Mike Messages: Easter and other activities

It's been a while since I've sat down to write on this...so much has happened! I will try to remember everything...So as Lisa talked about, Dad's birthday was April 3rd and the whole family spent the night eating and hanging out with each other at Mom and Dad's place. The next day I went with Dad on another lunch date with Tim and his buddy Mick. My very good longtime friend Terra, Tim's Daughter, also joined us. It was Tim's birthday the next day so we celebrated with some ice cream which always makes dad happy :)

The following Sunday was Easter. Jay and I went to Mom and Dad's and brought breakfast. Johnny was there and we all ate out on the deck in the sunshine. It has been beautiful weather lately and Dad wants to be outside as much as possible as do we all! Jay and I had to head back to Bremerton to pick up our niece, Kyreana, who came to stay the week with us and Mom and Dad made me promise to bring her for a visit. Which leads us to my latest visit and the one freshest in my memory! Thursday Kyreana and I went to Mom and Dad's to visit and swim in the pool that is in their building. We had such a great time! When we got there we found out that Mom was babysitting Dillon (Allison's boyfriend's son) so he was there too. Kyreana and I headed down to the pool and played for a bit and then Dad and Nancy 2 came down to watch. Dad decided he wanted to put his feet in the water so Nancy 2 helped him sit on the edge of the pool with his feet on the steps. Well then he decided that he wanted to get all the way in and so without saying anything he stood up and started walking down the steps into the pool. Nancy 2 freaked out a little as did I but I was confident that I could hold him in the water as it made him almost weightless. I held him on his back while he kicked his feet. Mom and Dillon came down and Dillon got in the pool with us too. It was great and Dad got right down to teasing the kids and squirting Kyreana with water being silly. I know he loved it and I am going to try and get in the pool with him more often. I want to make sure there is always another person with me though in case of emergency. I can hold Dad in the water but getting him out of the water myself is a different story. Lisa and I may go together next friday and swim with him.