Champs!

Yesterday was the Championship Swim Meet where all eight swim teams competed against each other. It was crazy! There were anywhere from 4 to 10 heats for each event. A normal swim meet starts around 9am and ends around 1pm. Yesterday started at 8am (we were supposed to check in and do warm ups at6:30am!) and friends of ours didn't get home until 5:30pm! Somehow the stars and planets aligned and neither C.J. nor Brendan swam backstroke or the freestyle relay. That meant that we were done at the halfway point and made it home by 2pm. Just so that our friends would still speak to us after we deserted them for the 2nd half of the meet, we stopped at 7-11 on the way out of town and brought back Slurpees for their kids. All in all, the meet was amazingly well organized, though.

There was a holding area for the kids to get organized two events prior to their event. The kids were placed in rows corresponding to their heat and seats corresponding to their lanes.


The boys even made friends while hanging out waiting for their events to start. Brendan played rock paper scissors, and the older boys rested their feet. For the record, Abbie was very upset about the older boys' positions and immediately told them "You cannot move the chairs! Put the chairs back on the ground!" Yes, she is bossy.

The kids were then led holding hands to their lane immediately before they swam.

The bigger kids were too cool to hold hands, so they formed a conga line.

C.J. and Brendan beat some of their records. Unfortunately, the team didn't do as well. We came in last place. We weren't even close to the next place finisher. Oh well, at least we have a fun time swimming.