Thursday, July 31, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Swimmin' Summer
We've spent half our summer at play rehearsal, and the other half at the pool.
Mom, Kaila & Sierra have been teaching swim lessons, Kaila & Sierra are lifeguards almost EVERY day, and three of the girls, Kaila, Jada and Necia are on the Spanish Fork swim team. This video shows highlights of one of the meets. This was held at our local pool, so those of you in distant parts can see where we have spent the past 2 months. (Be patient through the narration part at the beginning... it eventually gets to the swimming.)
Play I-Spy-A-Poulsen at the following points:
:52 - Jada is the left face/Necia is the right face
:54 - Necia is the girl on the far left walking to the lanes
1:48 - Jada ending her race and checking her time
2:03 - Far swimmer is Necia, adjusting her pink goggles
2:25 - Jada cruising to the turn on her freestyle
2:35 - Jada in her cool striped cap on the block about to dive
3:20 - (Our favorite... ) Necia's super strong butterfly race...she got 3rd! Have you ever tried to swim butterfly? It's the toughest stroke!
Looks fun, huh? So why do we all collapse into muscle-quivering heaps at the end of a meet?
IT'S EXHAUSTING!
Mom, Kaila & Sierra have been teaching swim lessons, Kaila & Sierra are lifeguards almost EVERY day, and three of the girls, Kaila, Jada and Necia are on the Spanish Fork swim team. This video shows highlights of one of the meets. This was held at our local pool, so those of you in distant parts can see where we have spent the past 2 months. (Be patient through the narration part at the beginning... it eventually gets to the swimming.)
Play I-Spy-A-Poulsen at the following points:
:52 - Jada is the left face/Necia is the right face
:54 - Necia is the girl on the far left walking to the lanes
1:48 - Jada ending her race and checking her time
2:03 - Far swimmer is Necia, adjusting her pink goggles
2:25 - Jada cruising to the turn on her freestyle
2:35 - Jada in her cool striped cap on the block about to dive
3:20 - (Our favorite... ) Necia's super strong butterfly race...she got 3rd! Have you ever tried to swim butterfly? It's the toughest stroke!
Looks fun, huh? So why do we all collapse into muscle-quivering heaps at the end of a meet?
IT'S EXHAUSTING!
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Tagged Twice!
So.... I've been tagged twice... once by Nat, and once by Missy! Does that mean I have to do 12 things??? (Nah... who'd even want to know that many things about me??) Here's the deal:
Here are the rules: You link back to the person who tagged you and post these rules on your blog. Share six unimportant things about yourself and tag six random people at the end of your entry. Let the tagged people know by leaving a comment on their blogs. Enjoy the results!
Six unimportant things about me:
6. I really, really, really don't like Chocolate!
(Yes, I know you are gasping... my mother says that means I can't be her natural child!)
5. My favorite thing to do in bed... is READ.
(Hey, when you're 41, have 5 kids and work full time... you just want to RELAX!)
New fave author: Jodi Picoult!
4. My first adventure of this summer is teaching swimming lessons.
The kids are pretty fun, (when they aren't clenched around my neck!) but the sun is a killer!
I'm as tough and brown as an old saddle!
3. Um.... This past school year was my 20th year of teaching Jr. High... and I'm still alive!
2. I would secretly love to be an archeologist. I think it would be so cool to unearth a lost civilization. (One of my life goals is to visit Pompeii.)
1. I like to listen to loud rock music when I'm cleaning! It can be old stuff or new stuff... I just like songs that make me want to get up and move! (Cleaning doesn't do that by itself!)
Hmmmm... I don't know enough people in blog world to tag... Crystal, Janet, Cynthia, Laura, Laurie & Cecily.
Here are the rules: You link back to the person who tagged you and post these rules on your blog. Share six unimportant things about yourself and tag six random people at the end of your entry. Let the tagged people know by leaving a comment on their blogs. Enjoy the results!
Six unimportant things about me:
6. I really, really, really don't like Chocolate!
(Yes, I know you are gasping... my mother says that means I can't be her natural child!)
5. My favorite thing to do in bed... is READ.
(Hey, when you're 41, have 5 kids and work full time... you just want to RELAX!)
New fave author: Jodi Picoult!
4. My first adventure of this summer is teaching swimming lessons.
The kids are pretty fun, (when they aren't clenched around my neck!) but the sun is a killer!
I'm as tough and brown as an old saddle!
3. Um.... This past school year was my 20th year of teaching Jr. High... and I'm still alive!
2. I would secretly love to be an archeologist. I think it would be so cool to unearth a lost civilization. (One of my life goals is to visit Pompeii.)
1. I like to listen to loud rock music when I'm cleaning! It can be old stuff or new stuff... I just like songs that make me want to get up and move! (Cleaning doesn't do that by itself!)
Hmmmm... I don't know enough people in blog world to tag... Crystal, Janet, Cynthia, Laura, Laurie & Cecily.
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