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| I love this picture because it shows Anna's clever way of "diving" in the water. |
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| Between this picture and the next you can see Luke's nice form when going off the blocks. And the kid next to him maybe doing a flip? |
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| The theme of the swim meet this year was "Swim Wars". There were a few stormy days this season, but the league meet the weather was great. It was a really fun day! |
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| Luke placed 1st in the the 25 free, second in his relay and third in the 50 free overall. This was pretty good because for each of these events there are several heats. He nailed it. Red white and blue! So that night he wore his Red, White and Awesome pajamas. |
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| Anna did a great job this year too! She didn't get any of the rosette ribbons. They were only for the top 12 in each event. Next year I think she'll get some though. She was more confident this year and had a lot of fun playing with friends at the meets and practice. |
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| Luke with the kids he was usually on a relay with. |
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| The kids getting ready for the group photo. Always a process. |
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| Me and some of the fellow swim moms displaying our ribbons that that sons earned. |
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| A pretty big team! |
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| The kids got inflatable light sabers for winning heats. Anna was sad that she didn't get one. Oliver is here, as usual, sitting by his fish. |
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| A few weeks ago, I had to go to Petoskey to work. The mediation I had to go to took less than an hour, so for the most part we got a fun last minute trip up north for a night. This picture was at Petoskey State Park. We went there in the morning to walk around a bit and looked for Petoskey stones. We were some of the only people there. |
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| The hotel we stayed at was just a few miles outside of Petoskey, in Alanson. It was called Staffords Crooked River Resort and was truly a gem. This was the view from our balcony. Kayaks and paddle boats were free at the hotel. We took the kids kayaking for the first time. We started at this launch area and you go all along with river and into connecting lakes. If we wanted to or had more time we could go pretty far, but we just took a little trip. |
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| It was like a log cabin. My kind of wilderness. No camping involved. There was a nice fire pit, indoor pool with a mini waterfall and hot tub and good breakfast the next day. There was also a popcorn machine in the lobby and billiards/games room. We liked it a lot. It was very peaceful. |
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| Luke pondering life by the sea. |
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| Luke got pretty good and skipping stones. |
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| We had the best luck finding Petoskey stones in the water. |
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| Most of the rocks we found were actually Charlevoix stones. A little different than Petoskey stones. |
