KEEPING GRANDKIDS SAFE

Next month we will be having a couple of our youngest grandchildren visit us. In order to avoid an incident like last summer's drowning in our pool, I drove to the store this morning and bought a couple of life jackets. They are specifically for Naomi and for Hunter and for any other little non-swimmers who happen to play in our backyard.

Naomi will visit first, joining us to celebrate my brother's birthday.

The following weekend, Hunter will visit us.

When they get here, they will be able to wear these really cool, bright colored blue and red life jackets. One of them fits big kids like Hunter and one of them fits little kids like Naomi.

When Naomi arrives, she will be accompanied by family members Tim, Bethany, Silas and Devon. All four of them know how to swim and do not need life jackets.

When Hunter arrives, he will be accompanied by family members Tracy, Cody and Emily. All three of them know how to swim and do not need life jackets.

One of these life jackets also fits Neo, who is welcome to wear it in our back yard any time he wishes, especially if he brings his parents and his sisters along with him.