League and the swim team banquet

Henry and Eliza with all their ducklings after we won league.

Our second annual dinner out with B's friend and his family at Oblios before the banquet.  No photos were taken at dinner, but I did snag this one before.

LTs last yeat swimming, but he sure went out with a bang!  And the after party is always a blast.

We spent a lot of time together at swim meets and swim practices, its only fitting that we got a photo of some of my favorite swim moms.

 

Best swim buds and cuties.

Goodbye to Grandpa

Brian's dad died in June and wanted his ashes spread in City Park.  We decided to make an evening out of it and have a picnic with some of his favorite food on the fields where Bri played lacrosse.  While a tough situation, we are so grateful we could all be together in a special place remembering him together.  And of course (since I am the only drinker), I drank part of a Coors in his memory and poured the rest over his ashes.  

 

Swim and Fun

These 9-10 boys are super tight.  One of the relay teams one of the swim meets.

LT broke a record!!!

Dressing up as cows to get free chik fil a all day one day.

A bowling afternoon/evening with our close family friends.

Henry is B's coach and always has a herd of duckling children by his side.  Definitely a dedicated and loved coach by these kids!

 

4th of July

These two (and many of their friends), burned the American flag onto their backs.  

Annual raft relay, we came in second.

Love all these kids.

 

Fun times

Hanging like an old couple after Lego camp.

Swim meet nap.

My dad's brother, his two kids and their families came into town in early July for a day.  As is typical at my parents house, the kids all went to the basement to make a "show".  The show consisted of piano, xylophone, gymnastics and breakdancing.

 

Pancake Breakfast

The pancake breakfast is a teams tradition where all 3 teams are divided with big kids and little kids alike and compete in fun competitions, all after eating breakfast together.  LT definitely took his role as a "big kid" seriously and the little kids absolutely loved him.

 

Randoms from June

B in the middle of the upper d divers during a dive meet.

Cooking with the neighbor BFF.

Working on building the basement gym.

 

Fun Run!

Many years ago, we started a "fun run", basically a mom's run during warm up for swim meets.  It entails running, but also stopping at playgrounds to play like kids.  

 

Ads-different swimming

Ads decided to stay with his year round team this summer.  While its a different schedule and different meets from the other two, he is really doing well and having fun!  We went to Colorado Springs a few weeks ago for a big meet at the Air Force Academy and stayed overnight.  We had a huge group of these kids and parents at dinner and headed to Scheels (a whole experience) before the meet Sunday.

 

Fun run!

Its become sort of a tradition that when we swim meets at Central Park, the moms head out on a "fun run" before the meet.  This year was a bigger group!

Hard to see, but B heading out on the final relay at the Central Park meet.

 

LTs birthday

Unfortunately, LTs birthday fell in the midst of a lot going on.  End of senior year (and school for the younger two), start of swim meets, and grandpa wasn't doing well.  We did go to sushi as a family and then came home for ice cream cake.

 

Last baseball game