Camping

This year's camping trip wasn't so much camping as it was luxuriating. We all rented cabins that had AC, refrigerator, stove, full bathroom, bunk beds, queen bed, DVD player/TV, etc. The campground had playgrounds and a pool, and our cabins came with free use of the pedal boats. It. was. great.

Enjoying summer

The rush to the start of school is upon us, so we're soaking up the last couple of weeks before September 4. We go camping next week!

I sewed!

Last night, I made two new pillows with a favorite fabric I'd been saving. I like them!

The high dive

A friend lives in another section of Irvine and has access to this fun pool with two diving boards. The first time we went, Lucy almost got enough courage to try the high dive, but then the pool closed for private swim lessons and we had to leave. This week, we went to that pool again. The big surprise was that Nate was the first to jump off the high dive! Here he is on his first jump (and there's also Levi doing a little flip from the low board):

Lucy got to the end of the high dive board at least ten times and had to turn around and climb back down. Then she finally jumped; she ended up jumping at least 10 times after that. Levi climbed up once and turned back around, but he climbed up again and jumped. He jumped off only twice because he said it was just too high. Here's a video of one of Lucy's jumps and Levi's second jump (it's pretty long because Levi lingered for quite a while... haha):


I need to remember to turn the phone sideways when I take videos--sorry!