6.10.2012

swimming for the sharks


After we recovered from the birthday party, we switched right back into swim and dance mode. I thought I did a good job of not overscheduling us this summer, but each week seems to be busier than the one before! Monday we had swim and dance practice, Tuesday I worked at Erinn's store, Wednesday we headed to Baton Rouge for the day to visit my sweet friend Theresa- I HATE that I didn't get any decent pics of the kids- was sooo good to see her and John Emerson. And then Thursday it was time for our first official swim meet of the season! Of course, right at 2:30, when the meet was supposed to start the sky fell out!


Here are our two goofballs waiting out the rain.....
But, although the rain delayed the meet about an hour, the silver lining was that it was not miserably hot at the pool!
Lila was up first and she swam Freestyle and did a great job. She had a little malfunction with her goggles, which distracted her, so hopefully next time we can get that fixed.
Bennett also did free and did great! It was his first time to do a meet without a coach in the lane with him for support. He was so proud of himself and so were we!
Elise was so thrilled that she got to swim in three events- free, breast, and fly. She has been working hard on her strokes and she was one of the only 6 and under girls to swim a legal breast and butterfly. We were competing against a really big team, with swimmers that swim year round, and she placed 2nd overall in both events and earned 8 points for the sharks! She was sooooooo excited!
It was a fun night for all of us!

1 comment:

Susan said...

Great job, Elise. Butterfly is a very difficult stroke! Proud of all three Parnell "sharks".