Our Week (07/02 - 07/08)

Girls' camp:

"The Blob"

In the dining hall

Heatherwilde Ward (our old ward)

Heatherwilde Ward

Merrilltown Ward (our new ward)

Still dog sitting (and Pokemon Go)

Saw Elemental at the theater

Scott Mentzer Pool

4th of July fireworks

Watermelon relays at swim practice

Owen had some friends over. Among other things, they shot pellet guns.

Last Saturday, Liz went skating with friends from school

Our Week (06/25 - 07/01)

FSY:

Outside her dorm with her roommate Anna, from our old ward

FSY was held at Trinity University in San Antonio

A Buc-ee's stop on the way home from FSY (with Isaac... we gave him and his brother a ride home)

Liz's company

Last swim meet of the season:

Ironically, Liz was named Swimmer of the Week even though she was in San Antonio all week and missed all her practices and the meet

A turtle that we found and let go:

Emma at a friend's birthday party:

They played "pass the parcel" (from Bluey)!

Making playdough

Emily went to Roaring Fork with her friend Amanda for her birthday:

Playing Pokemon Go in the minivan during swim practice:

Dog sitting for the neighbors:

Stake boundary realignments, before and after:

Our new ward (The statistics are pretty deceptive... A lot of the households represented here have moved away but didn't update their address or are no longer active members)

2023 Swim Stats

ELIZABETH	Meet 1	Meet 2	Meet 3
50 yd freestyle	41.15 (-3.99) placed 15/15	38.42 (-2.73) placed 16/16	42.03 (+3.61) placed 19/20
50 yd backstroke	52.41 placed 6/6	DQ – shoulders past vertical toward breast	48.55 (-3.86) placed 11/12
50 yd breaststroke	51.91 placed 7/10	52.55 (+0.64) placed 6/7	51.35 (-0.56) placed 12/17
200 yd medley relay	2:57.82 placed 4/4	2:47.49 placed 3/3	---

HEIDI	Meet 1	Meet 2	Meet 3	Meet 4	Meet 5
25 yd freestyle	---	20.09 (-1.33) placed 16/22	20.11 (+0.02) placed 12/19	---	---
50 yd freestyle	---	---	---	44.35 placed 16/18	44.60 (+0.25) placed 2/4
25 yd breaststroke	23.18 (-0.35) placed 11/22	---	---	24.37 (+1.19) placed 23/34	22.75 (-0.43) placed 4/11
25 yd backstroke	22.69 (-3.51) placed 11/15	24.32 (+1.63) placed 14/16	23.31 (+0.62) placed 9/17	22.35 (-0.34) placed 19/31	22.02 (-0.33) placed 7/9
100 yd IM	1:50.14 (-01.44) placed 5/5	1:52.60 (+2.46) placed 7/7	1:57.82 (+7.68) placed 5/5	---	---
100 yd medley relay	1:14.37 placed 4/4	1:25.18 placed 4/4	1:30.78 placed 5/6	1:25.91 placed 8/10	1:21.24 placed 2/3
100 yd freestyle relay	1:13.60 placed 6/6	---	---	1:14.28 placed 7/9	---

OWEN	Meet 1	Meet 2	Meet 3	Meet 4	Meet 5
25 yd freestyle	29.78 placed 37/40	33.86 (+4.08) placed 38/39	27.35 (-2.43) placed 28/32	30.24 (+2.89) placed 36/40	35.02 (+7.67) placed 14/14
25 yd backstroke	33.97 placed 26/28	32.08 (-1.89) placed 22/26	32.98 (+0.90) placed 18/21	31.10 (-0.98) placed 26/32	DQ – shoulders past vertical toward breast
25 yd breaststroke	DQ – elbows recovered over water	DQ – hands brought beyond the hipline during stroke	DQ - hands brought beyond the hipline during stroke	36.38 placed 17/22	36.33 (-0.05) placed 6/9
100 yd medley relay	---	DQ – non-simultaneous arms (butterfly leg)	---	DQ – arms underwater recovery (butterfly leg)	2:08.65 placed 4/4
100 yd freestyle relay	---	---	---	1:58.65	---

Our Week (06/18 - 06/24)

Our pool is still under construction, so we had this week's swim meet at a fancy competition pool in the rich part of Austin:

Liz beating her personal best for breaststroke

Dog sitting for the neighbors:

Lizzy

Mr. Darcy

Owen learned to make biscuits, pizza, and french toast at cooking camp this week:

Father's Day!

Ribeye steak

Breakfast in bed...

...Made with love by these crazies

Owen at survival camp:

They learned things like maps, terrain features, sundials, military alphabet, Morse code, etc. They also got to have fun with Nerf guns and play zombie tag.

Selfie taken at youth activity:

With Arilyn and Hannah