Pool Time

Lily is getting so big!  She thinks she's a person...sometimes we think she is too.

She also thinks she's a lap dog!

The kids love having water in the pool.  We haven't gotten a lot of pool toys yet so they improvise by using their inflatable basketball game as a floaty.

Lily getting some shade.

Lily is not a water dog and has no interest in jumping in which is good.  She does keep a good eye on the kids though.

The girls are ready to go in.

Emma falls back.

Splash...Emma's under.

Oh no, Olivia and Marcus are going in.

So fun!  We should have all the concrete poured by Monday!

Progress

While we were away there was some progress on the pool!  There's actually water in it now!  The kids were so excited they jumped right in on Saturday morning...it was only 60 degrees outside but they didn't care!

Olivia was a little more nervous about it.  It took her a while to decide if she really wanted to jump in.

Eventually she did...so fun.

But brrr...it's still cold.  The heater isn't quite on yet so it was chilly.  The pool deck should be poured next week and electricity should be hooked up really soon....we are in the home stretch!

More Parks

Great Falls has a lot of parks.  We spent most of our time at Lions Park which is near Nana and Papa's house.  They had a great climbing rock; Marcus mastered every side of it.

I found this cute selfie on my phone.

We also took the kids to Gibson Park.  It has a great duck pond.  The kids brought bread to feed the ducks.

We found this cool turtle carved out of a tree trunk.

Feeding more ducks...there are a lot of ducks in the duck pond.

This is the first cabin ever built in Great Falls.  It was recently restored and moved to Gibson Park.  There is a lot of great history in Great Falls.

We headed home the next day...but had a really awesome time in Great Falls!

C.M. Russell Museum

We took the kids to the C.M. Russell Museum.  Charles M. Russell was a famous cowboy artist that lived in Great Falls.  We were not allowed to take pictures of any of the exhibits in the museum but it was really cool.

They did have a children's discovery area that we could take pictures in.  The kids played in the tee-pee.

Cowboy Emma.

Marcus riding a horse.

Emma on horseback.

Olivia flipping pancakes.

Our little pioneer.

Emma dressed in a vest and chaps.

Olivia found an eagle.

Yee Haw!

Riding the bison.

There was a sculpture exhibit outside.  This is C.M. Russell.

Grizzly bear.

Moose.

The kids had fun on the sculptures.

This one is appropriate for these Riverside Rams!  

Giant Springs, Falls and GFHS

We took the kids to Giant Springs too.  They have a fish hatchery there but there weren't many fish.

There were fun places for photos though.

The park sits along the river..so pretty.

Hi kids!

Such a cool place.

Olivia wanted her picture taken in the big tree.

The kids got to play for a while.

Then we went to see one of the falls.  Nana with the girls.

One of the Great Falls that Lewis and Clark ran into...now it has a dam.

Another cousin picture.

We had to drop Riley off at the high school for swimming practice.  So I took the opportunity to show the kids where I went to high school...Great Falls High School...I love this place! 

I took them to the back and let them sit on the "Senior Stairs".  These stairs are reserved for Seniors only.  You cannot walk or sit on these stairs until you are a Senior in high school.

The kids felt pretty special to sit on the stairs even though they are not seniors.

Nana and Papa have a cool fire pit that we sat around to end the night...Olivia is talking to Daddy on the phone but managed to smile pretty for the picture.