Keeping Up With Kennedy

Kennedy and I have a wonderful plan for the Summer. We are going to visit as many different swimming pools as we can. I put together a list of public swimming pools for my work and I thought it would be a blast to visit a different pool each weekend. Memorial Day weekend was supposed to be a kick off for the summer. Our plan was to visit four pools this weekend. Sadly the weather did not cooperate.

Our first swimming pool of the summer was Gene Fullmer Recreation Center in West Jordan. We had a blast and I couldn't get Kennedy to leave. They had a super fast slide and a play area that was well equipped. The chlorine levels were a bit out of whack and we had the red eyes to prove it.
We woke up Saturday to rainy weather. We didn't let the gloomy clouds stop us, we headed to Kearns Oquirrih Park Recreation Center. The pool was but busier and the inside play area was not as cool. The slide however was very fast. They had the outdoor pool open so we braved the chilly wind to explore the steamy outdoor pool. The outside pool is much nicer but not complete so we decided to visit this pool again later in the summer.

The unusual cold weather did stall the rest of our kick off weekend. It was just too cold to manage two more trips to the water. I hope next weekend will be nice and sunny. We can try to visit two pools and stay on track with our goal.

While doing some last minute shopping at Home Depot, Kennedy and I found an amazing treasure. A package of lady bugs! The label said there were approx. 1500. We both got very excited and took it home. I was more excited about the aphids the little critters would eat off my rose bushes. Kennedy wanted to keep them all as pets.


The instructions said to release the little ladies in the evening after watering. We got on our swimsuits and watered everthing in sight waiting for the sun to move toward the horizon. When the time came, I cut opened the bag and dumped a bunch in her hand. She loved it! I can't believe she didn't have a single worry about hundreds of tiny bugs crawling on her skin.

I placed the rest of the bugs around the garden and enjoyed watching Kennedy name each bug as they flew off her. It was a wonderful activity and I can't wait to do it again.