High Dive

We went to the Manti Pageant last week. It was fun cuz we got to take our trailer and stay over night. I took some pictures at the pageant, but I don't know what happened to them.

The day after the pageant we went over to the college to play at the Activity Center, which my kids love to do. They have a pool there so we also went swimming. The older two were jumping off the diving board, so Jarod wanted to do it too. After he jumped, Lindsie would help him swim to the side. Well, the lifeguard said that unless he could swim the entire length of the pool alone, he couldn't jump off the diving board. He was really bummed.

But Jarod is not the kind to let a little thing like that stop him. He got in the water and swam and swam until he could get from one side to the other without help. Then he got right back on that diving board and before long he was doing flips and twists!

But he wasn't done there, oh no!!! That high dive was calling to him. I just had to close my eyes. Here is this kid who has never had a swimming lesson in his life and he insists on jumping off the high dive. Keep in mind that his brother and sister were too chicken to do it! (And his mother of course).

That kid doesn't let anything stop him!

By the way, now my little entrepeneur is trying to figure out how he can build a high dive in my backyard so he can charge his friends to come over. Well son, first you have to have a pool. . .