8th Grade Dance Friday Night May 21st.

New Dress $30.00

New Clutch $ 10.00

Fun time @ the Dance...Priceless.

No A/C at the dance after the first 45 minutes...smelly....lots of sweaty kids and adults.

But a great time had by all.

They are neck & neck....but who won???

If a picture speaks a thousand words then you might what to know what this one says.... Oh...Ooh Darn!! So close.

Katilyn 42.90 Yellow Cap

De'lynn 42.95 Green Cap

First and second place not bad. Great race...rematch to be at Divisionals in June. 50 yard BreastStroke.

Swim Team Season is On!

It happens from late April through July 1st...It's practice the last few weeks of school and then every saturday for 6 weeks. It's so fun to get caught up with the new swimmers and those that have been doing this for years. That is us! This is De'Lynn's 7th swim season and every year we hear...I am not doing this next year. Yeah right ...we know...she loves it!

Mary did well this weekend ...cut off lots of time. Her form is improving also.

Never Give Up..

This weekend Mary entered a Taekwondo tournament where she took Bronze place in her patterns, and 4th in Sparring. Now it is very hard to watch...picture someone hitting your child for points. It's hard to take...and for the most part she is smiling and loving it but then other times you have some students who are there to win at whatever the cost. Well Mary is all about the fun. She has a funny sense of humor ...after the first hits to the face...in which she cried out ...that was a cheap shot! She regained her compsure and continued to fight and earn points. She then decided by the 4th hit ...directly to the face ...that she was done with this and cried with tears streaming down her face looks at me and says "I want to kick him so hard" and that is what she did....he won the match though. She then had to fight again for 3rd or 4th place...against a friend of hers. They fought both through tears from previous matches and tied. Then one minute overtime...She got fourth. This must have dragged on for at least an hour...really it was a total of 5 minutes! She loves this so much that the bruised eye and nose does not bother her too much...She is calling this her war wound!

Next time Mary is Sparring (fighting)...I am sitting in the car.

Oh...The boy that threw the illegal shots...took the silver after someone fought him and won...He wasn't happy for 2nd place. He left the tournament directly after. Sweet Revenge...NOBODY messes with my GIRL !

And away we go...

I have gone and done it ... I have wanted to do this for awhile now. I thought what a better way to show family & friends the girls swim stats and Mary's road to her Taekwon-do black belt testing.