Various Twin Shots at 5 and 6 weeks

Adorable - Beautiful

Baby Twin Adorable

Baby Twin Beautiful

These two are the cutest little ones.  I have so enjoyed getting to know them over the past few weeks.  Adorable still has more hair and is a little heavier.  Beautiful is so tiny still.  Her legs need a little more meat on them but they ear like crazy.  We can't even remember what life was like before they came along and to be honest I don't want to remember.

All Stars and Ponderosa

The invitational events this swim season were a little chaotic but lots of fun.  My swimmers all did their best.  They were also all there for each other.  My kids are always there for each other.  I am asked often how they will have friends if they homeschool, and I have to laugh at that question.  They are best friends with each other.

Bear - Beautiful - Adorable - Pooker

Bagel

Pooker holding Beautiful

Bagel is an incredible swimmer. 

Bear - Pooker - Adorable

Go Pickle

Princess cheering on her siblings

Pooker explains the meet to Adorable

Go Possible

Goobers - Pickle

Pickle looks worried

First swim meet Sugar - Adorable - Beautiful - Possilbe

The twins were a big hit but I am not sure they loved it.  Sugar holding - Adorable - Beautiful

Beautiful and Bear

Bagel giving it her all

Bagel crashing on the way home!

This was the first big outing for the twins.  They did great.  The big kids were so happy to show them off.  These huge post season invitationals are all about waiting and then spending seconds in the water and then more waiting.  They last two days.  All the kids did wonderfully but Bagel did walk away with the first place medal for all 7 year olds for her freestyle.  She was awesome.  The rest were just as wonderful.  It was a wonderful ending to a great season.

Cuda "Fish" for Post Season Swimmers

The Cuda tradition is to leave these "Fish" decorated by the Coaches and Jr. Coaches in the yards of those that are swimming for All Stars and Ponderosa on the night before the events.  There are a surprise encouragement from the team.   Thanks to all of our Jr coaches who spent the week creating the fish to celebrate the swimmers involvement in one of the post season events that are invitational only.  It is an honor to get a Fish.  

Sugar - Bagel - Possible - Bear

This year most of my swimmers qualified and were invited to the post season events.

It was a first for many and heartbreaking for Princess.  This was the first year that she did not qualify.  Her big brother, Bear, also a Jr. Coach hated that she was upset.  He created a fish for her that wished her better luck next year.  In the end I was proud of Princess.  It was hard to not swim but she went to all events and cheered on everyone else.  

Way to go Goobers!

Good Job Bear!

You worked very hard to get there Sugar!

Possible qualified in every stroke even after that elbow injury last year.

Pickle moved up in age groups this year now swimming the 50.  The pool are all 25 so he learned the flip turn.  He hopes that next year he will master it and move back to making it to Ponderosa and not just All Stars.

Bagel had another wonderful year.  She made Ponderosa again along with All Stars.  She moved up an age group and now swam 4 events and not two.  She did great in all of them.  She is a very strong swimmer.  We wonder if she might have the talent to pursue swimming on a more professional level.  Looking into it . . .