for the PE. The test is at the end of October and the closer it gets, the more nervous I become. So you probably won't hear from me much before then...
Wish me luck!!
2 comments:
Wow, busy summer. Swimming lessons were fun. I think the instructor's name was Moses.
Thanks Becky! I can't wait for summer again. I wonder how Connor will do when he's older.
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