coming to a close

 Summer swim league is just about done!  Em had her final 2 meets last Saturday in La Crescent and today in Onalaska, WI.  Last Saturday was awful.  Rain + no umbrellas + no sitter for the boys = torture.  We got through it though and Em swam good.  She did a couple relays I think, breast and fly.  She won her breast race by something like 4 seconds.  Which in swimming.... is a lot, ha!  (I'm not sure how stiff the competition was in that one though.... :) )

 These are from this mornings meet in Onalaska.  She did 2 relays, back and breast today.  Big thanks to Katie who came and took the boys for me for a few hours!  Seriously, swim meets are 100x better when I don't have short little "extras" with me.

 Getting ready for backstroke....

 She's finally learning to just reach instead of worrying about hitting the wall.  She was neck and neck for 1st and Coach thinks she won it, so we'll see come ribbon time.

 Em's final event, the Free relay.  She swam the last leg.  If you notice the splash in the far left, that's the #4 girl in the next lane taking off.  Emily is waiting for our #3 girl to touch so she can go.  I figured that Em would be trailing since that other #4 girl got such a head start.  But, half way down, she kicked it into high gear and got head to head and passed her in the last couple of seconds.  It was her most exciting race yet!  The girls won both relays.

Half of the dynamic 8 & Under Free relay!   She just has 1 more week of practice and then off until fall stroke clinic and regular season.   The kids have a busy week coming up.... Camp Wenonah!  All day, everyday.  Both of them  :)