And The Winner Is...

...well, not to keep you in suspense but things did not go as planned.
First of all, Jayden's first time in the pool left him somewhat water/swimming pool shy! He was afraid at first to take off his life jacket, and I was anxious to get on with it, so when I threw the diving sticks into the pool Jayden just pointed to one and told 'Paw' to dive for it, Ray retrieved it and handed it off to Jayden. Oh, and there is no video because Ray said he was not going to allow us to film a 'whale dive' as he put it! I don't blame him, I wouldn't want anyone filming me in my bathing suit either!

So, on with the picture show ~

Before they could get in the pool they first had to install the ladder:



Then Jayden checked the pool temperature (Seventy-eight, too cold for Grandma!)


Then Jayden waited patiently (NOT!) by the side of the pool for Umma to write everyone's name on the diving sticks:



Okay, finally finished! Time to get wet!


Brrrr! It's cold!


Take a little swim and try to warm up!



There go the diving sticks!



Everyone is sitting at the bottom of the pool ~ here we go!



GOT IT!!!



Let's see!

Turn it around!



And the winner is...








...drum roll please....

...JERELENE!!!

Jerelene, if you click on my email you can let me know where you want your winnings sent to!

And for all the others who left me comments, I have a little something for you too, if you email me I'll send it to you. I am working on a few projects, and as I finish them I will mail them out. And I didn't forget that some of you wanted the beach glass!


Okay, the rest of this post is just Jayden enjoying the pool for the first time this summer! I never thought we'd have to wait until the very end of June to get use out of the pool!
And if you look in the pictures you can see what a mess the deck is again with sticks and leaves blown about from all the storms we've been having!








Oh, and after about an hour, Jayden did get braver and he took off his vest and was willing to swim without it! Oh well, I should have had more patience. (You can see where Jayden gets his 'ants in the pants' from!)

After this Jayden showered, got dressed, and had a good, long nap! Then Ray barbecued dinner for us. It was a really nice summer day!