2015 Meet of Champs

The boys capped off another good season of swimming by earning spots to swim at the Sac Valley Meet of Champions.  

Cody's meet went well with a PR in backstroke by 2.8 seconds.  He also swam the 100 freestyle for the first time this year, finishing in a good time to work on for next year.  He added a bit of time in his 100 I.M and breaststroke that was a point of slight frustration, but he had a good weekend overall!  

100 I.M 1:31.23

  50 Backstroke 37.46

  3 of the Fantastic 4 from the 11/12 group this year lined up for the 100 freestyle.  

#4 skipped MOC this year to travel to Ireland. 

  50 Breaststroke 48.72

 Tyler had a bit of a rocky start to his swim weekend by missing his 25 freestyle, but came back Sunday to  PR in both his events.  

25 Backstroke 20.83, finishing 20th overall, 2 spots out of finals. 

  

50 Freestyle 40.55, PR by .20

 25 Breaststroke 24.42, PR by 1.13

We were happy to have one last meet with our favorite coach, Natalie. 

She is getting married and moving back east this fall. 

Wake Island Water Park

For a fun, team building event, Tyler's gymnastics team took a trip out to Wake Island in Pleasant Grove.  Siblings were also invited, so Cody was able to get in on the fun.  

This place is way out there, but worth the drive.  

The main attraction for my guys was the inflatable obstacle course.  They go out in 45 minute sessions, which are closer to 35 by the time they get through the safety talk and into their life jackets.  This is probably the only complaint of the day, they wanted a bit more time.  

They had all kinds of things to run across, swing on, jump on and off of and climb on and around.  

 

 

 

After our time was over on the inflatable, they boys played in the water some more in the beach area. 

A lot of the boys also went over to try the wake boarding on the cable system.   

 It was a new adventure for most the boys, so not a lot of them made it much past the start, but they kept trying!  

Coach Dan used to compete in wake boarding and showed the guys how it should be done. 

 As we were watching the boys we also saw some of the catfish that live in the lake, even in the weird blue dye.  We are assuming it's a plant based dye.  

 Watching at the launch pad. 

We will have to go back again, everyone had a great time. 

State Fair Fun

We braved the heat this past Monday and headed to the fair.  We did our best to rotate between outside exhibits and the indoor exhibits to cool down.  

They had a lot of good hands on exhibits that the boys loved to check out.  

We each found a favorite food to eat for lunch and a cold treat followed later in the day.  

The rides were a bit too expensive this year, but it was so hot by that time of the day it wouldn't have been much fun.  

Hmmm, most days they can use this hashtag.

 Cockpit to explore

 Pizza, street tacos, nachos and a burger for lunch. 

 

 This ball maze was so interesting to watch.  It had the lightest sounds and such cool movement, we spent a lot of time watching it from all angles. 

 Robot arm with fingers that are individually controlled. 

 Stopped by the River City Quilt Guild to put together a nine patch block. 

 The guild will then take all the blocks and make them into blankets for kids in the hospitals. 

 Our favorite shaved iced!