Swim Team

We live in an awesome neighborhood with a large pool. But, we have never had a a swim team. A number of people have tried other years to get a swim team going, but they could never get past our HOA board. Last summer, I decided I was going to make it my job to get the team going. So, I went to a few board meeting and convinced them to give us a try. Then I got pregnant with Ellie! She was due at the time the team would really be up and going. There were a handful of people who had worked over the year to get ready for the team. They and a few others took over and we had a great first season of swim team.

Carson was in the youngest division this year. He loved every minute of it. I never heard a single complaint about being at the pool at 8 AM for practice. He loved the competition and always asked as soon as the race was over what place he got. The younger kids only swim free style and back stroke. But, in 2 meets he got to swim with the 8 and unders in a relay. One time he swam breast stroke (after not practicing it at all!) and the other time he swam butterfly. He wants to continue swimming on a year round team. If I can get past my issues with it, I am sure he will love it. And, we are all looking forward to next summer when Macie can join the team. She swam all the way across the 25 yard pool once this summer already.

Here are some pictures. They are not in order and I am too lazy to fix them.

Getting ready for the first meet. It was just a mock meet with our team.

Swimming free style at one of the meets.

Getting ready for the start at RiverGreen
Warm ups at River Green with Carter and Eli in the water.
The best part of swim team was getting to be with friends!

These are Carson's friends Eli and Carter. They have all been friends since they were babies.
Carson and Jack. Jack is Carson's best school friend. We are lucky that he lives in the back of our neighborhood, so they got to be on the team together.

And what do you do while your brothers are swimmming? Eat as much as possible! Macie and Addison enjoying ring pops in one of the rare moments they were sitting. We are all looking forward to them being busy swimming next summer!