Summer Activities (and several posts)

At the last minute (mid-Friday-afternoon) we decided to go down to Nauvoo and catch the last performance of the Nauvoo Pageant this summer. It was actually a really nice trip! The weather was beautiful, and the kids enjoyed all the festivities going on beforehand. We did a handcart ride with them (Jeremy wouldn't pull me AND them...sigh) and Jaina absolutely loved watching the dancing. The kids did great for the pageant, too. Jeremy mostly kept them back on a blanket, and let me sit up with some other friends so I could actually pay attention. (I hadn't ever seen it) They both more or less watched it and hung in there, though we didn't pull out of Nauvoo until 10:30, and Jaina's been going to bed at 7:30 lately... :) Reilly was out within about a minute and a half, but Jaina hung in there until she finally fell asleep just before Burlington, IA. (about 20 minutes). I'm glad we got to go! We took quite a bit of video, but didn't get many "click" pictures. Here are a few though - Jaina watching the dancing, and both kids during the actual pageant.

Yesterday we got invited to go to the Scott County Park swimming pool, and we had a lot of fun. It was a little crazy for me to have two non-swimmers to keep a hold of, and I got a little sunburned, but otherwise pretty fun. It's not too much for admission, and they have these two really cool slides (which I will try sometime soon),

two diving boards, (which I will probably not try soon), a fun splash zone, and really big, nice baby pool. Reilly had an absolute blast (after I finally got him into the water) and Jaina had fun until she slipped down and got wetter than she wanted. Between that and NOT taking a nap beforehand, she mostly just wanted on my lap in the baby pool, or to be held in the splash zone. We might go again soon, and maybe she'll do a little better the next time. :)

(there are some videos of Reilly in the splash zone on http://littlekerriganvideos.blogspot.com)