Havasu part one...and a bit of catch up!

We are having a really nice, relaxing time here on vacation at Lake Havasu!  While it is great fun to vacation with other families, it is nice this time to enjoy a slow-paced trip with no real plans!  We are doing plenty of swimming, but also watching some movies and just taking it easy!  And that is especially nice after the very busy week we had last week!  Last week all of our "school year activities" started up again, making for a very full schedule!  American Heritage Girls began on Monday night for Faith, then Kindermusik and Awana on Tuesday, swim lessons Wednesday, Soccer Thursday, and Friday began Group Solutions, which is our home school school that we attend every other Friday! 

 

Faith is really enjoying Kindermusik once again!  This semester they are going to learn a new instrument (as seen in the picture), and focus more on reading music.  She did a little concert for us one morning!

 

While Faith was at Kindermusik, Shane and I enjoyed a little bonding time at Starbucks!  And no, he is not into coffee at the age of four!  He had a hot chocolate while I enjoyed my first pumpkin spice latte of the season!

 

Sunday morning we went to a favorite Havasu breakfast spot, the Black Bear Diner.  We met Steve's Uncle Rodell there as he lives in Parker, which is about 30 minutes from Havasu.

 

One of the highlights of the trip so far for the kids has been a water slide!  Steve's dad is staying at a hotel near ours, and one of the pools there has a water slide!  The kids just love it!!

 

We knew Faith would enjoy the slide, but even Shane went on it right away!  And he loved it!!  Kids are not allowed to go down the slide with any floaties or life jacket on, and Steve was not able to be at the bottom to catch Shane, so thankfully the swim lessons are paying of and Shane was able to swim to the edge by himself!  He felt so proud to be able to do so!  On Sunday he went on the slide for almost three straight hours! 

 

The kids also brought along some of their cars from home and have spent quite a bit of their non-water time playing with the cars!