Swim Meet update!

Well, we got 9 blue ribbons, 4 red ribbons, 2 whites and one yella (that's 4th place)

Poor Ross was in two relays where the kid just could NOT swim - so that pulled his white & yellow one...the ones where he swam in the individuals, he got a blue and a white (dangit all if they didn't put him against 4 other 15 & 16 year olds - his division is 13 & up - he's barely 13!)

Kiersten got 3 blues and a red - BARELY got first in her individual - I'm going to try and post a picture of her pulling ahead -- she did the flip turn on a 50m back stroke too soon - and didn't hit the wall, so she had to go back to the wall & then get back in the race, but pulled ahead - I'm going to post a video - and hopefully I don't sound stupid yelling for her!! LOL! Here's her race! I was so shocked at how she pulled through! (she's in the first lane - closest to the camera!)


Kali got 3 blues & a red, too - she's so dorky - she stops in the middle of the race to look around where everyone else is, then gets back into it! And still does pretty good!

Howie, my poor man! This asthma season has really done some serious damage to his lungs - I just want to cry when I watch him race, he used to glide through the water with no cares in the world - now, he'll have to stop here & there on only a 25 meter race to catch his breath. It really breaks my heart - despite that, he got 2 blues, a red & a white! The white was a result of a relay - where the kid - I am NOT joking about this - took 8 minutes to swim like a rat on acid the 25 meters - I don't get why he's even in swim team! Really - it kills me! But the coaches wanted to get him a ribbon, so they only put him against two lanes in the relay - sadly - howie was on his team - I really hate that kid's parents, too - I'm sure I'll vent on that later...

Still - Howie is the favorite among the coaches & they asked him to wear a mohawk tonight - he had no problem doing so - here's his mohawk...


Then all the kiddo's with their ribbons from their first meet!