Swim Banquet 2011

Last night we celebrated the end of the summer swim season with a banquet and awards ceremony. What a fun night to see all the kiddos dressed up, hair combed and not in a blue and yellow swim suit! To say it has been a fun summer of swimming would be an understatement. We really lucked out with the weather this year. Sitting at the pool each morning for 2 hours really wasn't so bad. Seeing all the friends from last summer and making new friends has been so much fun for the boys and I. Cheering on all the kids each week is super exciting. I really love the camaraderie everyone has for the kids who are swimming their little hearts out each week. Last night was the perfect way to end the summer swim season. Can't wait for next summer.

Coach Brian did a fantastic job coaching the MCC Swimmers this year. Our club took first place over all the other clubs.

Ledger and Case with the 6 and under kids.

Brody received a participation trophy and the award for "The Most Polite Swimmer." He was thrilled as were Jeremy and I!

Case received a participation trophy and the "High Point" award for all the 6 and under boys.

Although Ledger didn't swim any of the meets, he practiced with the team EVERY day. He was so happy with his participation trophy.

Brody, Ledger, Case and Katlyn with their trophies.

Brody and his 7 and 8 year old friends. Brody loved having his cousin Aiden on the team this year.

Oh Case and Katy. You two swimmers are so competitive with each other. You could have cared less if you won your heat. All you cared about was beating each other each week. Lucky for Kim and I, you two were on an every other week pattern with who's time was fastest. I was so relieved when you both won the High Point trophy for the 6 and unders.

Butterfly Swim Meet : A Night Of Winners!

Madden, Case, Hayden and Josh showing off their first place ribbons

for the freestyle relay race.

Case showing off his 3rd place medal for the 6 and under boys 25 yard freestyle. Both he and Katlyn medaled tonight. Katlyn actually received a first place medal for the 6 and under girls, but Case had a faster time. The two of them are so competitive with each other so it was good the way it worked out tonight.

Brody showing off his 5th place medal for the 7 and 8 year old boys, 25 yard freestyle. It was kinda funny when we went to check his time after all the 7 and 8 year old boys had swam. When we saw his time he asked me, "Which kids earn medals?" I replied by telling him, "The top 5 kids medal." He looked back at the paper and noticed he was #5 on the list. His eyes lit up and he said, "All right then." We got his medal and he was one happy 8 year old boy that night!

Madden and Case waiting for their race. Hard to believe these 2 boys are the same age!

Brody and Katy right after Brody took 1st place.

Tonight was a great night for the boys. They each swam the individual butterfly race at Arizona Country Club. Brody placed 1st in his heat (second heat) and received a fifth place medal. Case placed second in his heat (first heat) and received a third place medal. Case also had the opportunity to swim the freestyle relay and a 50 freestyle. His relay consisted of Josh Morin, Madden Parker, Hayden Darst, and Case. They swam their little hearts out and placed first. They were so excited when they realized they won. Case's 50 free was a whole other story. Apparently when he jumped in the water, his goggles filled with water and he started zig zagging across the pool like a drunken sailor! We couldn't figure out what was going on until he finished his first lap and tore his goggles off and swam the last 25 with his face out of the water. We felt so bad because he had a good chance of medaling in the 50 free. It's funny how my kids cannot swim without goggles. It's like they think the water is gonna kill their eyes after 1 minute of not wearing them. Although it was super hot out tonight, we had a blast watching our boys swim butterfly. Way to go boys!

SUNSPLASH!!

Today Kim and I took our kids, Hunter and Aiden to Sunsplash with the swim team. We do this every year and although I really dread it the day before, it is super fun! The boys are getting bigger now so we are able to go on more rides. We really could spend all day and night sliding, tubing, or being lazy in the lazy river. So glad we are able to experience this since I would not otherwise take my kids there. Welcome summer!

Aiden, Hunter, Brody, Ledger, Case and Katlyn

Case had a ball today!

Brody is getting so brave by going down all the slides...big and small!

Coach Kate is so sweet with Ledger. She has been a great addition to the swim staff this year. She attends Colorado State Denver so I really think she's awesome!

What did you do last night?

We attended our first spring swim meet at Arizona Country Club. The boys have been practicing so hard for the past 2 weeks and did a great job swimming freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke. The highlight of the night was eating pretzels with cheese and soda while waiting to race. Great job boys!

Brody won second place in all 3 events.

Nice stroke B-Dog!

Case won 1st, 3rd and 4th in his events last night.

Case is a little rusty on how to take a breath while swimming freestyle. His whole body is coming out of the water. Good thing he has that swim cap on so he can swim, "Super way more faster!"

Poor Ledger. He was all excited to swim last night until he got in the water for warm ups. He slowly sank into the water and pulled himself on the lane lines for a few minutes. He then decide he was done and out he came. Needless to say...he didn't swim the meet last night!