Swim Team Conference Meet

The Conference finals were held Saturday in Crawfordsville and the 2010 swim season is officially over!  Whew!  Now summer can start! 

Alex and Emma were both fortunate enough to be invited to swim for the Rensselaer team.  Just because you are on the team doesn't mean you'll be swimming at the conference meet.  Nolan, for instance, didn't swim.

Emma swam in five events.  She got first in both the medley and free style relays for 8 and under.  I think she got first in the backstroke too.  It was a very close finish.  According to the timing board, she finished first but that wasn't the official result and sometimes the swimmers don't hit the pad hard enough to record the time right away.  Regardless, it was very good b/c it's difficult to get first at conference in an individual event.  Emma also got second in 50-yard free and 4th in the breaststroke.

Alex did very well also, he got 2nd in the 11-12 age boys medley relay and 4th in breaststroke.

Emma - 8 and Under

Event	Time	Place
100-yd Medley Relay	1:32.21	1st
50-yd Free	44.55	2nd
25-yd Backstroke	21.75	2nd
25-yd Breast stroke	27.62	4th
100-yd Free Relay	1:19.28	1st

Alex - age 11-12

Event	Time	Place
200-yd Medley Relay	2:27.21	2nd
50-yd Breast stroke	43.53	4th

Over all, Rensselaer got 2nd in the Meet.  It's great for the kids to be involved in but it's nice when it's over!

Edit:  Emma ended up in 2nd place in the backstroke.  1/10th of a second behind the first place finisher.

The G6 Families

You may wonder who comprises the G6.  Well, it's a group of six of us that met in college and have remained friends over the years.  We have two common bonds: Illini basketball and Jesus Christ.  All of us have a solid relationship with our Heavenly Father which carries over to our tight friendship.  I am blessed to have these five men as my friends.

Aaron, Kara, Caleb, Carter (and Cooper - not pictured)


Bart, Janell, Carson, Quinn, Kade, Cole (and Jada - napping)

Doug, Kary, Alexa and Brayden

Eric, Gina, Ethan, Kara and Ty


Scott, Shayna and Jace
Phil, Heather, Alex, Emma and Nolan

G6 2010 Family Day

Every year, the six of us try to get our families together for a day of relaxing.  This year, all six families were able to attend the annual event.  It was a special day.  It started off w/ a 4-mile race at Steamboat in Peoria, which I was not able to attend.  Lunch at Bart's followed along w/ his famous "Bartburgers."  Well, famous to us anyway.  The afternoon was spent catching rays by the pool.  The evening included a couples only date night at Johnny's restaurant in Peoria followed by ice cream at Cold Stone. 

We had a great time catching up, although we talk regularly via email, reminiscing and enjoying each others' company.  It was a day that ended too soon.