It's That Time of Year Again....

Time for the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair. We just returned from 3 full days at Hershey Park last Wednesday (I will have to post some pics when Kevin downloads them), a day of rest (more like exhaustion on Thursday) and then we were off to the fair. My Mom (Grandma to the kids) has taken her grandkids for the last 23 years to the fair. I think she has missed 2 years in those 23 but it is an annual tradition, one my kids look forward to every summer. I love the tradition, but my feet were so tired after Hershey, I wasn't sure I was going to make it! But we went and the weather was slightly overcast, not too hot, and the fair wasn't very crowded. My brother went along and he rode the rides with the kids. I have to say that after about 1/2 dozen rides, he looked like he was done, too! It was a long day, but filled with memories! Thanks Mom!

Backyard Beauty

As I posted previously, Kevin has been busy building the Putt-Putt course. Well, it is now complete and is a 4 hole course. It turned out great and the kids love it. As I also said before the yard is full of fun for the kids but it is also full of beauty. Kevin is constantly updating and improving the landscaping of the yard. So I wanted to show the outcome of all the hard work he has put into...although i'm sure its never going to be completely done :-))))

Now for the banquet pics..

Top Left, Brandon receiving Most Improved Swimmer, Shelby receiving Tarpon award, both kids with Assistant Dive Coach Zach Foster and each kid with Head Dive Coach Kristen Roth.

And let us not forget the...

Happy Parents,

glad that Swim and Dive Season is over!

A little video...

I have more of the banquet pictures to show but wanted to include a small video of each kid diving....

And now for Miss Shelby...

I know there is no picture in this video window and I'm not sure why but just click on the arrow and you still should be able to view the video.

Dive and Swim Season Comes to an End

Well, another successful season of swim and dive has come to an end. Saturday night was the Banquet where recognition and trophies are handed out. This year it was catered by Mama Lucia's and there was a DJ for games and dancing. We were especially proud of both of our kids, for not only having a great season, but each them got individually recognized, too. Shelby got a Tarpon Award for diving. Every year 5 kids from swim and 2 from dive are recognized for this award. Basically, she was recognized for always showing up for practice, doing what was asked of her, having a good attitude and being willing to try new dives when asked. Brandon was recognized for Most Improved Swimmer of the season. Coach Erin asked me at one of the meets what had happened to him. He just kind of took off and started shaving a lot of time off of his original times. He took 12 seconds from his 50 meter free from the beginning of the season and I think around 6 seconds off of his backstroke. Way to go Brandon! He thought they had forgotten his trophy when the announced 9-10 boy swimmers but it was because he was getting recognized for this. He has now told me that he "Loves Swimming!" and he is interested in doing winter swim. The rest of the banquet was a lot of fun--the kids had a blast. Towards the end of the evening they have a slide show of the season. There is a dad that comes to almost all of the swim and dive meets and takes photos of the kids. These photos are incredible and then he compiles them into a 20 minute slide show. I think he photographs every kid on the team at least once! Way to go Tom, it was awesome. I have some other photos but need to get them off of Kevin's camera of the rest of the evening, so I will try and post them later. Shelby and I had to leave early so she could dive at Divisionals at 8am the next morning. More to come on that.

Putt Putt for the Fun of It!

People always ask me what's Kevin doing these days in our backyard. Well, here it is. His latest addition to the backyard is a mini version of a putt-putt course. The kids are loving it! Shelby rearranges the bricks to make the shots more difficult. And here Kevin is adding another section to be completed in the coming week. So the Lee yard now consists of swings, tire swing, zip line, volleyball/badminton court, trampoline, tree house, trapeze bar, circle swing, basketball hoop and the Putt Putt course--Now open, come by for a try!

Robin Hood

Well, the swim and dive season is almost to the end. Yesterday, Brandon participated in the Robin Hood Dive Invitational. Robin Hood is open to all divers from all the pools in the Montgomery County Diving League that don't go to divisionals. It is a fun event where the judges score just a little higher than normal and the kids just get to have fun. Brandon, as much as he eats has always stayed so thin but after the first 3 weeks of swim and dive, he put on 5 pounds! He's still thin but I could tell that he was heavier by the height of his jumps on the board. He says he won't be diving next year (will see since he said that the last 2 years) so I'm glad that he participated yesterday. Here's a few photos of his dives and jumps.

He got 6th place. Way to go Brando!!