The Park

In previous summers, we have spent a lot of time in the park down the street from us. They have a great playground and an outdoor pool (where we took swim lessons).

This year we decided to take swim lessons at a different pool (because it is indoors and I was tired on freezing on all the chilly days!). After swimming, we would play in the park, get free lunch, and play some more.

I fell in love with this park.

The trees reminded me how lovely the Northwest is. The ambiance was friendly. We even made some new friends with another adoptive family.

Here are some pictures from our summer fun in this park.

On one especially hot day, the kids took advantage of the park's wading pool.

The following 2 shots crack me up when you realize these are taken in sequence in sports-mode on the camera!

I've got it?Oops! Guess not.

The kids brought their bikes one day for some post-swimming exercise.

We returned to the park on Saturday evening to listen to an outdoor symphony performance!

I love how this one in particular came out.

He's strumming his air guitar here.
Or maybe since we're listening to the symphony, this is his air violin?

A brand-new indoor swimming pool is being built fairly close to our home. But still, we may return next year to this same pool and park. You just can't beat perfection.