Picture Update

I’ve spent the last couple of weeks trying to get caught up on all the pictures from 2012 that I have been meaning to get to. I think today I’m finally caught up and ready to start on 2013. There are a lot of updates so here it goes.

  • Vacation to Florida – As it has been our tradition for the past couple of years we spend the first week of summer vacation in Florida. This year my my sisters family joined us and the cousins all got to hang out and have a great time.
  • Summer Swim Team – Pictures from a couple of the swim meets the boys did this summer.
  • Alex Triathlon – Alex had been asking to do another triathlon and this year we finally managed to sign him up for the same Dallas kids tri that he did a couple of years back.
  • Trip to New Orleans – Before the kids started back after the summer break we took a trip to New Orleans to see the Grandparents. On this trip we also did some things that we haven’t ever done before like visit the Old Mint, the Pontalba buildings, and the Mardi Gras Museum.
  • Caroline at the Gym – Caroline did an introduction to Gymnastics class.
  • Caroline Ballet – She also took an introduction to ballet class.
  • Halloween – Halloween pictures from this year.
  • Christmas – To finish out the year some pictures from Christmas.

Now I have a couple hundred pictures of the recent Disney trip to sift through 🙂

Alex’s Swim at Texas Summer Games

This past weekend Alex and I were in Waco Texas for the Texas Amateur Swimming State Meet. It’s a league that’s meant for kids who normally don’t swim on a competitive team during the year. Since this was his first year competing we were pretty impressed that he was able to place well enough at the regional meet and make it to the state meet. And by impressed, we also mean, really, we have to drive to Waco and spend the night for a 25 free and a relay?

He swam really well. In the 25 Free he took 2 seconds off his best time and went 17.49 and placed 13th. He also swam on the 4×25 Free relay and they came in 6th overall.

Here is the video of his 25 free. He’s in lane one swimming wild man, no cap or goggles.

Alex 25 Free Video

Back in the Water for Competition

Last night Jen and I represented our respective employers at the Richardson Corporate Olympics. With the exception of last year I have been competing in the event since 2002 and I’m pretty sure Jen hasn’t missed a single year in that time. The only change was when she defected switched from competing for the TI to RISD when they started fielding a team.

Each year they seem to tweak the scoring format a little bit and this year the only two individual events were the 50 Free and 50 Back. They also have a mixed relay but we didn’t swim on those teams. Since the meet has a large number of people who have never really swum before no one is allowed to start off the blocks which makes things a little difficult. Overall we were pretty successful in our individual races, RISD ended up winning the meet and TI placed third.

Swimmer 50 Free 50 Back
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Jen 32.42 38.79
Derek 27.26 31.24

Jen’s Results from Masters

Last weekend Jen completed at the US Masters Swimming Nationals in Austin and did pretty well. She was pleased with her times and went faster then her entry time in both events.

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Pl Name Age Club Seed Time Final Time Points
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Women 30-34 50 Freestyle
15 McEachern, Jennifer 34 NTEX 26.80 25.63

Women 30-34 50 Butterfly
12 McEachern, Jennifer 34 NTEX 29.80 28.17