Swimming

I love summertime. Most of my summertime memories of childhood are of water. In Grants I spent most of my summer at the city pool, then we moved to Lake Powell. Almost nightly we drove down to the lake for a swim, and then Friday and Saturday was spent waterskiing. If we were visiting family in Circleville Deena, Dayna and I were either in the canal, or down at the river. As I got older my passion for swimming was put on hold, I was too busy working, or just couldn't find a place as great as Lake Powell to swim. But now that I have children my passion for water is being passed on to them. Three years ago the city built a pool just down the road from our house and Linda, Gabby, and Becca have been swimming on their swim team. The other kids love to go to the pool and play, it has a great play area for smaller children. Yesterday was the last swim meet for their team. They all did great, and we finally found the charger to our video camera so see for yourself what fish they are.

Linda and Gabby took 1st and 2nd in freestyle. Gabby took first in IM. Becca took 2nd in breast stroke. Our team took first in the relay. They had a great coach who really pushed them, trained them well, but encouraged them too. Linda and Gabby are now considering joining the city team. Becca wants to act. The other children are all great. They are still young enough they are happy to be home playing in the back yard, we also bought a bigger back yard pool this year and they have a lot of fun out there. We love summer, even with the Las Vegas heat.