*LONG STORY ALERT*
Nathan swam in his very first swim meet this last weekend. He was so nervous in the days leading up to it but he did so well, we are very proud parents! He swam freestyle and backstroke (he hates backstroke, hee hee) and was on a freestyle relay team. His relay took 2nd place in the 8 and under category and he is so proud of that very first ribbon :) He beamed the whole way home!
I thought about bringing my camera on the way out the door and then decided against it. My original thought was to use it to update our picture board at the pool, but I didn't want to be responsible for having to capture all the swimmers. I didn't even make the connection about needing it for Nathy's first meet until they were warming up. It was too far to go back home and get it so I was bummin' big time. Mike and I were on deck helping with the kids (our team had over 120 swimmers present for the meet...whoa!). During one of Nathan's races, I was cheering for him at the end of the lane when a lady from the other team asked if I knew whose boy he was. I told her he was mine and she showed me a picture she took of him on the starting block. I started to cry. He looked so precious...in his jammers, ready position, one leg on the block. I told the woman that it was his very first meet and like a moron I left the camera at home. She took a few more pictures of him that day and promised to e-mail them to me. I can't wait to get them and post them here. After the meet, she saw him coming out of the locker room and told him that he was a great swimmer and he was her hero that day. It was a good day :)
Hannah did well also. This was her first meet as a 13 year old and so she was nervous for that. She had great swims in spite of the nerves and looked really good in the water. She has always been a butterflier, but under the new coach, her stroke has been fine tuned and looks so sharp!
We get a break with meets now for a couple weeks and will be starting up again the beginning of January. Until then, they just keep swimming.
2 comments:
Awww....I cna't wait to see the pics of Nathy! What an awesome story of his first meet! He's so sweet.
I am so proud of him. I can't wait to see the pics also. Keep up the good work Nathan. Good job Hannah. It blows to age up, but I know that you are tougher than those wimpy older girls. Have a nice break. We had a forced break as the pool got a leak and had to be drained for a few weeks. Today will be Lauren's first day back.
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