State Champs

We spent today at the beach. Although we only live a mile and a half from it, we don't spend much time there. Today was an especially good day to be at Ledbetter because of the Outrigger Sprint Championships. I thought my arms were going to fall off after the heat, but we all agreed that in order to race three turns during the final, we would have to do something a little different, like paddle smart. This strategy worked amazingly well. Unfortunately, although we have the will to prevent being passed at the finish, we didn't have the power, so after leading the whole race, we were passed at the end. We now have beautiful tiles that say 2nd place. We really had no business being way up there anyway.

Riley joined me, and had a lovely morning canteloupe, yogurt, and sand. He got an opportunity to play with some kids more his own size, namely not Mama Dada or Christina. He isn't very good at playing with kids his own size. There was some sand throwing and crying.

I long for the long days we used to spend just lying around the beach, gossiping, and solving each other's problems. Thank goodness Mindy took some pictures.