Evan has just finished his first session of swimming lessons here in Palmdale. He took some lessons as a baby, but these are his first official lessons where he learns how to blow bubbles, go under water, kick his legs, move his arms, and "monkey crawl" around the pool holding on to the side. He did great and loved it! His teacher is "Coach Alex" and reminds us of Dave's brother. So, it is almost like a family member is working with Evan. He is really a sweet guy who has a great amount of patience working with 3 year olds (even though Evan is the only 3 year old - most are 4 or 5). He started his second session today. Here are a few pictures!
Evan celebrated his birthday on Saturday, July 19, one day before his actual birthday. Evan's grandma (his "Buela") came from Salt Lake to be with him. We invited some members of our ward over to our house for a BBQ and party. We had hamburgers and hot dogs and then we had a magnificent Thomas the Train birthday cake. It looked just like Thomas. Evan loved it! He didn't want us to cut into it. He also got lots of Thomas trains and accessories for his birthday. This picture shows just a few. It was difficult not to have all our cousins with us on this special day, but we still had a fun time!
We had a 50 ft. geyser from a broken fire hydrant in front of our home on Monday. We weren't home when it happened, and so when we were going home, we saw the geyser from the road. I knew it was close to our house and so when we tried to pull into the neighborhood, the police had the road blocked off. The fire trucks had not yet arrived, though. A kind member who lives in the neighborhood came to check on us. They pounded on our door to make sure we were OK, but we of course weren't home. I saw him and his children playing in the water, which was running with a fury down the street. We couldn't get close to the house, but they did and told us that the front yard was a lake and if our windows were closed, which they were, then the house should be OK. Anyway, it took the fire trucks 40 minutes to get to the broken hydrant to turn off the water. We were finally able to get to the house and that same kind neighbor helped us check out the house to see if there was any damage. Thank goodness there wasn't. It was quite the kodak moment if anything!
Evan has just finished his first session of swimming lessons here in Palmdale. He took some lessons as a baby, but these are his first official lessons where he learns how to blow bubbles, go under water, kick his legs, move his arms, and "monkey crawl" around the pool holding on to the side. He did great and loved it! 
His teacher is "Coach Alex" and reminds us of Dave's brother. So, it is almost like a family member is working with Evan. He is really a sweet guy who has a great amount of patience working with 3 year olds (even though Evan is the only 3 year old - most are 4 or 5). He started his second session today. Here are a few pictures!
