Some Days

Some days I have so many thoughts in my head that I want to put on my blog but very little time to do so.  On rare occasions (like today) I actually have some time, but for some reason, my mind is blank about what to put on my blog.

There has been much going on at our house so I'll just recap some:

Saturday we had our Championship Swim Meet.  It had been postponed due to Sandy the other weekend.  Unfortunately, AT already had other plans so he wasn't able to swim, but SG and JA finished off the season in style.

SG finally got first place in one of her heats!!!! Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of it (despite being the team photographer) as I was busy with JA at the time.

JA did great as well.  He finally beat the one boy who was strong competition for him in both the freestyle and the backstroke!  However, in doing so, he slammed his head and arm on the side of the pool during the backstroke.  He finished the race, but grabbed his head when he surfaced.  He didn't want to get out of the pool and his coach told him to just stay put.  They called the lifeguard who assessed the situation.  He finally agreed to getting out of the pool and we went over to the office area.  The lifeguard continued to evaluate him for about 30 min.  JA wanted to swim his last two heats, but we told him that he was done for the day.  I ended up taking him to Urgent Care where they diagnosed a mild concussion and a contusion (no fracture) on his arm.  After a 2 hr nap, he was feeling much better.  His neck is still stiff and sore, but the chiropractor is treating him for that.  

BG and TJ are now playing basketball for one of our local Christian Schools (the same one the kids swam with).  Since there aren't enough middle schoolers, BG (9th grade) gets to play for both the middle school and the high school team!  Both boys started the first game last week.  Unfortunately, they played a school where the kids have been playing together since 3rd grade so they lost - by a lot!  They get to play them again this Thursday.  

SG and HJ went on their first camp out with the American Heritage Girls two weeks ago.  SG was able to go since Sandy postponed the Swim Meet.  They had a great time learning how to play volleyball, tie-dying shirts, canoeing, doing a ropes course and having a campfire!  It was their first time away from home without Mom or Dad and they did great!  

We are on our 2 week break from school right now, but we'll be back in the swing next week.  I plan on posting more about school soon.