Happy Birthday Grandma Patton!

Sorry I am a few days late on this post. We were fortunate to have celebrated Grandma's birthday with her this weekend. They came to Houston to see Jake's swim meet. The Rangers were in town playing the Astros so we took her to the game for her birthday. We had a terrific weekend visiting, swimming, eating ice cream, and playing farkel. Hope you had a fabulous 64th birthday Grandma Patton!!

Ault Field Day

Today was Jake's field day at school. It was very hot, but we all had a good time. It is not like the old days where teams compete against each other and you get ribbons and stuff. This day and age nobody is a loser, every one is a winner. They had different stations set up where they spent 4 minutes at each station doing relays. I am finding out quickly that end of the school year is a very busy time. Lots of activities going on.

Jake's 5th grade buddy

Josh's Cubbies Year End Celebration

Josh had his first year end graduation for Awana "Cubbies". He looked so cute in his vest and singing his song to everyone. He looked like he had a little stage fright but chimed in towards the end. Too cute!

Jake makes the swim team!

I signed Jake up for a swim clinc as a trial to see if they can make the swim team. They practiced twice a week for three weeks and at the end of the clinic supposedly if they could swim across the pool they make the swim team. I thought there was no way that he would be ready for the team this year. At the end of the clinic he recieved his paper that said he made it! I guess they changed their criteria and he only had to be able to swim 15 feet. After much consideration, I decided to let him go for it! He has been practicing 4 days a week for a couple of weeks and they had their first swim meet this past Sunday. I was so nervous for him since he still was not swimming unassited and had only swam the legnth of the pool with a kickboard. When I asked the head coach what we should do for the meet if he still wasn't quite swimming, she said "you show up". I guess they need to get times to put on future heat sheets. They are required to do two events (25 freestyle and 25 backstroke). How the heck was he going to do backstroke when they had never even showed him? Friday before the meet they were quickly going over backstroke, diving off the starting blocks and the air horn to start them off the block. Talk about sink or swim. After all weekend of nail biting and lots of comfort food, it was time for his meet. He did so awesome! I am so proud of him. I couldn't believe the fabulous stroke that he had when doing the freestyle, eventhough he had to stop and hang on the rope for every breath(apparantly its legal with the little ones). He succesfully completed both events. I am so excited for the rest of the season and to see how well he improves. Swim team rocks.