Cannonballs!

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All summer, Matthew has been "doing" cannonballs...and by "doing" I mean that he jumps off the diving board, sort of bends one knee, one arm flails, and he yells, "Cannonball!".  But yesterday, he just stepped up and did the most perfect one I've ever seen - knees clutched tightly to his chest, little feet so close they criss-cross.  I've never seen a more precise one, much less 50 in a row!

When lightning strikes, we have dry practice, complete with 5-yr-old demos of push-ups with college bound athletes.

VBS songs during worship for the congregation---Matthew and side-kick Presley were as still and quiet as they have EVER been in service.   Both quietly refused to participate and stood like statues, as if to dare each other who could hold out the longest.  The "performance", or lack thereof, was specifically noted by many members as the best part of the show.    

You know you swim for a coach of the ages when he has former kids in the Olympic Trials.  JJ went to Omaha to see his athletes compete and we had a ball live streaming their events at the pool.  Hannah won her heat and Matt was barely second in his!

 Matthew holding the "I wanna be like Matt" sign as the local news crew taped our Olympic Trials viewing sessions.

And the Little Man got the best seat in the house, thanks to John Messimer's shoulders.

 Watching Olympic Trials

Picture Day

 THE 8-under relay....looking to win city-wide at Champs this weekend!

Matthew has joined 6-under practice and 

they don't hold back on instructing anything.

When your big brothers compete in butterfly, 

that means you're in for the long haul!  10:29pm...

Another media interview, before Champs.

Sweet back for age 5!  The meet following this, she won the entire 6-under age group for both teams, edging out a year-round swimmer that previously beat her by 7 seconds.

Breaststroke---not Andrew's best stoke, but possibly best improved and the only video from his break-out season.

Backstroke...fastest heat....youngest swimmer.