Hurricane Splash Park

Hurricane got a splash park this summer! We are so excited!

Draper Family Reunion

Every other year we have a Draper Family Reunion. It's fun to get together with family that we don't get to see often. Of course, Lincoln is happy if Bridger is there.

Becky, Steve and Sheila are so silly.

Aunt Bonnie, Aunt Bev and Jill look so much alike.

Lincoln loves to be thrown up in the air by Uncle Michael. It's a daily event. Michael is a good sport. It's a good thing he has strong muscles. Lincoln is not so little anymore.

Lincoln won this little hat in the fishing pond for the kids. It's funny.

There was a bounce house, snow cones, cotton candy, a dunk tank, and a huge slip n slide. It was perfect!

Most of us sisters went on the slip and slide together. We got pretty wet, but it was still fun.

Carolyn, Shannon, Bre, Raquel, Gina... all sisters in law, but we are still great friends.

Swimming Lessons

Lincoln had his first session of swimming lessons this summer and he did a great job! However, on his first day, the teachers had the kids standing on the little step that goes down into the pool. A teacher was working with the child next to Lincoln and Lincoln stepped right off the step. For a split second, I looked at Lincoln bobbing up and down trying to get breath (the water was too deep) and then I looked back at the teachers. No one saw him! I ran from my chair and jumped into the pool fully clothed to pull him out. He was fine, but a little scared. He wanted to sit on my lap for a while so I let him. I was really proud when a few minutes later he told me he was ready to get back in. When he got back in and resumed lessons, he kept looking at me and telling his teachers, "my mom is all wet." It was so cute. From then on, he was much more careful and so were the teachers. :)

He was brave and went off the diving board too!

We did a lot of swimming this summer. Perhaps Lincoln's favorite pool to swim in is Uncle Jerry's pool. He has a salt water pool so the chemicals don't burn your eyes. Lincoln is quite brave at Uncle Jerry's. By the end of the summer, Lincoln was going fullly under water with no life jacket, opening his eyes and swimming from step to step under water by kicking his legs and using his arms. He can really hold his breath for quite a while! Lincoln really loves to swim. I hope he keeps that passion and becomes better and better.

Cherry Hill

Last year, the family went to Cherry Hill for the first time. We enjoyed ourselves so much that we decided to make it an annual event.


Here's the crazy clan.
Adam, Lexie, Austin, Brooke, Lincoln.


We adults love this slide. It's really fun to go down. We could do it all day long. I tried to get Lincoln to go down the slide, but he wouldn't. Maybe next year.






Adam had a good time on the slide too.

We like to hang out under the trees in the shade for lunch and rest. We play so hard when we are there we have to take a break here and there.

We love Cherry Hill. I am already excited to go next year.