Summer Time

Ok with summer temps here to stay I have been brave and started to go to the pool with the kids. I only own a two piece and was not feeling that great until I put it on and went out to the pool. I have decided who cares what other think I feel good and that is all the I care about. Here I am in a pair of shorts that were not fitting last month that are just a little big now. Maybe I will be really brave and take a picture of me in my bathing suit but at this point that is a negative. I have had to wear tank tops for about three days after the pool visit thanks to the hot sun and my pastel white skin. At the age of 28 you would think I would have learned my lesson about the sun many years ago but no I still end up with red skin after being outside for more then 30 mins. But I also come to realize that have spending 5 years here I have never been able to enjoy the pool or the summer like I am this year. Since I am a stay at home mom I have been able to go the park and the pool with the kids and enjoy the sun a little more then I have since I have moved south. Now I have learned the hard way that the sun here is hotter then in Michigan and I have to wear sunscreen doing yard work, playing outside, at the pool and the park. I also apply it more then once if I am going to be out longer then an hour too.

As you can see the kids do not have my pastel white skin. They were both lucky enough to have their daddy's skin tone that tans nicely each summer. Yes they have been sunscreen every time they have been outside. Both Riley and Brenden have enjoyed their time at the pool and the park. Brenden enjoys the pool more because he can do more but the park will be fun once he can walk/run around on his own. Riley likes the park where she can run and climb and be independent. We are off to a wonderful summer.