It's My Jam!

Up at 5:00am
In the pool at 6:30 am
First race at 7:00

Today was our first swim meet of the 2016 season. The boys have been practicing hard for a couple of weeks and today it paid off. They rocked all their races.

Beckett swam in 4 races - Freestyle relay, 25 meter freestyle, 25 meter backstroke, 25 meter butterfly. He won all the races but the relay. We are so proud of him. He didn't outright win any races last year so this was a really big accomplishment for him.

Grant swam in 5 races - Medley relay (he swam the backstroke) 25 meter backstroke, 25 meter breast stroke, 25 meter butterfly and 100 meter freestyle relay. While he didn't win any of the races, he posted faster times, so earned 3 time improvements.

In some of their races, both of the boys swam fast enough to earn a spot in the state Invitational meet in July. So we will all be headed to Texas A&M University. In this meet, the boys will race against swimmers from all over the state.

It was a great beginning to our swim season. They are so fun to watch. Hope you enjoy the videos!

 Beckett on the ready bench before his first race - Freestyle Relay.

 Grant looking over at our friend Greyson. He swims for the other team. Guess he was sizing up the competition. :0

 WINNER WINNER! 1st place!

Our super fast swimmers. GOOD JOB BOYS

Beckett in the freestyle relay

Grant in the 25 Backstroke

Beckett in the 25 freestyle

Beckett in the 25 Backstroke

Grant in 25 Backstroke

Beckett in the 25 Butterfly. He has such a powerful dolphin kick. He ended up being disqualified in this race because he did a little flutter kick in the middle. If he hadn't, he would have had invitational time for this one as well. He's confident he will get it next time. :) As he told a friend the other day - "Backstroke - It's my jam"

Grant in the 25 Butterfly. This was a tight race. 3,4  and 5 place had a difference of .5 seconds.

100m Freestyle relay

Big Update

So working full time leaves little time for anything else. Seems like our weekends are soccer games, grocery store and Costco. I apologize for the 3 months of silence. Here is an update on our craziness in one big post.

For Spring Break we split our time between a fabulous hotel in San Antonio and then a quick trip to Macie and Cap's house. The JW Marriott in San Antonio is our new happy place. 

This is a selfie we took on the golf cart that brings you from your car to the hotel. 

Out to dinner with Macie and Cap. We had to wait for a bit for our food, so we decided to take a bunch of pictures to pass the time - some good, some goofy.

Bluebonnets are a sign of spring in Texas. This year we went a little early so missed their peak. But got a couple of good pictures nonetheless.

Easter is never complete without our bunny cake. Thanks Grant for helping me this year!

A little cuddle time on mom and dad's bed

Grant's 2nd grade field trip to the Austin Zoo.

Swim team began the beginning of May. The boys are really excited for this season. For practice, their coaches moved both of them up to the next age group because they were worried that they wouldn't be challenged enough by practicing with their age group. For meets they will swim with their age group....boys are hopeful this will mean lots of ribbons this year.

Grant and Beckett with our 2 best girlfriends - Kamryn and Ashlyn. I just love these 2!

Every Mother's Day the first grade classes have a Mother's Day tea. The kids spend a month getting ready for it - preparing poetry and decorations. It's one of my most favorite things ever. I cried when I went with Grant last year and cried again this year.
This year Beckett greeted me in the first grade hallway. When presenting me with my crown, he got down on one knee, just like a knight. He is so sweet.

Field Day! One of the greatest days in elementary school. This year they did field day activities for 2 hours. Had lunch. Played in bounce houses for 45 minutes. Watched 5th grade tug o war. What a great day!

Beckett getting ready to squirt his friends in the car wash

Basket made!

Beckett in the Sack Race!

Grant swinging on a rope over the snake pit.

Pull Beckett!

Kids celebrating their tug o war win over parents.

Grant and his friend Collin jumping in the sack race without a sack...they had holes by the time 2nd grade got there.

Grant and Collin battling it out in the obstacle course.

We have 2 more weeks of school. The end is in sight! I am ready for some slower days. We have our first swim meet next weekend (May 28th). Will try to keep the updates coming!