To Sink, or Swim...

...that is the question...

My girls grew up in Mesa, Arizona where swimming pools were a very common part of the back yard landscape. Both girls were in the water almost before they could walk. They LOVE swimming, and I taught them as much as I could.

Now we live here in Lehi with a wonderful community center, complete with an indoor/outdoor pool and mini-water-park.



Since it's here and we're so close, we decided to try swimming lessons for the first time. It was terrific!

I had taught both girls the basic swimming-strokes, but with a trained instructor, they learned so much more. Jackie and Amanda did such a great job and learned so much. Amanda had a very smooth, graceful style and Jackie had a power-kick. It was fun to watch both of them improve their existing talents.

Here, Jackie is doing a very good job with the back-stroke...



...while Amanda perfected the airplane portion of "chicken-airplane-soldier"...the name has to do with the arm and leg positions throughout the stroke...think about it...haha



On the last day of swim classes, they let the kids go a few minutes early so they could play on the water-jungle-gym. All the kids LOVED waiting for the HUGE bucket on the top to fill with water so it would dump on them...



...The anticipation was half the fun...



In the end, swimming lessons were a great success, the girls had a blast, and we really want to try it again...