UPDATE: here is a cute little video of Brynn swimming breastroke for the first time. Chicken-Star-Rocket is how they teach the little ones to do that stroke. Well, as you can see that is exactly what she is doing!
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwZ-6QUd7BBdYk1LT0JGVjJUeTQ/edit?usp=sharing
Swim season has come and is now gone. Whew...that went fast. I LOVE to be busy and taking the kids to and from swimming and watching them swim in swim meets is SO FUN.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwZ-6QUd7BBdYk1LT0JGVjJUeTQ/edit?usp=sharing
Swim season has come and is now gone. Whew...that went fast. I LOVE to be busy and taking the kids to and from swimming and watching them swim in swim meets is SO FUN.
They all did so great this season.
Improving in every stroke, even Brynn!
I just love watching them have team camaraderie and this year was even
more fun because CC and Sam along with Molly and Megan were able to join
us. That made practices and swim meets
even more exciting as they were able to cheer on their friends and their
friends cheered them on.
Cole, Brody and Trace were able to qualify for a preliminary swim at
Championships. That in and of itself is
exciting. Brody qualified in both
freestyle and butterfly. Trace qualified in freestyle. Cole qualified in Backstroke and
Butterfly.
Once they all swam in the Semifinals swim meet Brody was 9th out of about
40 which earned him a spot as an alternate in butterfly. Cole also qualified in
Butterfly and was an alternate in Backstroke.
Now it is important to know, Cole would want me to tell you, his two BEST
strokes are butterfly and backstroke and he was thrilled to have made finals in
butterfly but slightly disappointed to be just an alternate in backstroke. But, he did in fact place 9th against about
40 swimmers which were the top 40 out of about 80 in his age group. Not everyone got to swim in semifinals and to
make it to finals, top 8, or even as an alternate means he was swimming in the
top 10 out of the whole Desert Swim League. Pretty awesome if you ask me!
He (Cole) ended up placing 8th in the final race in butterfly. It took some explaining for him to understand
how awesome that was. We are so proud of all of them for working so hard and
performing so well. Week after week
swimming their best and swimming strokes that are very challenging as
well.
And for the 3rd year in a row, Bellair Barracudas won the Desert Swim League
championship!
Anyhow here are some great pictures of the season! It was a family and
friends affair!
One of the best things that we've be given through swimming has been meeting Stefan and his family. He helps to coach the swim team while swimming himself with the older kids. He's a wonderful young man who loves Jesus and has taken my kids under his wing and shared his life with them. In that, Justin and I have been blessed to meet his family and they have taken us under their wing and we have learned so much from them. 
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