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.....drumroll please....... of the Sturgis Stingrays!  in her debut swim meet on July 21 (the conference swm meet!).  she talked about making the team all summer ... practiced her freestyle and backstroke in our backyard pool almost every day.... talked about making the swim team EVERYDAY..... and finally swam in her first swim meet! 

 her events - backstroke, freestyle, and a relay (she actually swam 2 legs of the relay because they were short 1 team member)

ready for the conference meet

 mommy and jilly at the swim meet :)

 graham ready for his event

 she's about to swim backstroke!

 on your mark!

 waiting for another event in the staging area - she is so proud :)

i can see the happiness on her face  - she was so excited!

 can't believe she started from the starting block too!

 jayden waiting for his event

 graham waiting at the starting blocks

relay time!

jayden (video above)

had to load the other 2 videos to youtube - here are the links:

http://youtu.be/S_94cHDHQus - graham

 http://youtu.be/67jIhlJ3wHE - helen