Family Play day at the Pool

Today was the first of many play days that will take place at the Portier house.  We had all of Johns cousins over to swim while John, his mom, and Aunt Meredith worked on grad school.  Alex, Tyler, and Maggie had a great time swimming and playing in the pool.  While they swam, Aunt Laura entertained baby Owen as he floated in his canopy float.  Garfield watched from the window as everyone had their fun outside at the pool and occasionally tried to escape.  Selah kept everyone outside entertained chasing after her pool toys.  Sounds like tons of fun right?

We love our Sunday school class!

John and I have been so blessed by this class!  In January we started attending Williams Trace Baptist Church and were amazed with the new friends God soon blessed us with.  

Summer Backyard Fun

Swimming pools, sprinklers, reading a good book.  I love summer.  This summer has been especially hot for those here in Texas, so having a pool in our backyard has been heavenly.  Between John, the dog, and me, one of us is in the pool daily.  Usually it’s the dog taking one of her afternoon swims, but once it starts to cool down a little outside I’ll go and hang out as well.  

John has had a busier summer than usual with his grad school work, so he doesn’t swim as often as the rest of us, but when he does it’s a special treat.  This past week we bought some more giant foam noodles for the pool, and a sprinkler for the yard (and the dog) since our grass seems to be dying.