Jarom started 7th grade, Camille is in 4th grade, and Evan is in 1st grade. First day of school!
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Team Swimming 2010
Our summer basically revolved around Jarom, Camille and Evan swimming at Brimhall. There were many kids from the neighborhood that were either in swim team or synchronized swimming- my kids loved it!
Jarom's swim team started at 6:30am. We did hear some complaining, but I think Jarom really had a great time with his friends and had a since of accomplishment waking up so early to swim all those laps. It also helped him pass off his merit badge at scout camp.
Evan was in swim team at 9:15am. I was worried- that is a long way across the pool for such a little kid- but he is quite the swimmer.
We had Jarom and Evan swim in two of the meets. It is a hot, sweaty, miserable experience to sit through the meets! It was one of those things that we decided would be worth it to give the kids experience in sportsmanship and was worth the two we went to. They both got ribbons for swimming. Although I was too worried about bringing things to keep cool, I didn't bring the camera. The longest we stayed at a meet was from 5pm to 9pm to see both boys swim. Evan being one of the youngest and first to swim, and Jarom was one of the last.
For Camille in synchronized swimming, she went at 9am- and thought it was so fun!! I was afraid that it wasn't as good of exercise as swim team, but you have to be strong to tread water for long periods of time and to keep your body on top of the water for all the moves. We went to all the synchro meets we were in town for. They were a little more entertaining meets, although still hot and sweaty. We got the experience of "knoxing" her hair back into a bun. Which is applying knox gelatin mixed with a little bit of water on her hair to make it stiff and not come undone in the water. I was doing it and thinking- this is crazy, but it worked. The last few weeks her trio performed a routine and received a second place ribbon in the championships.
Jarom's swim team started at 6:30am. We did hear some complaining, but I think Jarom really had a great time with his friends and had a since of accomplishment waking up so early to swim all those laps. It also helped him pass off his merit badge at scout camp.
Evan was in swim team at 9:15am. I was worried- that is a long way across the pool for such a little kid- but he is quite the swimmer.
We had Jarom and Evan swim in two of the meets. It is a hot, sweaty, miserable experience to sit through the meets! It was one of those things that we decided would be worth it to give the kids experience in sportsmanship and was worth the two we went to. They both got ribbons for swimming. Although I was too worried about bringing things to keep cool, I didn't bring the camera. The longest we stayed at a meet was from 5pm to 9pm to see both boys swim. Evan being one of the youngest and first to swim, and Jarom was one of the last.
For Camille in synchronized swimming, she went at 9am- and thought it was so fun!! I was afraid that it wasn't as good of exercise as swim team, but you have to be strong to tread water for long periods of time and to keep your body on top of the water for all the moves. We went to all the synchro meets we were in town for. They were a little more entertaining meets, although still hot and sweaty. We got the experience of "knoxing" her hair back into a bun. Which is applying knox gelatin mixed with a little bit of water on her hair to make it stiff and not come undone in the water. I was doing it and thinking- this is crazy, but it worked. The last few weeks her trio performed a routine and received a second place ribbon in the championships.
Camping Trip 2010
Ben and I both grew up camping, but we haven't been since before Jarom was born. Camping while babies are little didn't sound like fun to us. So this was the year! Since we knew it would rain everyday in northwest AZ we decided to rent a camp trailer. We loved being off the ground, and the one day that it rained all afternoon, we were inside reading, playing games and watching a movie. We camped right off Black River and it was beautiful. We had our own path to the river with a little bank. The kids had fun walking up and down the river. The water was going pretty fast, so Thomas had to hold on to someone when he got in. The boys were so excited to fish, and we tried a few times in the river and at Big Lake. It was a pretty frustrating experience to everyone when lines get stuck, bait gets lost, lures disappear and mom and dad only have so many hands to fix the problems. In camp they practiced casting a lot and that wasn't as hard.
Packing to camp for a week felt like I had to bring the whole house with us. I thought I would forget tons of things, but between the six of us we thought of just about everything. Ben brought our camp stove to cook on and it was perfect. I felt like I had a chef, he cooked every meal for us. I loved the campfires, being all together, my king size corner of the camper, how beautiful it was, and watching the kids play in the water.
Jarom had accidently cut himself 10 days before and had 2 stitches in his arm. Ben took them out while we were camping. Jarom's favorite things about camping were sleeping in the camper- listening to the rain outside, swimming in the river, and fishing-especially watching Thomas try to fish.
Camille liked dad's food and the bagels, she had fun in the river, and she enjoyed having time to read.
Evan loved swimming in the river, fishing and waking up and seeing the bite out the bag of hamburger buns by a mysterious animal.
Thomas loved having his jacket on, swimming with Jarom, Camille, Evan and Thomas. Then he liked breaking a stick. (in his own words)
Thomas loved having his jacket on, swimming with Jarom, Camille, Evan and Thomas. Then he liked breaking a stick. (in his own words)
The second to last day we packed up the camper and drove to the ranch for the last night. It was great to be clean again! There was a huge storm coming in and we were glad we didn't have to wait the storm out camping and pack the next morning. This was a vacation we will all remember!
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