Swim lessons good, Kid bad

So before we get to Josh's swim lessons, we are backing up to July 4th. We actually we celebrated on July 3rd by taking a trip to Dog n Suds for the car show. We all loved looking at the beautiful cars. After that we came home and set of our own fireworks.

Ohhh, Ahhh

Grandma and Grandpa joined us for the fun.

On July 10th, my sister and her family came down and surprised mom for her birthday. She was very surprised and we had a great time hanging out together.

On Friday July 16th, we took a day trip over to St. Louis. We first stopped at REI. That is a sporting goods store Matt and I have been wanting to go to for a long time. Then we headed to Fuddrucker's for lunch. (They have the best hamburgers!) After lunch we went to Grant Farms. It was such a fun time. For dinner we stopped at Del Taco. It's our favorite fast food Mexican place.

Budweiser's Clydesdale's

Josh was picked to help with one of the animal tricks.

That tickles!

Now on to swim lessons. Let me first say that Josh is doing a good job doing all the swimming things the lifeguards ask him to do, but there is a problem. He is wondering off and playing in the water when he is supposed to be at the side of pool. The lifeguards have to keep chasing him. He gets out of the water and runs around. Basically, it's terrible and not safe. So he lost most of his cars after the first day and the second day was a little better but he still kept wondering off. So he lost more toys. Hopefully, day three will be the charm.

This weekend Josh is going to his aunt's for the weekend. We are going to surprise him and redo his room while he is away. It's past time for a big boy room. Plus, we are going to purge some toys that he has out grown. On top of that Matt and I get a weekend to ourselves. WooHoo!!