Well.................they swam in swimming holes! Wait - maybe that just happened if you lived in the middle of Kennedy. I think other people had pools - and paved roads. He he he! Why on earth were we in Kennedy? And WHERE is Kennedy? Kennedy is just outside of the thriving metropolis of Jamestown. Which is very close to the even more exciting city of Olean. Still lost? South western New York . . . . yes, there is electricity out there.
We went there for Spencer's birthday party - Bob's parents still live there and were gracious enough to have us for the night. We all camped out in the backyard and had a blast! The kids spent almost the entire time in the pool. When they weren't in the pool, they were either eating, on a treasure hunt, walking to the swimming hole, or sleeping. Oh - the treasure hunt?? Take a wild guess what the treasure was . . . . candy! LOTS of candy! Woo hooo - nothing is better than 10 kids hopped up on sugar! I am going to quote Sofia, "Sugar day is glorious!".
So about this swimming hole . . . . Bob and his brothers did actually swim there before they got a pool. We walked down to it so the kids could catch crayfish and "tagpoles". It started out fine - no problems or incidents. You have to know by now that didn't last long! Bob took the kids into the drainage pipe so we could get a picture. Nothing too exciting - until we noticed a pink flip flop floating away. It was Sofia's . . . shocker. Bob saved it! I think it was at that point that Bob's brother, Reid, went to catch his daughter (she was slipping) but ended up falling on his butt and getting some lovely bruises. The good news? His BRAND NEW AWESOME camera was safe! Oh - cute Sara was safe, too. 
Then Brooke (who was fully clothed) and Kenzie decided to try and get some tadpoles in the deeper water. I must confess - I pointed them out to the girls. They loved it!! Brooke had her skirt hiked up so far it was on her shoulders! Bob then told Kenzie that if she tested how deep the water is, he would jump in. Like Kenzie needed a reason . . . in she went! Bob followed through on his promise and jumped in from the pipe!! Once he was in, they all went in. Brooke and Sofia were fully clothed but that didn't stop them. At first they complained it was cold - Bob guessed the water was in the low-mid 70s. Wimps. We gently reminded them that when we went camping, the lake water was a balmy 63ish degrees. THAT is cold. 
Then on the walk back, we looked at one of those purple things that are on the ash trees - it had fallen and was on the side of the road. There was a snake under it. I don't think I have ever seen Jenn run so fast in my life. In fact, I think she is still running. Run Jenn, RUN!!!!!!!!It was a great day and night - the kids were all fantastic!!! Thanks again to Janet and Reid for having us . . . we'll be back!
(That is a promise and a threat!)
I have added a slide show of pictures from the day . . . .
along with these few gems!
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