swimming in West Fargo

Whoa!  This was a big weekend for the girls.  They have participated in some swim meets in Asia, but nothing on this scale, ever!  I'm just proud that they got out there in that big (brand new) swim complex and found their teammates and dove in.

There were definitely a few "deer in the headlights" moments - ha!  I'm thankful for a fellow mom who has graciously walked me through the new-swim-mom process and kept me from floundering, at least most of the time!

Once the girls located their friends on the team, and found their coach, and got in the water for warm ups they were in the groove.  The pool was packed with swimmers during warm ups!  I couldn't believe how many kids there were!  The most popular event (50 free) had 19 heats of swimmers!

Here's Lydia in lane 2 (second swimmer from the bottom) at the start of the 50 back.

And Julianna (randomly in the same lane) at the start of one of her races but I honestly can't remember which.

Between races with their swimming buddies.  They really had a great day!  and the boys played hard in the stands, and really enjoyed watching the races too - especially the older boys who were just so fast!

One more pic of Lydia!

And then it was finally over and we drove home and everyone was pretty wiped out from a long day (the girls and I left the house at 7am!).  We all collapsed onto couches with noses in books to reset our energy banks (except Luke, who opted for an audio book).  A late lazy dinner of peanut butter toasted bagels and our day was over!

I'm not sure how much longer he will be happy to sit in my lap and read so I'm enjoying it now!  and taking pictures to prove it!

One more swim meet in a few more weeks and the girls time on the Wahoos swim team will come to an early end - but we are enjoying it while it lasts!