Category Archives: Swimming
Swimming is Hard: Layla’s First Swim Meet [Layla]
Three months after first jumping into a competitive swimming pool, Layla her first swim meet yesterday. Warmups started at 8 a.m. in Allen, which meant an early morning for Layla and I. Since this was our first meet, we had … Continue reading
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Finally, An Indoor Sport: Our First Swimmer [Layla]
All that time spent at soccer, baseball, lacrosse, and football games (not to mention practices) has given me collective heatstroke. Finally some respite. Tonight, Layla went from great backyard pool swimmer to, well I’m not exactly sure except that she’s … Continue reading
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Somewhat Quiet On The Western Front: The Week In Review [Farmington]
My lack of posts over the last week is telling of two things: 1) I’ve been really busy with work and 2) not much has happened. Some here’s an omnibus view of the week that passed. Speed: After getting home … Continue reading
Emma and Layla Refine Their Fish-Like Qualities [Swimming]
Seeing as we now have a pool, swimming ability–namely, the ability to not drown–is more paramount than ever. So, Holly put Emma and Layla into some private swim lessons with a former high school swimmer (and recent OU alumna) this … Continue reading
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Salt Water Swimming [Friends]
Back in the summer of 2006, while we still lived in Plano, Holly and the kids went over to some friends’ house and swam in their salt water pool (the kids didn’t really like it). Ian, James, and Ana were … Continue reading
Fun-Filled Week [Farmington]
The kids are excited about moving. Madysen and Speed especially so since Plano schools start on August 9. Their new schools start a week-and-a-half later. So they get an extra long summer. Madysen and her soccer team had Camp Don … Continue reading
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Emma Is Always Afraid Of Drowning In The Pool [Swimming]
It isn’t the worst fear to have, but it often handicaps her ability to relax and learn to swim. Hopefully she’s working through it this week as she and Layla take swim lessons. For example, she doesn’t like putting her … Continue reading
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Layla Is A Very Good Swimmer [Swimming]
Layla really enjoys sports, but she is sometimes a bit timid. Not so with swimming. She (along with Emma) is taking swimming lessons this week and is attacking the water and doing very well. [Note: The camera had some trouble … Continue reading
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A Bit More 2003 Miscellany [Archives]
I never should have declared anything to be the final word on the 2003 archives, as I’ve found a few more pictures that belong to 2003. First, some time after Emma’s second birthday, she accompanied Layla into the bathroom with … Continue reading
