Ahh - North Carolina!

The Farrells were able to put together a summer reunion trip to Oak Island, North Carolina. While we were missing some (Megan, Conor and Ryan), it was a great week!

First trip to the beach. Boogie boards - Check. Goggles - Check. 

Here we go!

 Beckett riding the wave in

 Grant in the hammock on the bottom deck.

 Uncle Dave planning out the sand castle for the day.

 Aunt Amy enjoying her ride in. LOVE her smile!

 Grant riding the waves in.

 Mom and Beckett getting dinner together

 The boys on a morning shell hunt

I love this video. Grant is so happy he's skipping. :)

 Very cool patterns left in the sand by the waves.

 Shell Hunt Super Heroes!

 The crew for the week.

 The girl cousins - miss you Megan!

Front - Lindsey and Morgan

Back - Aileen and Jen

 Quick beach selfie.

 A fun game of putt-putt in the 90 degree heat. 

 Putt Putt selfie

 Very tired Beckett very mad at mommy for not agreeing to buy a 5 foot stuffed shark as his souvenir.

 Grant had a cut on his foot from a shell. So Beckett helped him down to the beach for photos. :)

And we are headed home. Great trip!

Grant passed out in the car on the way home from the airport. :)

Copa America!

As some of you might now, there was a big soccer tournament in the United States this summer. We watched the games every night and when we realized the USA would be playing in Houston, we knew we had to try and go.

So Roger surprised the boys with tickets to the game. Little did we know when we bought the tickets that the game was going to be against Argentina, considered by many to be the best team in the world. Their top player Mesi is definitely considered to be best in the world.

 Fully outfitted for the game in stars and stripes! 

Swim Finale!

We had a great summer of swimming this year. Both of the boys really came into their own and were able to enjoy every part of it.

There is a meet at the end of the summer called Invitationals. In order to qualify, a swimmer has to swim each stroke in a certain amount of time. Beckett qualified in 3 strokes - Freestyle, Breaststroke, and Butterfly. Grant qualified in all of the strokes and chose to swim Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly. They each also swam in a relay.

So on July 10th we headed up to Texas A&M University. The meet was held in the Aquatic Center on the University campus. Our team swam against 12 other teams from around the Austin area. It was a really fun day.

Beckett, Grant and their friend Joe ready to head into the aquatic center. 

Here is one of Beckett's races. He is in the silver cap at the bottom of the screen.

The names of the swimmers was posted at the end of each race. Beckett is at towards the bottom with a 3rd place finish. :)

Here is Grant's best race. He is the second from the bottom in the silver cap. 

As you can see - he got 1st place!!

Wide shot of the pool area. 3 pools. One for warm ups. One for the boys races. One for the girls races.

The final culmination of the season was the swim banquet. Right off the bat the boys were able to check their folders and gather the last of the season's ribbons. These are the ones they earned at the Championship meet.

At the championship meet, the swimmers earned points for their team based upon how they placed in each of their races. Beckett received this trophy for placing 1st in the 6 and under category. He earned the most points! WOOHOO!