WILLIAM'S GOING TO STATE!!!!!!!!!!

YAY! Omigosh... what a day today was! We had a great weekend in Winona, and the kids both did SO incredibly well at A/B/C Finals. Madison got her chance to swim today and dropped a good chunk of time on her 50 Free! Way to go Madison!





William had another phoenomenal day as well, dropping time on everything that he swam.





Shortly after leaving the meet, we received a call from William's coaches... based on his performance this weekend, he was invited to accompany the team to STATE championships this coming week in Rochester! He and I will be driving down this Thursday so that he can swim the 100 Breast leg of the 400 Medley Relay. He is so incredibly excited, and I think that I am possibly even more excited than he is... He has come so incredibly far over the past year. To think at this time last year, he was so far from even a C time, and now he's going to STATE! We are so thankful for this opportunity, I think that it will be great for him to see first hand what this is all about, and to help him visualize his goals to qualify for state on an individual level in the coming seasons. I seriously get teary eyed thinking about it, he has worked so hard for this and I am so proud of him.

Caden and Brent joined us at the pool today, and thankfully there was a playground on site to keep the boy entertained.... he had a blast! Please ignore the fact that he's wearing Madison's shirt.... that's what happens when you leave your husband behind to get the little one dressed and checked out the of hotel...









After leaving the meet, we took a drive up the bluffs that overlook Winona... it was so beautiful, and I couldn't pass up a photo op... Excuse William's closed eyes, I am too jittery to mess around with photoshop to fix right now :)

















Then on the way home, we had to stop by an AWESOME toy store that one of the other swim mom's told me about - wow! This place was SOOOOOOO cool. Lots of vintage and up to date toys, but the best part was this amazing carousel inside the store... Each "horse" was a unique hand carved and painted animal, and it was seriously one of the coolest things I've seen. William wouldn't ride on it, but Madison, Cade, and Brent all took a turn... Caden rode the "dwagon" and Madison the unicorn.













They also had this AWESOME ride on "car" called the PlasmaCar - wow, was that thing ever cool! Caden jumped on and was whizzing around like a pro immediately, and the older two were impressed as well. I really have no clue how it works, but it was fun to watch the kids zooming and spinning around! I am SO getting one for Caden's birthday in Septemper.







Ok, that's probably an overload, but it was a BUSY day! Hope ya'll have a GREAT WEEK!!