Fish...

The girls have been taking swimming lessons all week at a friend's house. It has been amazing to see how much they have grown in boldness and skill in just one week! Monday afternoon, they had to learn to put their faces in the water (mouths and noses at the same time!), kick, and glide out to us. By Thursday, Katy still did not want to jump into the water without holding onto her teacher's hands. Once she got over it and did it one time, she wanted to do nothing else but jump the rest of the lesson! Even yesterday, she still didn't want to put her face in the water while swimming (Darsie, on the other hand, takes a dramatically deep breath and puts her face in even before she puts her arms out and kicks!). Today however, Katy put her face in the water every time, even coming up for a breath and then putting it back in! Both girls jumped off the diving board (to Pam's waiting arms) and then swam to the side of the pool! Katy even swam from the deep end all the way to the steps at the shallow end several times today! Amazing! We are so proud of them!
Pam prayed at the beginning of lessons on Monday for God to help them to be brave to try new things and to help them to be able to do them. He certainly answered her prayer!


(Wouldn't it be a little intimidating to be the one in the water when they jump like this??!!)