Lava Hot Springs

Today we went swimming with our friends, the Blauers at Lava Hot Springs. Lilly has been talking about it all day and has hardly been able to contain herself with all the excitement coursing through her. We arrived promptly at noon when the doors were set to open and luckily nabbed a spot in the shade. As you can see by the one and only picture we got, Lilly was kind enough to share her sunglasses with Molly. Molly actually kind of liked it and just sat there with them on for quite a while. After we got settled and had lunch we all went swimming. Lilly of course loved it, but Molly wasn't so sure at first (big surprise there!) She got used to it and then everyone had to get out of the pool because apparently a little girl had gone off one of the high dives, hit the water wrong, and then didn't come up. So we all stood on the side of the pool watching as the life guards strapped this girl to a board so they could transport her. I was really happy to see that the lifeguards were doing their jobs, and not just "sittin pretty" up on their stands. We swam for a little while more and then we got out because it looked like rain was on the way. As we were kind of picking things up, the hail storm let loose. I basically ran with the girls for cover while Aaron and Jeff picked up all of our stuff. The guys were drenched and looked like they had taken a dip in the pool with all their clothes on! We decided it was time to go home after only 2 1/2 hours of swimming, but honestly with kids, I think it is plenty of time. When we got home we wrung out the picnic blanket and I swear there was a gallon of water in it! Needless to say, I didn't get many pictures because there just wasn't enough time!