spending time with his niece (Haylen)

"What are we doing today?" she asked eagerly, once she was done with her breakfast.

"I remembered you saying something about going swimming." Thomas replied

"Yay!" she replied, smiling brightly.

Thomas smiled as he finished eating

Lilyana watched quietly, excited about their swimming advanture and she was eager to beat her uncle in a small compition.

Thomas had a feeling she would try to, 30 minutes later, they were at the spot

Lilyana looked around, smiling a bit, but also an eager look on her face. She knew Thomas' wasn't going to be beat easily.

Thomas removed his shoes and shirt, then dove in

Lily was smart, wearing her swim suit under hear jeans and shirt. She stopped at the edge of the water dipping her toe in first, like she was a girly girl. "Brr." she said, grinning at the same time.

Thomas looked at her, "Just dive in and start swimming, you'll warm up." he said to her

Lilyana bursted out laughing and then quickly made her way into the water.
"Girls don't just jump into the water." she said grinning.

Thomas smiled a bit when Lily said that, "Oh really?" he asked

She swam over to Thomas and nodded.
"But girls do that." she said, splashing some water in his direction, giggling.

Thomas smiled when she did that, then splashed her back

Lilyana squealed a bit when he did that and swam a bit away.

Thomas smiled, then swam after her

Lilyana smiled. "You won't catch me." she teased.

Thomas took the challenge and managed to catch her

Lily gave him a playful pout when he did.

Thomas winked at her as she did

"I'll beat you one time, you'll see." she said, getting some wet hair out of her face.

"We'll see" Thomas replied

Lilyana giggled a little and splashed him again.

Thomas smiled, then returned the favor

"Eeeeh." she said, closing her eyes as she turned away a bit.