Thompson Family: Emily's first swim, fireworks and cherries.

This is kinda a late night post so I'll keep it simple. This weekend was really nice. The kids had a great time with my mom and dad and it was nice having a little one on one time with Emily again. She's growing up so fast, walking more and more every day. Today she took ten steps to me (yes I counted). We took her in my parents swimming pool for the first time. We all went in, even Jimmy who isn't a big fan of swimming in general but he wanted to enjoy Emily's first time in the pool as well. She loved the water, she's a fish already. She actually does a little froggy kick around the pool it's the cutest thing ever, she was moving along. I have to get video of it next time. Of course we took a ton of pictures, she was all smiles and squeals. I posted most of just her on her blog. We all had a nice time. Kaylee is missing from the pictures, by the time we got the camera out she was already done swimming so we'll catch some of her next time.
Today we went to Indiana and bought our yearly fireworks. That is turning out to be a family tradition. You can purchase fireworks that shoot off into the air in Indiana where the ones you get here don't leave the ground. A bit against the law, shhh. Anyhow Nathan wants them for his birthday but we shoot them off for him during the 4th because I feel like the chances of anyone raising a fuss about them are slimmer during the holiday then if we wait for his birthday. He doesn't mind getting them early. Anyhow we go to this big warehouse with tons of fireworks and try to guess what they all do because none of them are labeled. It's always a fun surprise when we shoot them off, ha. There are some crazy people who end up with some big giant fireworks, I mean they probably spend a grand easy. NUTS. Some of those fireworks are huge, I would not want them in my trunk, I'm nervous enough with the smaller ones in my trunk.
Kaylee got to play with her buddy from across the street again, they haven't seen each other in a few days. Poor Nate needs a bud. He's always alone now I feel bad for him. I spent some one on one time with him today and that was nice. He's still mama's boy, he'll be outside playing and see me and wave to me and blow me kisses. I don't want him to grow up and stop doing that but I know it won't be much longer. Sniff.
Oh.. I forgot to mention that my fridge is full of cherries, we went picking this weekend. The kids went out to lunch with papa and Jimmy, Emily, my mom and a family friend went. It was a lot of fun, I love picking cherries and eating cherries, mostly eating them. I have three bowls full in the fridge. I love them but I eat so many that my tummy starts to hurt. So yummy though, hope Emily likes cherry flavored milk.
Jimmy is in the basement finishing up some work so I figured now was a nice time to post some pictures and blog. I wrote a little more then I planned on it so I'm going to step away from the computer before it turns into a book. Time to hit the sack. Enjoy the pics and check out Emily's page.
Emily and her turtle friend: