Oh my brave

Cara here.  I wanted to tell you what Siena's been up to this summer.  In the past, Siena might have been referred to as shy, timid, a little hang backish.  That child is gone.  She has been replaced by a boisterous, outgoing, talkative, dare devil.  Just a few examples of this in the last two weeks or so.

While Mommy and Daddy were freezing on the Washington coast, Siena and I got to hang out with Grandma and Grandpa and our aunts and uncles.  This meant we swam a lot, went to the lake, and probably climbed with Grandpa.  If you remember, on our last lake trip Siena and I tried out the tube and loved it.  This time the tube didn't make it out to the lake and we were both bummed.  However, Siena was determined to do something behind the boat. And she did.  She wake surfed!  She stood on the board will Grandpa drug behind holding on to the rope for her.  She did so amazing!

And then on Thursday, we played up at the Veyo pool again and she jumped right in to the deep end without Mommy being in the water and just kept swimming!  She even made a new friend and kept venturing out in water above her head.  That night we had a ward party at the good old St. George city pool and she shocked Mommy by readily agreeing to jump off the diving board.  No floaties, no life jacket, and Mommy was over be the ladder.  Her second jump off, she tried doing a trick!  She loved it!  Grandpa used to have to bribe Mommy when she was 5 and 6 to jump off.  She was promised slurpees at 7-11 if she would just JUMP! Not Siena.  She jumped without a hint of a bribe.   It's been fun watching her become brave.