tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65278252956610758662024-03-14T06:39:17.963-06:00I Can Do This!Reflections on Ed. Tech. topics & issues for PhD courses and reflections on my life in general.Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.comBlogger485125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-82891781842221480122017-07-04T20:22:00.000-06:002017-07-04T20:32:04.640-06:00Ryan Olson SwimmingRyan is in the process of speaking with coaches at several colleges and universities across the US. It's an exciting time, and it will be fun to see where he ends up! <br />
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We had the opportunity to have a photographer take some pictures of him at a meet on June 24, 2017. Here are a few favorites.<br />
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Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-49808444350843045582012-09-04T19:38:00.001-06:002012-09-07T09:55:57.894-06:00Epic Room Makeover Contest EntryI have been a single mom for ten years. Because of my limited budget, many things in my home are hand-me-downs. In fact, my home itself is even a hand-me-down! I live in the home where I grew up. It was built in 1972, and still has some of the original fixtures!<br />
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My favorite original fixture (read sarcasm) is the white-with-little-rocks conglomerate fireplace. It screams 1970s! I have wondered many times over the years what I can do to make it more modern. But anything I think of could turn out disastrous and make it worse. It needs help. (As you can see, I try to hide it with family pictures and other things that make me happy.)<br />
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The entryway is a 1970s + DIY disaster. I installed the green and gold sticky back vinyl tile myself. When I first did it, I was so proud. The fact that it’s still there, and so outdated? I’m mortified. You are the first person (people!) not related by blood to know I am personally responsible for this awful corner of the living room.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwl0NDBipbhOMR_mB6O6kSUAHsuzeyXe4xSqVNVG2NN_gy2Fr7JB3A-vNygyA4_6gaZhWxy01dx83S-4GZtm5vZTxGnzGEkDCyrcbOY_3N1GIUsA2b1z2DKxCPL70vuuRLry-oyBdnAtyW/s1600/July-August+2012+1233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwl0NDBipbhOMR_mB6O6kSUAHsuzeyXe4xSqVNVG2NN_gy2Fr7JB3A-vNygyA4_6gaZhWxy01dx83S-4GZtm5vZTxGnzGEkDCyrcbOY_3N1GIUsA2b1z2DKxCPL70vuuRLry-oyBdnAtyW/s320/July-August+2012+1233.JPG" /></a></div><br />
My 12-year-old son and I are very social, and love to have groups of friends over for parties. However, over the ten years we’ve lived in this home, each gathering has contributed a new stain to the carpet, the furniture, or both. We could chronicle the party food progression from Kool-Aid and Flavor-Blasted-Goldfish to Gatorade and chips & salsa from the stains on the carpet and couches. (And, for those of you squirming that food is allowed in the living room…I am constantly plagued with that regret.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyYkpWFeoAqInZc97rEA01aZe2qlZ_EOuOr0aA44QjgZC1qtOk_LNYX84x9rImT5Z7D9I4zc2hONDEMWuEk7U_Dx3t78k8ZYzMFMH-IS39rXW3lUA4OvMiBWV_3TjKvgw7Bj6SYB5sEpz/s1600/July-August+2012+1229.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyYkpWFeoAqInZc97rEA01aZe2qlZ_EOuOr0aA44QjgZC1qtOk_LNYX84x9rImT5Z7D9I4zc2hONDEMWuEk7U_Dx3t78k8ZYzMFMH-IS39rXW3lUA4OvMiBWV_3TjKvgw7Bj6SYB5sEpz/s320/July-August+2012+1229.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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I’ve made inexpensive improvements over the years, such as adding throw pillows to the couches to provide some color and variety. I also added drapery panels, not only to provide some color but to shade the TV from the sun.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSQqCkStd3X6sFo-jyPtUMUGvyv3C6GRWQde7qoRPmvOgyecWEtefeE83k9IZZp1SeM1LJtKXa88AzVlMrM2KWKPvCLa-zEbIeSnRwXG1q8yEQ2YHSa9bApgKrDDuC3IGYOUL2-t0D36p/s1600/Living+room+makeover+contest+pics+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSQqCkStd3X6sFo-jyPtUMUGvyv3C6GRWQde7qoRPmvOgyecWEtefeE83k9IZZp1SeM1LJtKXa88AzVlMrM2KWKPvCLa-zEbIeSnRwXG1q8yEQ2YHSa9bApgKrDDuC3IGYOUL2-t0D36p/s320/Living+room+makeover+contest+pics+002.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Speaking of the TV, it stands alone in the bare corner. It is functional for our family, but hardly sylish.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiuQhRmx5xrMgldsU_MjFLbODe6Z8MpIsuB8Om9R8jFrQ0PQ77tQsqo56OnrYNarhmByks0dM8xcamJvvhNU5W-HEeN68xS5WMO_3BRcIE5vixG5Uq5JMLuhPPvi6zMoq6PqD_WQJvkz1r/s1600/Living+room+makeover+contest+pics+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiuQhRmx5xrMgldsU_MjFLbODe6Z8MpIsuB8Om9R8jFrQ0PQ77tQsqo56OnrYNarhmByks0dM8xcamJvvhNU5W-HEeN68xS5WMO_3BRcIE5vixG5Uq5JMLuhPPvi6zMoq6PqD_WQJvkz1r/s320/Living+room+makeover+contest+pics+003.JPG" /></a></div><br />
The lighting in the room is HORRIBLE! There is one light fixture above the door. Other than that, our light comes from two table lamps and one floor lamp. I have seen beautiful things done with lighting to update rooms like this. I would love to explore that option!<br />
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We’re SO ready for a change! We’re ready to have our mismatched hand-me-down room transformed into a space we can be proud of. I’m ready for the first thing people see when they come to our home to be something that truly reflects who we are, instead of an embarrassing mumbo-jumbo of outdated fixtures and furnishings. And, since my son is eight months away from being a teenager, I’m sure he would LOVE to have a less-mortifying living room when his friends come over!<br />
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Please consider us for the Epic Room Makeover!<br />
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<b>UPDATE 9/7: Voting is open! Mine is #79: "Single mom & tween son need living room!"<br />
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<center><a href="http://www.vintagerevivals.com/2012/08/epic-room-makeover-giveaway-contest-2012.html"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82VhGzdTXdWJd4JtbXBb90Vlc_bn9UfxVtKPtQuH-iYcNfwNkuKPHHDocBkjOwMsbYnUpk1KCaIqDrSdF3SPQ8ex000Kk9lefibgGy4rLxNxz6uGNs3Vxxegv00bbBhFrJECS_nhPHXwa/s1600/Vintage+Revivals-Epic-Room-Makeover-Horizontal.png"/></a></center>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-76070196505941540632012-07-08T20:00:00.000-06:002012-07-08T20:00:33.457-06:00Olympic Trials UpdateI know you're all patiently (?) waiting for our blog posts about the Olympic Trials. (Melissa) ;) Since I have a work conference this coming week, and I'm also trying to squeeze in annual evaluations of my 32 employees before the end of the fiscal year (July 31), it may be a while before the posts are written. Sorry!<br />
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If you're our friends on Facebook, please take a look at our Olympic Trials photo album for a few (about 200) teasers. We were on the 12th row of the arena, so we have some pretty awesome pictures. And, yes, we talked with Michael Phelps (on the very last day), and his mom (the very first day), and we got Ryan Lochte and Peter Vanderkaay to do the Big-O sign!<br />
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If you need some additional reading, an Omaha-based media outlet now has the claim of being the first to write about Ryan! They have named him the "Most Likely to be a 16 Year Old Swimmer at the 2016 Swim Trials!" (Disclaimer: They are new friends we met at the Trials who have a blog about sites and events in Omaha.) Here's the link: <a href="http://www.weheartomaha.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-olympic-swim-trials-our-swimmer.html">http://www.weheartomaha.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-olympic-swim-trials-our-swimmer.html<br />
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I'll try to get my posts up before the Olympics start. We've been told that our minute-by-minute Facebook updates from Omaha got many people excited about the Trials. Many said they watched the evening coverage because they knew we were there. Several people also mentioned that they have a new excitement for swimming due to our thorough updates and excitement about the Trials. Maybe I can do the same for the Olympics.<br />
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Stay tuned...Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-56640724575332482762012-06-29T22:13:00.000-06:002012-12-20T16:41:00.662-07:00Olympic Trials ~ Day 5 (June 29)<b>Prelims:</b><br />
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We found out that a good friend of ours was also at Trials with his family! Lars is the young man who went back and swam the end of the 400 IM with Ryan in <a href="http://melanieolson.blogspot.com/2011/08/last-chance-meet-saturday-july-16-2011.html">this post</a>. He is now at BYU, so we hadn’t seen him for a while. As we were sitting waiting for the prelims to start, we spotted Lars! Ryan ran over and was able to talk with him for a few minutes. It was fun to see someone we knew there!<br />
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Women’s 100 free – 14 heats; Rachel Bootsma in Heat 11; Kara Lynn Joyce, Dana Vollmer, Jessica Hardy in Heat 12; Lauren Perdue, Shannon Vreeland, Natalie Coghlin, Amanda Weir, Elizabeth Pelton, Christine Magnuson in Heat 13; Missy Franklin, Allison Schmitt in Heat 14.<br />
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Men’s 200 back – 11 heats; Matt Grevers & Ryan Murphy in Heat 9; Tyler Clary & Nick Thoman in Heat 10; Ryan Lochte in Heat 11.<br />
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Matt…<br />
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Tyler…<br />
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Ryan…<br />
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Women’s 200 breast – 13 heats; Micah Lawrence& Ariana Kukors in Heat 11; Annie Chandler & Amanda Beard in Heat 12; Rebecca Soni & Caitlin Leverenz in Heat 13.<br />
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Amanda…<br />
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Rebecca…<br />
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Men’s 200 IM – 13 heats; Conor Dwyer in Heat 11; Michael Phelps in Heat 12; Ryan Lochte & Peter Vanderkaay in Heat 13.<br />
Michael…<br />
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Ryan…<br />
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<b>AquaZone/Hilton:</b><br />
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We knew that Aaron Piersol was going to be at the AquaZone, so we headed there as soon as prelims ended. Ryan was able to wear yet another gold medal, and meet the medalist! Aaron Piersol is another one of my favorite swimmers. He has now retired, but he was a silver medalist in 2000 in Sydney, gold medalist in 2004 in Athens, and a gold medalist in 2008 in Beijing.<br />
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After we saw Aaron, we decided to walk around downtown Omaha. The entire week we were there, it was over 100 degrees, and about 90% humidity! I had no idea that Omaha was so humid! Today was the “coolest” day, so we took our walk around town.<br />
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We saw Kathleen Hersey on the Marriott…<br />
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And swimmers on the sidewalks…<br />
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<a href="http://omaha.net/places/gene-leahy-mall">The Gene Leahy Pedestrian Mall</a> is beautiful! It runs down the middle of downtown Omaha, and has several quirky benches and some HUGE slides!<br />
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As we walked by the ConAgra headquarters, they had a huge screen set up where they had been showing the Trials live. They were showing an interview with Aaron Piersol! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2dxNdbabfqVYJFOp7-rMtSXJJ1B-eW2tEmRvRwzfKiGWpEpWRzKs1-5UOLs4oevmx38lzLKRvobWsQJql-XPdX2hcKI5UYY8qbY93GMf96dNwiPElY2njANHT8EHKQ-x30SDE-_IPPwR/s1600/July+29+2012+813.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2dxNdbabfqVYJFOp7-rMtSXJJ1B-eW2tEmRvRwzfKiGWpEpWRzKs1-5UOLs4oevmx38lzLKRvobWsQJql-XPdX2hcKI5UYY8qbY93GMf96dNwiPElY2njANHT8EHKQ-x30SDE-_IPPwR/s320/July+29+2012+813.JPG" /></a></div><br />
Ry with Chef Boyardee…<br />
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We had planned to walk along the waterfront and over the Bob Kerrey pedestrian bridge, but we were so extremely hot that we decided to do those another day. We headed back to the C-Link and Hilton to cool down.<br />
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We saw…<br />
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Elizabeth Beisel, who signed Ryan’s shirt…<br />
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Cullen Jones, who had headphones on & wasn’t acknowledging fans, so Ryan walked alongside for a good photo…<br />
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Nathan Adrian (who is ALWAYS smiling like this!) approaching Ryan for a high five…<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNQBr4d2mvXVCmnxQhyphenhyphenFxqM5zcv9-CqMXiBX2JsQ3yEIGUH6HmXFz7XNZKq7-I8Gm9r7PCnIFj7UfflUUjA56gfooASRX94m2FVFkp-ScG44enln_BFhcViNNhQjS9OREgiwt9sErjA06/s1600/July+29+2012+875.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNQBr4d2mvXVCmnxQhyphenhyphenFxqM5zcv9-CqMXiBX2JsQ3yEIGUH6HmXFz7XNZKq7-I8Gm9r7PCnIFj7UfflUUjA56gfooASRX94m2FVFkp-ScG44enln_BFhcViNNhQjS9OREgiwt9sErjA06/s320/July+29+2012+875.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Caitlin Leverenz…<br />
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Ricky Berens and Rebecca Soni...<br />
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<b>Finals:</b><br />
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Men’s 200 breast – 1=Scott Weltz (2:09.01); 1=Clark Burckle (2:09.97); Eric Shanteau 3rd, Brendan Hansen 4th.<br />
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Women’s 100 free (semis) – Lia Neal, Allison Schmitt, Elizabeth Pelton in Heat 1; Natalie Coughlin, Amanda Weir, Dana Vollmer, Jessica Hardy, Missy Franklin in Heat 2.<br />
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Men’s 200 back (semis) – Tyler Clary & Nick Thoman in Heat 1; Ryan Lochte & Ryan Murphy in Heat 2.<br />
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Ryan Lochte…<br />
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Bob Costas’ interview tonight was with Missy Franklin. Because of her heavy security throughout the Trials, this was the closest that we ever were to her.<br />
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Men’s 200 breast medal (Scott Weltz & Clark Burckle) - <br />
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Women’s 200 fly – 1=Cammile Adams (2:06.52); 2=Kathleen Hersey (2:07.72).<br />
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Men’s 100 free – 1=Nathan Adrian (48.10); 2=Cullen Jones (48.46); Matt Grevers 3rd, Ricky Berens 4th, Jason Lezak 6th, Garrett Weber-Gale 8th).<br />
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Matt and Nathan…<br />
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Jason…<br />
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Ricky…<br />
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Nathan…<br />
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Results…<br />
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Women’s 200 breast (semis) – Breeja Larson & Micah Lawrence in Heat 1; Amanda Bears, Rebecca Soni, Caitlin Leverenz in Heat 2.<br />
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Amanda & Rebecca…<br />
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Still getting used to charging my camera on a daily basis due to thousands of sport-setting pictures taken, my camera died before the evening events were over.<br />
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Women’s 200 fly medal – Cammile Adams & Kathleen Hersey<br />
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Men’s 200 IM (semis) – 1=Ryan Lochte & Michael Phelps in Heat 1; Peter Vanderkaay & Conor Dwyer in Heat 2.<br />
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Men’s 100 free medal – Nathan Adrian & Cullen Jones<br />
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As Ryan and I drove the 30 minutes back to Rachael’s house, we talked about what an amazing day it was, and how it far surpassed our expectations. I said, “I can’t imagine that tomorrow could be any better!”Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-78511944038555589372012-06-28T21:30:00.000-06:002012-10-10T17:58:37.355-06:00Olympic Trials ~ Day 4 (June 28)<b>Prelims:<b><i></i></b></b><br />
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Men’s 100 free – 17 heats; Tyler McGill, Anthony Ervin, Davis Tarwater, Garrett Weber-Gale, Ricky Berens, Nick Brunelli in Heat 15; Jason Lezak, Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer in Heat 16; Cullen Jones, Nathan Adrian, Matt Grevers in Heat 17.<br />
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Ricky…<br />
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Jason & Ryan…<br />
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Nathan…<br />
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Women’s 200 fly – 14 heats; Kathleen Hersey in Heat 13; Cammile Adams & Claire Donahue in Heat 14.<br />
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Men’s 200 breast – 14 heats; Mark Gangloff, Mike Alexandrov, Clark Burckle, Scott Weltz in Heat 12; Brendan Hansen in Heat 13; Eric Shanteau in Heat 14.<br />
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<b>AquaZone/Hilton:<i></i></b><br />
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Some of Ryan’s teammates texted us this picture as they were on their way to practice this morning. Ryan’s coach calls him “Big O,” and does this sign when Ryan is swimming. These older teammates did the “Big O” sign and sent it to us.<br />
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We went over to the Hilton again for lunch – of course! Yesterday was such a success (and the salad at the restaurant was so good) that we decided we’d eat lunch there every day. Swimoutlet.com, where we buy all of Ryan’s swim gear, was having a Facebook contest. They parked their “portable billboard” around Omaha during the Trials. If you spotted it, you could take a picture, post it to Facebook, and tag them for a chance to win a gift certificate. As we were eating lunch, it was parked right outside the restaurant! We did it. We won!<br />
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As we were leaving the restaurant, we glanced around the lobby to see if we could see any swimmers. RYAN LOCHTE was standing near the hallway to the elevators, talking with just a few fans. We went over and waited for a minute, then spent several minutes talking with him! We told him about Ryan’s “Big O” nickname, and asked him to do the “Big O” sign with us! He did! (We immediately texted it to all of Ryan’s teammates who texted us this morning!) Lochte signed Ryan’s “Ryan Lochte collection” hat when we saw him at the C-Link, so Ryan also had him sign his t-shirt.<br />
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We went back over to the AquaZone, and Peter Vanderkaay was there for pictures and autographs. The “Big O” sign with Ryan Lochte fresh on our minds, we had Peter do it, too!<br />
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While we were waiting in line to meet Peter, we met the most awesome friends! Diana and Katie Gleisberg are almost as crazy as we are when it comes to swimming. They are sisters from Omaha, and both took a couple of weeks off of work to attend the Trials. They also attended in 2008. As we sat waiting, they shared their stories from 2008, and we shared a couple of our “swimmer stalking” secrets. We invited them to join us on the second level of the C-Link to watch the swimmers come across from the hotel for the evening events.<br />
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We saw…<br />
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Ricky Berens, who recognized Ryan and talked with him for a minute…<br />
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Dana Vollmer…<br />
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Nathan Adrian (turning to talk to Ryan)…<br />
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Bob Bowman (coach of Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt)…<br />
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Our first close-up glimpse of Michael (The man in the black shirt and the man in the white shirt were NBC cameramen. NBC opened the live coverage with this shot of Michael entering the building.)…<br />
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Missy…<br />
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(Thanks to Diana for the next five pictures.)<br />
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Cullen Jones…<br />
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Jessica Hardy…<br />
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Brendan Hansen…<br />
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Caitlin Leverenz…<br />
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Dara Torres…<br />
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Matt Grevers high-fiving Ryan…<br />
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Amanda Beard signing Ryan’s shirt…<br />
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While we were enjoying the various swimmers coming through, all of a sudden we heard screaming and gasping coming from downstairs! Ryan Lochte had come through the ground-level doors, and was being SWARMED in the lobby! We were SO happy that we had our few minutes alone with him earlier in the day!<br />
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<b>Finals:<i></i></b><br />
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Bob Costas was set up for the first time tonight. His booth was right across the aisle from us!<br />
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100 free (semis) – Cullen Jones, Garrett Weber-Gale, Nathan Adrian, Nick Brunelli in Heat 1; Jason Lezak, Ryan Lochte, Matt Grevers, Ricky Berens, Anthony Ervin in Heat 2.<br />
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Cullen, Garrett, and Nathan…<br />
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Nathan…<br />
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Matt & Ricky…<br />
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Ryan…<br />
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Jason & Ryan…<br />
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Women’s 200 free (top 4 swimmers go to the Olympics as the 4x200 relay team) – 1=Allison Schmitt (1:54.40 and WR); 2=Missy Franklin; 3=Dana Vollmer; 4=Lauren Perdue<br />
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Missy & Shannon Vreeland…<br />
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Allison Schmitt with FIRE, as she sets a new world record!<br />
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Men’s 200 fly – 1=Michael Phelps (1:53.65), 2=Tyler Clary (1:55.12). (Bobby Bollier in 3rd, Davis Tarwater in 4th).<br />
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Michael…<br />
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After the 200 fly, we heard some activity over by Bob Costas. It is apparently “Ryan Lochte Day” for us, because there he was!<br />
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Turning around to watch Michael’s medal ceremony…<br />
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The interview aired LIVE during the coverage that evening. This was our view of it!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDO6GIvQ3fQwWqH8bkyl4nTFpM8TyZmO_sut75Ja5EdfqYcy4hI9CKQiq7rJL2Tx7phhUKHtA_CLkOmSHfXoAP0Kf9o_YmoIyEQ5JQfE_WCzhpB-Zt33bgKhvu2Zxd48lcIiGTBASYU3l/s1600/June+28+2012+1236.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDO6GIvQ3fQwWqH8bkyl4nTFpM8TyZmO_sut75Ja5EdfqYcy4hI9CKQiq7rJL2Tx7phhUKHtA_CLkOmSHfXoAP0Kf9o_YmoIyEQ5JQfE_WCzhpB-Zt33bgKhvu2Zxd48lcIiGTBASYU3l/s320/June+28+2012+1236.JPG" /></a></div><br />
My Ryan wanted a picture of Ryan Lochte’s shoes! It’s quite difficult to focus on the SHOES of someone who is being mobbed!<br />
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Men’s 200 fly medal -<br />
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Women’s 200 fly (semis) - Cammile Adams & Teresa Crippen in Heat 1; Kathleey Hersey, Kim Vandenberg, Becca Mann in Heat 2.<br />
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Men’s 200 breast (semis) - Scott Weltz in Heat 1; Brendan Hansen, Clark Burckle, Eric Shanteau in Heat 2.<br />
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Women’s 200 IM – 1=Caitlin Leverenz (2:10.22); 2=Ariana Kukors (2:11.30).<br />
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Women’s 200 free medal - (As I mentioned earlier, the top 4 swimmers go to the Olympics as the 4x200 relay team) – Lauren Perdue (4th), Dana Vollmer (3rd), Missy Franklin (2nd), Allison Schmitt (1st).<br />
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Women’s 200 IM medal – Caitlyn Leverenz<br />
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As Ryan and I drove the 30 minutes back to Rachael’s house, we talked about what an amazing day it was, and how it far surpassed our expectations. I said, “I can’t imagine that tomorrow could be any better!”Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-87937230181693409582012-06-27T21:09:00.000-06:002012-10-09T22:46:07.847-06:00Olympic Trials ~ Day 3 (June 27)<b>Prelims:<i></i></b><br />
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Women’s 200 free – 11 heats; Dana Vollmer, Shannon Vreeland, Lauren Perdue in Heat 1; Lia Neal, Missy Franklin, Katie Hoff, Kate Ziegler in Heat 2; Katie Ledecky, Allison Schmitt, Elizabeth Beisel, Kathleen Hersey in Heat 3.<br />
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Missy & Katie…<br />
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Allison…<br />
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Men’s 200 fly – 14 heats; Ryan Feeley in Heat 11; Dakota Hodgson (in a hot pink suit) in Heat 12; Tyler Clary & Davis Tarwater in Heat 13; Michael Phelps in Heat 14.<br />
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Tyler & Davis…<br />
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Michael…<br />
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Women’s 200 IM – 13 heats; Elizabeth Pelton in Heat 11; Caitlin Leverenz in Heat 12; Ariana Kukors & Elizabeth Beisel in Heat 13.<br />
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Elizabeth B…<br />
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<b>AquaZone/Hilton:<i></i></b><br />
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The first couple of days of Trials, we ate lunch at the concessions area in the AquaZone. Unfortunately, most of the food was fried. That is expected at a concessions area, I realize, but most of the attendees were athletes. I kind of expected some healthier options. By the third day, we were grossed out at the thought of another day of fried food, so we walked across the street to the Hilton to check out what might be available there.<br />
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We were standing at the deli/gift shop in the lobby looking at the sandwiches, when Ryan whispered, “Mom – there’s Ricky Berens!” Ricky is one of my favorite swimmers. He always has a smile on his face. And there he was, only a few feet from us, ALL BY HIMSELF at the sandwich case at the hotel deli/gift shop! OF COURSE we had to talk with him!!! After he ordered his sandwich, we stepped over to him and started talking with him. He had that same HUGE smile the whole time we talked with him! After we chatted for a few minutes about his events and he asked a few questions about Ryan’s favorite events, Ryan asked Ricky if he’d sign his shirt, and I asked him if we could take a picture. He flashed his huge grin and said “Sure!”<br />
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Look at the picture. Not another single person around. NOBODY recognized him! It was only as I took the picture of him with Ryan that a few people looked over to see who it was. I’m sure he appreciated us drawing attention to him! :)<br />
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Ricky keeps a blog that we follow. <a href="http://www.rickyberens.com/?p=1575">Here</a> is his entry about the Olympic Trials.<br />
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http://www.rickyberens.com/?p=1575<br />
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We took some fun pictures outside the Hilton & C-Link Center as we walked back to the AquaZone.<br />
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They had this amazing bus in the AquaZone, as well as a London phone booth that visitors could sign, just like the Olympians as they made the team.<br />
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We met Misty Hyman, gold medalist in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. This was the THIRD medal Ryan had around his neck!<br />
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Emily Silver, silver medalist in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, was one of the volunteers who ushered fans during the autograph sessions. We talked with her just about every day. She was very patient with all of the crazy fans!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyhmt-fX-vzsFpSwVJHkmM2y33wjjdhLyi9JYWzbZQiOAt95FLfN5_rLWI3RWU0oKivlZc6QtH1GwHTXyWDeaOwVLK08V0Vh1iSKOIeRr_TcWyVVZIOaoQOVsx1H_iec3xYHVGkcD-6wa/s1600/June+27+2012+362.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyhmt-fX-vzsFpSwVJHkmM2y33wjjdhLyi9JYWzbZQiOAt95FLfN5_rLWI3RWU0oKivlZc6QtH1GwHTXyWDeaOwVLK08V0Vh1iSKOIeRr_TcWyVVZIOaoQOVsx1H_iec3xYHVGkcD-6wa/s320/June+27+2012+362.JPG" /></a></div><br />
We decided it would be fun for Janae, Rachael, and the kids to meet us at the AquaZone one afternoon. This was the best day for everyone.<br />
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Ryan, Ethan, Sean, and Janae did the Swimulator together. Janae barely beat Ryan!<br />
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Another popular activity was riding Bruce the Shark (from Finding Nemo). I entertained myself by standing near the guys who were operating Bruce, and listening to them decide how crazy to make the ride for each person. Ryan had a pretty wild ride, but Ethan and Sean were more mellow.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07u2rPp52YkHQiTtJN9nSpU7U71F_FRiUdzlBFn3MpfX4ev1j0IGL95HoAxhcX5vQ5TLYjP2FsnQW9dKzrrocMrqIGnQL793W88gMKLajxzCnX46b1Nb4gLAj-wvhTjib4Mz2H0ZYt3_R/s1600/June+27+2012+366.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07u2rPp52YkHQiTtJN9nSpU7U71F_FRiUdzlBFn3MpfX4ev1j0IGL95HoAxhcX5vQ5TLYjP2FsnQW9dKzrrocMrqIGnQL793W88gMKLajxzCnX46b1Nb4gLAj-wvhTjib4Mz2H0ZYt3_R/s320/June+27+2012+366.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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There was also a really fun bungee run where participants would race each other down the “swimming lane” and then reach to stick a beanbag-ish marker as far as they could. Both Ethan and Sean wanted to do it with Ryan.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj21D2d01I00RmuZezCnvz9XWS3zeseeVsOK3tzxtLXdTiapXt22M-TwhFfi2YX8ILKbfKIXApu-KQQqM3ZjS3KNQJvXDupjBhJAutzFUGCS9WgJqR9BmcXzoCmA8npZU8ANK1utyu9llhI/s1600/June+27+2012+397.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj21D2d01I00RmuZezCnvz9XWS3zeseeVsOK3tzxtLXdTiapXt22M-TwhFfi2YX8ILKbfKIXApu-KQQqM3ZjS3KNQJvXDupjBhJAutzFUGCS9WgJqR9BmcXzoCmA8npZU8ANK1utyu9llhI/s320/June+27+2012+397.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Yesterday as I watched Ryan Lochte and the other swimmers come down the escalator, I wondered what the set-up was on the upper floor, and if we could access it. The escalator going up was WAY on the other end of the conference center portion of the building, so from where most fans entered, it appeared that there was only an elevator to go up (which was always guarded by National Guard people). As we said good-bye to Janae, Rachael, and the kids, we left the AquaZone right by the elevator that went up. We went exploring!<br />
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From the second floor, we had a perfect view of a mural on an entire building that we had partially seen earlier. We also had a great view of the AmeriTrade Stadium, where the College World Series had wrapped up yesterday.<br />
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There was a large lobby on the second floor, right where the swimmers all came across from the hotel on the sky bridge. Hundreds of people waited every day at the bottom of the escalator and the elevator for a glimpse or a picture or an autograph. We decided to stay upstairs as long as we could. We thought the area might be cleared once the swimmers started coming across. NO! It wasn’t!<br />
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About a dozen people, who apparently were guests at the Hilton and came across the skybridge, trickled in to the lobby area and sat down in chairs and on the floor. Then the swimmers started coming!!!<br />
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Ryan Lochte…<br />
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Missy Franklin…<br />
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Rebecca Soni…<br />
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Amanda Beard…<br />
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It was so much fun to see them all so close! After we thought most of them had come through, Ryan made a decision. He put on his swim bag, his hat, and his sunglasses, and asked me to stay back a little while he went down the escalator!!! I think most people at the bottom figured he was a little young, but one person did come up to him and say, “What event are you swimming tonight?” Ryan responded that he didn’t have any events tonight. Oh, that kid. I’m in trouble if he ever IS famous!<br />
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As we waited in the line to go into the arena, we noticed that the Olympian names are being added to the huge sign!<br />
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<b>Finals:<i></i></b><br />
Women’s 200 free (semis) – Kathleen Hersey, Dana Vollmer in Heat 1; Katie Ledecky, Allison Schmitt, Missy Franklin, Lauren Perdue in Heat 2.<br />
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Allison & Missy…<br />
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Men’s 200 free (in the 200 free, the top four swimmers make the Olympic team as members of the 4x200 relay – 1=Michael Phelps; 2=Ryan Lochte; 3=Ricky Berens; 4=Conor Dwyer; (5th Matt McLean, 6th Charlie Houchin, 7th Davis Tarwater, 8th Michael Klueh).<br />
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Michael & Ryan…<br />
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Phelps family during the race…<br />
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The board…<br />
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Women’s 100 back – 1=Missy Franklin; 2= Rachel Bootsma (Natalie Coughlin 3rd)<br />
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Missy…<br />
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Natalie…<br />
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The board, and celebrating Missy’s new American Record…<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyLePV1bddEMF4dHzdxELypnD7PPbkc8cKuKJIVAMg-yhNQKAmgrP9d_v6NeG0c797oGlUF4QWx2QSBB2kzt4RtSGDFN1vEyMIOkJLLQFn9TGrAhPxKt-ACxtIEzpCjeE0I5hE7O2MgnX/s1600/June+27+2012+834.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyLePV1bddEMF4dHzdxELypnD7PPbkc8cKuKJIVAMg-yhNQKAmgrP9d_v6NeG0c797oGlUF4QWx2QSBB2kzt4RtSGDFN1vEyMIOkJLLQFn9TGrAhPxKt-ACxtIEzpCjeE0I5hE7O2MgnX/s320/June+27+2012+834.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Men’s 100 back – 1=Matt Grevers; 2=Nick Thoman<br />
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Matt and the board…<br />
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Women’s 100 back medal (Missy Franklin)…<br />
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Women’s 100 breast – 1=Breeja Larson (a BIG upset!); 2=Rebecca Soni (3rd Jessica Hardy, 5th Annie Chandler, 7th Micah Lawrence)<br />
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Rebecca & Jessica…<br />
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The upset!<br />
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Men’s 200 fly (semis) – Tyler Clary in Heat 1; Michael Phelps in Heat 2.<br />
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Tyler…<br />
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Michael…<br />
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Men’s 200 free medal – <br />
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Josh Davis was one of the medal presenters (second from left in blue shirt)…<br />
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As I mentioned earlier, in the 200 free, the top four swimmers make the Olympic team as members of the 4x200 relay. (l to r: Ryan, Conor, Michael, Ricky)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37rWtGSWvviT_ST8Z-gX2rdzRFsewPznuQdESsBy_ZyeTiSy5fIxB_TEvI-cXM0nFBoRxVfwR21sYtGHLRHwyeq73iaBtyQnue4lpfoNG4PeLPGOyzuCb6DYLjUHAseqmvHFFKxuHU5dU/s1600/June+27+2012+1198.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37rWtGSWvviT_ST8Z-gX2rdzRFsewPznuQdESsBy_ZyeTiSy5fIxB_TEvI-cXM0nFBoRxVfwR21sYtGHLRHwyeq73iaBtyQnue4lpfoNG4PeLPGOyzuCb6DYLjUHAseqmvHFFKxuHU5dU/s320/June+27+2012+1198.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Women’s 200 IM (semis) – Elizabeth Pelton & Elizabeth Beisel in Heat 1; Caitlin Leverenz, Ariana Kukors in Heat 2.<br />
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Men’s 100 back medal – <br />
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In the wheelchair is Adolf Kiefer, who is currently 94 years old. As a 17-year-old, he swam in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. He won the gold medal in the 100 back, and set several Olympic records. For a period of 8 years, in over 2,000 races, he only lost TWICE! He presented the medal to Matt Grevers.<br />
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Women’s 100 breast medal – Breeja Larson, who we came to know is from Mesa, Arizona, and is also a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUaGlFrUHKIBCQtcrzAxP0KtrsCp4vB91gpCH9Dmqlc1J_T924u7sR86JtLi4IEdSZ9PVKDGfuOJW4BCHb9ZTYGbz-svkJcSM0efHj_4Xjw-_cUpD-L-G3N-WM9g8rzEkot2Q-f9RUJTBQ/s1600/June+27+2012+1348.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUaGlFrUHKIBCQtcrzAxP0KtrsCp4vB91gpCH9Dmqlc1J_T924u7sR86JtLi4IEdSZ9PVKDGfuOJW4BCHb9ZTYGbz-svkJcSM0efHj_4Xjw-_cUpD-L-G3N-WM9g8rzEkot2Q-f9RUJTBQ/s320/June+27+2012+1348.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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As Ryan and I drove the 30 minutes back to Rachael’s house, we talked about what an amazing day it was, and how it far surpassed our expectations. I said, “I can’t imagine that tomorrow could be any better!”Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-62973735565952663792012-06-26T22:36:00.000-06:002012-09-23T18:55:00.780-06:00Olympic Trials ~ Day 2 (June 26)<b>Prelims:<i></i></b><br />
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Women 100 back – 17 heats; Rachel Bootsma in Heat 15 (59.69); Missy Franklin in Heat 16 (59.54); Natalie Coughlin in Heat 17 (1:00.71).<br />
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Missy…<br />
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Natalie…<br />
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Men 200 free – 13 heats; Conor Dwyer & Michael Phelps (1:48.31) in Heat 12; Garrett Weber-Gale, Ricky Berens, Ryan Lochte (1:48.12) in Heat 13.<br />
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Michael (with Conor in the lane next to him)…<br />
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Women 100 breast – 16 heats; Breeja Larson in Heat 14; Jessica Hardy & Micah Lawrence in Heat 15; Rebecca Soni, Amanda Beard in Heat 16.<br />
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Men 100 back – 13 heats; Matt Grevers & Ryan Murphy in Heat 11; Nick Thoman & Ryan Lochte in Heat 13<br />
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Women 400 free – 12 heats; Becca Mann & Katie Hoff in Heat 10; Elizabeth Beisel, Allison Schmitt, Katie Ledecky in Heat 11; Chloe Sutton & Kate Ziegler in Heat 12.<br />
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<i><b>AquaZone:</b></i><br />
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Ian Crocker was one of the first swimmers on the schedule for autographs at the AquaZone, so we headed there as soon as prelims ended to be in line to meet him. He was running late, so Josh Davis (gold medalist in 1996 Olympics in Barcelona and 2000 Olympics in Sydney) talked with us for a while until Ian arrived. Josh had one of his medals there, and Ryan was able to wear it!<br />
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Ian Crocker arrived, so then we were able to talk with him for a few minutes and get his autograph on Ryan’s shirt. Ian was a medalist in the butterfly in 2004 in Athens and 2008 in Beijing (note the Beijing medal on the table). He is best known as the first man to swim the 100 fly under 51 seconds!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBr4n46kL1iIUg6PdP7rP597DU5qBFKNJt4qlZbdwSR5Nepd4z6zzqbN-C_XFlPfaqhd6PwcTE2yhUXiwCTTHA_sY_SaoXkFmm0ujuKyJuwQqj_xfhrNfWkfByGQGWmdxpRFUSUZ6TlgS/s1600/June+26+2012+382.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBr4n46kL1iIUg6PdP7rP597DU5qBFKNJt4qlZbdwSR5Nepd4z6zzqbN-C_XFlPfaqhd6PwcTE2yhUXiwCTTHA_sY_SaoXkFmm0ujuKyJuwQqj_xfhrNfWkfByGQGWmdxpRFUSUZ6TlgS/s320/June+26+2012+382.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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One of the activities in the AquaZone was the bungee run. After we talked with Ian, Ryan enjoyed seeing how far he could run against the bungee.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9OWOAr_jzgmnKwHpk9b92D4y_OZaSXODak9W6hyphenhyphenHotCK-Lb8L_jkiox4M9MEyqJaZuMAWkkZ07JIo3qhvDaOBpz6JFQqbKfRZGwqeSp3DNDm7XFeX6olzlLyt28u0JhzxTr33wD55jJ8j/s1600/June+26+2012+432.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9OWOAr_jzgmnKwHpk9b92D4y_OZaSXODak9W6hyphenhyphenHotCK-Lb8L_jkiox4M9MEyqJaZuMAWkkZ07JIo3qhvDaOBpz6JFQqbKfRZGwqeSp3DNDm7XFeX6olzlLyt28u0JhzxTr33wD55jJ8j/s320/June+26+2012+432.JPG" /></a></div><br />
One of the amazing opportunities in the AquaZone was the “Michael Phelps Swim Spa Challenge.” Ryan saw it yesterday, and knew he wanted to do it. He changed into his suit (swimmers always have their suits with them, you know), and reported to the starter. When he got in, the coach had him swim freestyle at his own speed for a couple of minutes, just to get used to the feel of the swim spa. Then they turned it up to “Michael Phelps speed.” As we watched swimmers before Ryan do it, most of them were immediately thrown to the back of the pool as the speed was turned up. Ryan made it 14 seconds against Michael’s speed. It was pretty fun to watch. (Notice several other people watching Ryan swim, including some random person taking a video of him!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0RtiQZfhTNapmn8jpa_iBWfYM5mcFwIpPeo30mXvSOPH7CPlouNhJugbYVUpI3SeolZqvz9dynP7FgNLqR2Iv6V70soZRT5HJlYCHQDz3IcZH0tmoe4WoIsgABmVwld_RYsgRJNVb63qU/s1600/June+26+2012+479.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0RtiQZfhTNapmn8jpa_iBWfYM5mcFwIpPeo30mXvSOPH7CPlouNhJugbYVUpI3SeolZqvz9dynP7FgNLqR2Iv6V70soZRT5HJlYCHQDz3IcZH0tmoe4WoIsgABmVwld_RYsgRJNVb63qU/s320/June+26+2012+479.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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My camera has a sport setting, which takes 25 consecutive pictures in just a couple of seconds with the push of the button. I have been SO pleased that I decided on this camera for that option. I have been able to get so many cool pictures, both here at the trials and of Ryan’s events, that I would have missed if I just would have had one click to get it right. The down side is that I have hundreds of pictures to go through. Yesterday I took 1637 pictures! Normally, I only charge my camera a couple of times a month. But I have taken so many pictures (and the sport setting takes extra battery power) that my camera battery DIED toward the end of the day in the AquaZone! I didn’t even have a working camera for the finals! I was SO disappointed! In comparison, I only ended up with 609 pictures from today.<br />
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The last swimmer we stood in line to see was Rowdy Gaines! Most people know that Rowdy is a sports commentator for ESPN and NBC. But Rowdy was a member of the 1980 Olympic team (the US boycotted the Olympics that year), and a gold medalist in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Although my camera battery had died, I was able to take a picture with my phone. Thank goodness!<br />
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We left the AquaZone and waited in the lobby of the CenturyLink Center until the doors opened for us to go in to the arena. While we were playing a game together on the iPad, we heard some excitement toward the bottom of the escalator. We went over to see who was coming down the escalator, and it was Ryan Lochte! Keep in mind that my camera was dead. I only had my phone. My Ryan bought a Ryan Lochte hat at a meet in May, and had been wearing it constantly in hopes that he would get close enough to Ryan Lochte for him to sign it. HE DID!!! I snapped this quick picture with my phone as Lochte walked by, and then this picture of my OVERJOYED little fan! Now HIS trip is complete!<br />
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Here is the photo-free recap of the evening finals and medals.<br />
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Women 100 fly – 1=Dana Vollmer (56.50); 2=Claire Donahue; 3=Kathleen Hersey; Christine Magnuson in 6th; Natalie Coughlin in 7th.<br />
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Men 200 free (semis) – Matt MCLean, Charlie Houchin, Davis Tarwater, Peter Vanderkaay in Heat 1; Ricky Berens, Conor Dwyer, Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps in Heat 2.<br />
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Women 100 breast (semis) – Breeja Larson & Annie Chandler in Heat 1; Micah Lawrence Rebecca Soni, Jessica Hardy, Amanda Beard in Heat 2.<br />
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Women 100 fly medal – Dana Vollmer<br />
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Men’s 100 breast – 1=Brendan Hansen (59.68); 2=Eric Shanteau<br />
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Women’s 400 free – 1=Allison Schmitt (4:02.84); 2=Chloe Sutton. 3rd Katie Ledecky (her grandma & cousin sat next to us); Elizabeth Beisel in 5th; Kate Ziegler in 7th.<br />
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Men’s 1—back (semis) – Nick Thoman, Ryan Murphy in Heat 1; Matt Grevers in Heat 2.<br />
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Men’s 100 breast medal – This was the part I was most sad about missing with my camera. As Brendan Hansen rose up on the podium for his medal, he was down on one knee, head bowed, and both arms above his head doing the “Hook ‘em horns” sign. The crowd went wild!<br />
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Women’s 100 back (semis) – Rachel Bootsma in Heat 1; Natalie Coughlin, Missy Franklin, Elizabeth Pelton in Heat 2.<br />
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Women’s 400 free medal – Allison Schmitt<br />
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As Ryan and I drove the 30 minutes back to Rachael’s house, we talked about what an amazing day it was, and how it far surpassed our expectations. I said, “I can’t imagine that tomorrow could be any better!”Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-5783397030783471462012-06-25T21:51:00.000-06:002012-09-04T23:06:49.623-06:00Olympic Trials ~ Day 1 (June 25)Frances’ mom, Janae, was so great to figure out transportation for us for the entire week! Rachael’s house is about 30 minutes west of Omaha, so early every morning, Ryan & I drove Janae’s car from Rachael’s house to Janae’s house, picked up Janae, and then she dropped us off at the Century Link Center, and kept her car for the day. We texted her as our evening events finished, she picked us up, we dropped her off at her house, and then drove the 30 minutes back to Rachael’s. It worked very well, and we were able to see the Nebraska countryside (i.e. cornfields) every day.<br />
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The first day of Trials, the College World Series was also going on in Omaha - just across the street. Traffic was horrendous! I was so relieved that we had decided to have Janae drop us off, instead of having to find a place to park! She dropped us off in the middle of all of the thousands of sports fans congregated in Omaha for these two major sporting events. We felt the excitement as soon as we got out of the car!<br />
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As we walked up to the doors of the Century Link (or CLink as the locals call it), we were met by life-size pictures on the doors of the most well known swimmers who would be participating.<br />
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For those of you in the SLC area, the Century Link complex is like the Energy Solutions Arena attached to the Salt Palace Convention Center. We entered the convention center lobby portion and waited in line to go through security. Above the doors into the arena, we spotted the area where Olympians’ names would be added as they made the team.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh72ePxWvyOhEeTWZpO03EHtDq0V7RfQlbSsO8Vb2sG-g20XmnO45Wba3E3TXZj9SxADyCSEYLsHh64hJ0gRR_-9jiLI4P-2ug70tLn6quwkpXQjMlgRhi8D3OUyeVWSFoRNAfUO6ivJeHd/s1600/Entry+where+Olympic+names+will+appear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh72ePxWvyOhEeTWZpO03EHtDq0V7RfQlbSsO8Vb2sG-g20XmnO45Wba3E3TXZj9SxADyCSEYLsHh64hJ0gRR_-9jiLI4P-2ug70tLn6quwkpXQjMlgRhi8D3OUyeVWSFoRNAfUO6ivJeHd/s320/Entry+where+Olympic+names+will+appear.jpg" /></a></div><br />
We entered the arena lobby portion of the building and saw the list of the 2008 Olympians.<br />
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We came around a corner to the escalators, and the huge “Olympic Trials” sign hung above the ticket windows. Our excitement continued to build with each new thing we saw!<br />
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Those of you who know us well know that Ryan & I are quickly moved to tears. I am not exaggerating at all when I say that as we entered the arena and saw the pool, both of us got so excited that we almost cried! After planning and saving for this trip for A YEAR, it was overwhelming to actually be there!<br />
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Our tickets said Row 21. However, we found out that the first nine rows of seats had been removed to accommodate the pool. So we were actually on the 12th row!!! Suddenly I realized that the money I paid for the tickets was totally worth it!<br />
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We chatted for a while with the people next to us – lifelong friends Linda and Jane from Minnesota, who had spent many years with their own kids as competitive swimmers. Through the next couple of days, we got to know everyone around us better. We all had the same seats for the entire trials, and there were many family members of swimmers around us. It was fun to have specific people to cheer for during the first heats of an event!<br />
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The very first event was the men’s 400 IM – with Michael Phelps in Heat 10, Tyler Clary in Heat 11, and Ryan Lochte in Heat 12! It was absolutely awesome watching all of them swim in person, especially my Ryan’s signature event!<br />
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Phelps…<br />
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Clary…<br />
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Lochte (can you see his Olympic Rings tattoo?)…<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zzIMtkqRced37FOX79mY84dP0Tw_i1gAqdRR9fbdJEyX2o-Ih7UnvGy0qAqOUOoWvm3wKNnDkrV7BKWnq84HVhpehzpKpvxdFx40GhF12VelbaIopDhPpiIwNmcz4QRQe5VCYIt8ELEk/s1600/June+25+2012+251.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zzIMtkqRced37FOX79mY84dP0Tw_i1gAqdRR9fbdJEyX2o-Ih7UnvGy0qAqOUOoWvm3wKNnDkrV7BKWnq84HVhpehzpKpvxdFx40GhF12VelbaIopDhPpiIwNmcz4QRQe5VCYIt8ELEk/s320/June+25+2012+251.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Other morning prelims:<br />
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Women’s 100 fly – 17 heats; Rachel Bootsma (Minnesota) in Heat 14; Claire Donahue in Heat 15 (57.82); Christine Magnuson & Kathleen Hersey in Heat 16; Dana Volmer (56.59) & Natalie Coughlin (58.41) in Heat 17.<br />
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Men’s 400 free – 12 heats; Connor Jaeger, Charlie Houchin, Conor Dwyer in Heat 10; Matt McLean, Ryan Feeley (3:49.21) in Heat 11. Ryan Lochte scratched. Ryan Feeley’s parents were sitting 2 rows ahead of us through all of Trials, so we cheered for him in all of his events. Peter Vanderkaay in Heat 12 (3:49.16).<br />
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Women’s 400IM – 13 heats; Caitlin Leverenz in Heat 12; Elizabeth Beisel & Cammile Adams in Heat 13.<br />
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Men’s 100 breaststroke – 15 heats; Mark Gangloff in Heat 14; Brendan Hansen & Eric Shanteau in Heat 15.<br />
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After the prelims ended at about noon, Ryan and I went to the AquaZone, the HUGE fan area that was set up in all of the ballrooms in the convention center portion of the C-Link Center.<br />
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Our first stop was the ENORMOUS Speedo store, where Ryan bought what he had been saving for – the black and green Ryan Lochte signature swim bag. The zipper on Ryan’s backpack broke during the morning events (coincidence?), providing even more urgency to the purchase of the swim bag.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHbdBwxjDmM0D_r0vlN3FHn_C9-dmHTxz7skn2yEtqq1K7em8jOqXy0G-V3ZEuXk3eppjWBySpC0_bVtWwg56lvrxbuLy5CdtWxpgYoCvyucuhUryuaEKn7GW2aC44yRJdm2RIFV76tQF/s1600/June+25+2012+480.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHbdBwxjDmM0D_r0vlN3FHn_C9-dmHTxz7skn2yEtqq1K7em8jOqXy0G-V3ZEuXk3eppjWBySpC0_bVtWwg56lvrxbuLy5CdtWxpgYoCvyucuhUryuaEKn7GW2aC44yRJdm2RIFV76tQF/s320/June+25+2012+480.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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We had lunch at the concessions area in the AquaZone. I was surprised that, considering the crowd (mostly swimmers and their families), there weren’t many choices for healthy food. We ate the concession food, but I decided we couldn’t do that all week, and that we’d need to find a healthier alternative. Keep this in mind as you read future posts.<br />
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The AquaZone had three different areas set up to meet current and former Olympians. There were two stages for autographs, and then a podium for pictures. We were able to meet Pablo Morales, gold medalist in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Ryan BEAMED when Pablo put his gold medal around Ryan’s neck!<br />
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Several months ago, USA swimming families were invited to submit pictures of their swimmers to be included in a huge mosaic in the AquaZone. I submitted a couple of Ryan. We found the mosaic, and used the computer mapping program to find his picture! How fun that Ryan’s picture was in the AquaZone!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6GDVpR5qVlx1qr02dMIPL_NWEjT7fk8ccvdmZ3uM9r4xIwTWvkNfRa1rQutsp7bCK6fmnIb1s94RhJjizFH_-mmmlNZ4jA-xZKNd_duRqdFd7mLK_jPhlo8AQ7YA69pIXhoFLgKxS1dz/s1600/USA+Swimming+Mosaic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="258" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6GDVpR5qVlx1qr02dMIPL_NWEjT7fk8ccvdmZ3uM9r4xIwTWvkNfRa1rQutsp7bCK6fmnIb1s94RhJjizFH_-mmmlNZ4jA-xZKNd_duRqdFd7mLK_jPhlo8AQ7YA69pIXhoFLgKxS1dz/s320/USA+Swimming+Mosaic.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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There were several booths of USA Swimming and Olympic sponsors. Most of them had contests of some sort. We were standing in the line to spin the Orowheat prize wheel, when all of a sudden Ryan said, “Mom, there’s Debbie Phelps!” Debbie (Michael’s mom) is a spokesperson for a program that encourages healthy habits in young people. We left the Orowheat line and went over to talk with her. We chatted with her for a couple of minutes – Ryan told her that he had been watching Michael swim since he was 4 years old (technically since he was 5 months old). She asked him a few questions about his swimming, and asked where we were from. About that point, other people started to gather, so I said, “May we get a picture with you?” She said, “Sure!” and started to move toward Ryan. I handed Ryan my camera and said, “This picture is for me! Michael is Ryan’s hero, but you’re mine!” I told her that I am also a single mom, and how much I admired her dedication to her family. She told me to stay strong, and gave me a HUGE hug. What a sweet lady! Ryan later commented that she has far more practice talking and smiling than I do. :)<br />
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The line started forming to get into the arena for the finals at about 5:30, and the doors opened at about 5:45. We were there early enough that not many people were on deck. So we walked down to the deck and had our picture taken. Amazing!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnM_PsCPEAcPKNsUQKMoLpXImUquk9bHmhocfg0tPmJYjrIJ1wkFzyGs9kP4hNqwQVWVUGV3YpjUIbKLR0T5OXgrKoJtmD4r2sl79Aw5-CCOhJ-EI00N_ockSrWkPNHEx0EUo-unLn3M7R/s1600/June+25+2012+514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnM_PsCPEAcPKNsUQKMoLpXImUquk9bHmhocfg0tPmJYjrIJ1wkFzyGs9kP4hNqwQVWVUGV3YpjUIbKLR0T5OXgrKoJtmD4r2sl79Aw5-CCOhJ-EI00N_ockSrWkPNHEx0EUo-unLn3M7R/s320/June+25+2012+514.JPG" /></a></div><br />
Once the events started, it was interesting to see the difference in the arena between the preliminaries and the finals. In the preliminaries, all of the lights were always on, and it was very informal. During the finals, the lights were off - mainly for all of the special effects…like the waterfall with different words and symbols projected on it.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTPLzuGhDB-JPen73t3DqQERH2IsClivK_yVsATriEea_W1Tt90nDxxJNSJpdGtAjizc6PIQYbKrmJCrMUob2m6Kk4qw_jdVlR7NyjaRq2Pg47HL9TEiCZ2WdTcr-Yveo7v_zK8a32tSHp/s1600/June+25+2012+516.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTPLzuGhDB-JPen73t3DqQERH2IsClivK_yVsATriEea_W1Tt90nDxxJNSJpdGtAjizc6PIQYbKrmJCrMUob2m6Kk4qw_jdVlR7NyjaRq2Pg47HL9TEiCZ2WdTcr-Yveo7v_zK8a32tSHp/s320/June+25+2012+516.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Pictures of the 400 IM…<br />
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During the breaststroke, all of a sudden fire shot up along the sides of the pool! We were close enough that we felt the heat! It was such a surprise that I didn’t snap a picture. But I was prepared later in the evening!<br />
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Our new friend, Summer Sanders, was interviewing the athletes (and the mayor of Omaha, etc.) on deck.<br />
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Women’s 100 fly (semis) – Claire Donahue, Natalie Coughlin, and Christine Magnuson in Heat 1.<br />
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Kathleen Hersey and Dana Vollmer in Heat 2.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRzxkIgAcBKkSrnhF5QpTv9rTH6eOg0RS9O1q4zVlUgRK8D0EplrCnoZXiZMyjHPFu_ExYNJmHzTocoQxjwc6uNgBl1DYAndOwd_Wo0Ix_6GB_yukGwNFADDEHFva-ekzEONeND0NrNQe/s1600/June+25+2012+1000.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRzxkIgAcBKkSrnhF5QpTv9rTH6eOg0RS9O1q4zVlUgRK8D0EplrCnoZXiZMyjHPFu_ExYNJmHzTocoQxjwc6uNgBl1DYAndOwd_Wo0Ix_6GB_yukGwNFADDEHFva-ekzEONeND0NrNQe/s320/June+25+2012+1000.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Men’s 400 free – Peter Vanderkaay, Charlie Houchin, Connor Jaeger, Conor Dwyer, Ryan Feeley. And I caught the fire at the sides of the pool!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8X3UjhEbW_-bIjhmhHmCWzmKuG92i6W96y_l6r1tc9uJdcIRDagSGz-5kVnN6N_G7uXR_36qsLtNls24v6RqSKyj1JFka9xIjg-Q9Ne4_eJhyphenhyphenZzbRIiV29HwBKwvLweMz5adh-q5j-gs/s1600/June+25+2012+1005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8X3UjhEbW_-bIjhmhHmCWzmKuG92i6W96y_l6r1tc9uJdcIRDagSGz-5kVnN6N_G7uXR_36qsLtNls24v6RqSKyj1JFka9xIjg-Q9Ne4_eJhyphenhyphenZzbRIiV29HwBKwvLweMz5adh-q5j-gs/s320/June+25+2012+1005.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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When it was time for the Men’s 400 IM medal ceremony, the arena went dark, with only a spotlight on the podium. Ryan Lochte began rising from below! Behind him was a waterfall with his name, event, and the Olympic rings projected on it. Amazing! (And my Ryan LOVED his shoes!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkjR4QDYMjAPOkGK-wi-8iutqxma7cawQQea0yJlhsGlj8YUCpljqhrbCU1okRUfPJtI3CpP_O02tWKINgEWbYPxGv9ha0-07wz9wiemotfkDHH6mGx0kWXTSPgYpBqP1J2hOtI5Tc9Alr/s1600/June+25+2012+1032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkjR4QDYMjAPOkGK-wi-8iutqxma7cawQQea0yJlhsGlj8YUCpljqhrbCU1okRUfPJtI3CpP_O02tWKINgEWbYPxGv9ha0-07wz9wiemotfkDHH6mGx0kWXTSPgYpBqP1J2hOtI5Tc9Alr/s320/June+25+2012+1032.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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After Ryan walked RIGHT in front of us, Summer interviewed him. At the side of the pool (on the way back into the locker rooms), there was a life-size London phone booth that each swimmer that made the team signed.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-d1ShKYMrBhDb9Dsjq_4o1DhN4rZ9bW4ygm0o-KP4Jnj4qN0o5iTHCetRqKNXfvoPP24mZvOj3YhrNfazOzlCCOpaJg2RKCzizK2kU1aZrNjG5S2aHCwlww4FdqPeQp0kYXtxR707pR2/s1600/June+25+2012+1158.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-d1ShKYMrBhDb9Dsjq_4o1DhN4rZ9bW4ygm0o-KP4Jnj4qN0o5iTHCetRqKNXfvoPP24mZvOj3YhrNfazOzlCCOpaJg2RKCzizK2kU1aZrNjG5S2aHCwlww4FdqPeQp0kYXtxR707pR2/s320/June+25+2012+1158.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Women’s 400 IM – Cammile Adams, Elizabeth Beisel, Caitlin Leverenz. And I caught the fire!<br />
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Men’s 400 free medal – Peter Vanderkaay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg080Hu_po1SiyvOqhp0xX51Oy-d34HiydlYU_O2CTGplLXnVbbfhvj1lvY19VIL46SgTj-BDJpykr430HCVsVIuvazlUTtUVOr-reCrlA26KlnOwYcBZ_H4EPH1-Wf1yy6REev7WXpaeBu/s1600/June+25+2012+1212.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg080Hu_po1SiyvOqhp0xX51Oy-d34HiydlYU_O2CTGplLXnVbbfhvj1lvY19VIL46SgTj-BDJpykr430HCVsVIuvazlUTtUVOr-reCrlA26KlnOwYcBZ_H4EPH1-Wf1yy6REev7WXpaeBu/s320/June+25+2012+1212.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Men’s 100 breast (semis) – Eric Shanteau, Brendan Hansen, Scott Weltz, Clark Burckle Heat 1; Mark Gangloff, Mike Alexandrov Heat 2.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWIxy-vwDB660SlWxwUEXCwEwrghqhS3czm_wiuThn07fm2cj-Svpql4Tsls6XVIPweyMj9HHGZVuz2odEMbJiwko-TtSk2N2Y3IUh_TuhicZnhoNLBBGcIELNcQCUkKmudFybF_C3foX/s1600/June+25+2012+1346.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWIxy-vwDB660SlWxwUEXCwEwrghqhS3czm_wiuThn07fm2cj-Svpql4Tsls6XVIPweyMj9HHGZVuz2odEMbJiwko-TtSk2N2Y3IUh_TuhicZnhoNLBBGcIELNcQCUkKmudFybF_C3foX/s320/June+25+2012+1346.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Women’s 400 IM medal – Summer Sanders, as a prior medalist in this event, was the person who presented Elizabeth Beisel with her medal. It was a fun ceremony!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8ghgGxB3mzERAEmWbd94qD9t7RHJVo3z_JXJpPxno62iW0qgIqPB59Ls5B1vaxFaFObEnLCu3yYr7YBblvetjIKZP2xS1pxycHeGAu1KHckVyW4HJJLW85y2VziQocVwSIiQlG-3Dexo/s1600/June+25+2012+1462.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8ghgGxB3mzERAEmWbd94qD9t7RHJVo3z_JXJpPxno62iW0qgIqPB59Ls5B1vaxFaFObEnLCu3yYr7YBblvetjIKZP2xS1pxycHeGAu1KHckVyW4HJJLW85y2VziQocVwSIiQlG-3Dexo/s320/June+25+2012+1462.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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As the events of the evening ended, we texted Janae. By the time we got outside, she was pulling up to get us. What a great system! We dropped her off at her house and then headed for Bennington.<br />
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As Ryan and I drove the 30 minutes back to Rachael’s house, we talked about what an amazing day it was, and how it far surpassed our expectations. I said, “I can’t imagine that tomorrow could be any better!”Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-44936120457269444422012-06-24T21:37:00.000-06:002012-08-01T20:26:18.812-06:00Fremont, Nebraska Ward and Winter Quarters Temple & Visitors CenterOn Sunday, June 24, we attended the Fremont, Nebraska ward with the Chappell family. As we were walking in the door, we started talking with one of the elders. He is from Bountiful! Although we did not know him before now, he knows many of the young men (and current missionaries) that we know. It was fun talking with him!<br />
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In our home ward, Ryan is one of two deacons. In the Fremont ward, Ryan was the only deacon! He helped pass the sacrament, in their chapel which was about 1/4 the size of ours. It was a great experience for him!<br />
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After church, the Chappell kids enjoyed playing on the iPad with Ryan.<br />
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Later that afternoon, Ethan and Sean (9 and turning 8) were our tour guides at the Winter Quarters Temple and Visitors Center.<br />
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Fist we walked around the temple…<br />
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As we went to the Visitors Center, several missionaries asked us if we wanted them to give us the tour. But Ethan & Sean had been there enough that they did a great job telling us about all of the exhibits.<br />
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It was really cool to be at the Winter Quarters Visitors Center just a few days after we were at This is the Place State Park. We watched a multimedia presentation that tracked the journey of the early members of the church, and then learned even more about the journey.<br />
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There was a traveling art exhibit in the basement of the Visitors Center. Our favorite picture was one of the Stripling Warriors that we had never seen before.<br />
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We had a great time, and were happy that Ethan and Sean could go with us! <br />
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We also checked off the first “Omaha Push Pin” on our list!<br />
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We checked our bags, went through security, and then found our gate. As we were waiting, we spotted someone who looked vaguely familiar, who also had a Speedo swim bag. As we started talking with her, we realized that it was Summer Sanders, former Olympian! Summer won gold for the 200 butterfly and the 4x100, silver in the 200 IM, and bronze in the 400 IM in 1992. She is now a sports commentator, and is traveling to the Trials to interview the swimmers on deck. We had fun talking with her, and she was so cute to ask Ryan a lot of questions about his own swimming!<br />
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Frances’ mom, Janae, picked us up at the Omaha airport, and drove us to the home of Frances’ sister, Rachael. We had dinner, and then Ryan enjoyed jumping on the trampoline with Rachael’s kids.<br />
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After the sun set, we saw fireflies for the first time! It was a great start to our trip.Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-71817375959600515582012-06-20T19:51:00.000-06:002012-07-31T20:15:11.156-06:00This is the Place State ParkMarc & Frances have season passes to This is the Place State Park. On Wednesday, June 20, we all went up for a few hours.<br />
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We had lunch at the Huntsman Hotel…<br />
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Used the mortar and pestle at the apothecary…<br />
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Listened to the mountain main and admired his animal pelts…<br />
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Watched (and danced with!) the Native American dancers…<br />
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And did so many other fun things!<br />
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Thanks, Marc & Frances, for the fun day!Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-80085243195738023812012-06-17T19:30:00.000-06:002012-07-31T19:31:24.640-06:00What’s In a Name?My mom, Sandy, is the oldest child of Theodore Guy Jensen and Antonina Cieluszak Jensen. I am Sandy’s oldest child, the oldest grandchild, and I was born on my grandpa’s birthday! Ryan is the oldest great-grandchild. His middle name, Guy, is in honor of Theodore Guy Jensen.<br />
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My cousin, Deb, is the youngest child of the youngest child (also named Ted), the youngest grandchild, and was born on my grandma’s birthday! Today, Father’s Day, Deb had a baby. She named her after grandma.<br />
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So, the oldest child of the oldest child was born on grandpa’s birthday. Her child is named after grandpa. The youngest child of the youngest child was born on grandma’s birthday. Her child is named after grandma. Cool, huh?<br />Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-80792587101938926972012-06-09T22:20:00.000-06:002012-06-20T10:38:49.693-06:00Tour of Utah, Swimming Pool Edition: SYAC IMX Meet at Kearns Oquirrh Park<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtoQZ754GYQYfMPdB0otccfYGPikJ8oTo65lE2MFKrtsH4PCrB9GRutS500eTZIcvpYmMTgYg5WRt036uIUWY6jD53LtKgfuWTWKRe4wUiKGPnrhNWFqLYdC4XXF4L1Xc8zKQi-DL7wvt/s1600/Kearns+Pool_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="180" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtoQZ754GYQYfMPdB0otccfYGPikJ8oTo65lE2MFKrtsH4PCrB9GRutS500eTZIcvpYmMTgYg5WRt036uIUWY6jD53LtKgfuWTWKRe4wUiKGPnrhNWFqLYdC4XXF4L1Xc8zKQi-DL7wvt/s320/Kearns+Pool_2.jpg" /></a><br />
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The majority of the meets we attend are age-based (10 & under, 11-12, 13-14, and 15 & older), so Ryan swims against guys his same age. This meet was a time-based meet, so all of the events were mixed age & gender. But awards were still given for the age groups.<br />
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There were definitely pros and cons. We love regular meets where the events start with the slowest swimmers in the first heats and moves to the faster swimmers in the later heats. We know as soon as the event ends where Ryan placed. With the mixed events, it was fun and challenging for him to swim with so many older kids in his heat, but I don’t think he pushed as much, since he didn’t know where he was compared to the guys his age. He gained time in every event.<br />
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We arrived at the pool Friday afternoon just before warm-ups started. There was one section about mid-pool that had swim bags on the first three rows, but then some of our team moms (and kids’ swim bags) scattered through the rest of the section. We sat on the fourth row, directly behind the three rows of swim bags. As warm-ups ended, the entire University of Utah swim team came over and sat the three rows in front of us! All of our faithful readers know that my Bachelor’s degree is from BYU, and that we are fiercely LOYAL Cougar fans! We kept joking that we were sitting in “enemy territory”! :)<br />
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Friday, Ryan swam the 50 free…<br />
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And the 400 IM (with some 14-17 year olds), taking 5th place. In the distance events, swimmers have to have their own timers. So I was Ryan’s timer and Rara stood at the other end of the pool taking pictures. As she was taking pictures, a woman we don’t know was kneeling down at the end of Ryan’s lane taking pictures of him, too! She wasn’t one of our team moms, so we don’t know where his picture might end up!<br />
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Saturday Ryan swam the 200 IM (with two 14-year-old girls and one 14-year-old guy)…<br />
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50 fly (all of the kids in his heat were 11-13 years old)…<br />
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And 50 back (with two 14-year-olds and a 17-year-old), in the lane next to his good friend, Will…<br />
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It’s always fun to watch the kids cheer for each other during their events, and have fun together between their events.<br />
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The most exciting event was the 200 IM of one of our friends, and Ryan’s idol. Thomas just turned 16, and lives in our neighborhood. His parents are good friends of mine. We enjoy sitting together at meets and talking about our swimming obsession. And cute Thomas is the one who stood at the end of the pool during all of Ryan’s events cheering for him at <a href="http://melanieolson.blogspot.com/2012/01/wffm-fish-bowl-classic-swim-meet.html ">the meet I talked about in this post </a>and is the one in the purple-ish towel cheering for Ryan in the 400 IM in the pictures above. <br />
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Thomas is an amazing swimmer! Just as Ryan’s 200 IM heat included older swimmers, so did Thomas’ heat. Thomas swam against his good friend, Dylan (age 16; also the brother of Ryan’s “special friend”), one 17-year-old from the team where we swam last weekend, one 18-year-old University of Utah swimmer, and two 20-year-old University of Utah swimmers. Thomas’ mom, Paula, wrote about Thomas’ event on her blog. I loved her first-hand account so much that I asked her if I could share it on my blog, as well as her pictures of Thomas and the University of Utah swimmers. Here is her account:<br />
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<b>Everyone knows we are University of Utah fans. We always cheer for the U and always want them to win... until today.<br />
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We have been at swim meets for the past 3 weekends in a row. So when I drove Thomas to the pool last night I wasn't expecting much as he had done really well in the last 2 meets and he has been training to hard and is sore and tired. So I really thought this wasn't going to be a really great meet for him. Then we get there and the U of U swim team happens to be entered in this meet. Yikes!<br />
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Thomas swims in the last heat with the fast guys so every race he had one of these guys, or girls ( it was his first mixed meet , girls and guys swimming together) in his heat. It was pretty cool to see the U swim team there and the kids were all staring at them. They had all the cool gear, their speedos said Utah Man on the back, they had a U tattoo on most of their backs, they were big and intimidating.<br />
Thomas swam last night against 2 different ones and they were amazing, Thomas finishing behind them both times.<br />
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So this morning I decide to sleep in and let Kevin take him so I don't have to drag Jake to the pool at 6:30 this morning and I missed one of his best races ever.<br />
Once again he had to race against one of them in the 200 I.M. He was also racing against 2 of their women's team. The U swimmer was right next to him and in the lead by a little bit and then they hit the wall for the last length of the pool and Thomas caught up to him and out touched him by 3, one hundreths of a second and swam his best time by 2 seconds. The entire U swim team was watching at the end of the pool with their jaws dropped. Thomas finished first in the 200 I.M not only beating 2 Pac 12 women swimmers, which is pretty cool but out touching a men's University of Utah Pac 12 swimmer. Pretty dang amazing.<br />
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Kevin told me the entire place was going crazy and everyone was talking about the Tsunami swimmer that beat a U of U swimmer and pointing at him as he walked by. One of our moms said she didn't have a voice because she was screaming so loud.<br />
I told Thomas he should have hopped out of the pool and found the U coach and given him a hand shake and said "Thomas Sheridan, see you in 3 years"<br />
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I know I blog about swimming a lot and sometimes he does great things and sometimes he doesn't have the best meet. He really works so hard and is so dedicated that it is fun to see him do big things like this. His Coach Steve tells me lately that he is just really starting to get fast and is working so hard. It will be so fun to see what is ahead for him in the next few years.<br />
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I ended up going out and watching his last 2 races today and I did get to see the kid he beat. He got out of the pool and dried off with his cool U of U towel, Thomas got out and dried off with his super hero towel. It was too funny. He cracks me up.<i></i></b><br />
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By the way, I was the mom with no voice! We were all screaming and whistling and cheering for Thomas as we realized that he might win! As they touched at the end of the pool, we all went silent for that split second waiting for the times to post to the board. When they posted, and Thomas was on the board in first place, our whole section exploded with noise! After everything died down, I went to talk with Thomas’ dad, Kevin, and I truly didn’t have a voice! I told him that event might be just as exciting as what we’ll see at Trials (especially since Thomas beat the University of Utah swimmers)! :)Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-62142191208196005682012-06-02T22:22:00.000-06:002012-06-07T14:31:45.885-06:00Tour of Utah, Swimming Pool Edition: Devil Ray Classic in DraperAre we crazy for attending a swim meet on the last day of school? Perhaps. But so were dozens of other families!<br />
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After Ryan’s 6th grade promotion on Friday, June 1, he and I headed to the Draper pool. Rara & Papa helped host a wedding breakfast on Saturday morning, so they spent Friday afternoon/evening setting up and getting ready.<br />
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On Friday, Ryan swam the 50 free (beat his own time; we don’t know where he placed yet)…<br />
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50 breaststroke next to his best friend, James (don’t know where he placed yet)<br />
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Talking with Coach Jill and friend, Shad W...<br />
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And 400 IM (beat his own time; we think he placed third in his age group). I didn’t take pictures for two reasons. First, in most of the long course distance events, swimmers need to provide their own timers. I was his timer. Second, the meet went so long that the 400 IM started after dark!<br />
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Since we were right at Point of the Mountain, there were also about 15 paragliders flying around. I took a break from taking pictures of swimmers (and reading articles for my dissertation) and took pictures of the paragliders instead. The moon had just come up, and was huge above the eastern mountains. People probably thought I was crazy, but look at these fun pictures!<br />
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After the 400 IM, we left the pool and stopped at the Wendy’s drive-through for dinner. We had been there since 3:30, with only snacks. I know, bad mom. Meets are supposed to be limited to 4 hours. We already scratched one event to try keep it within time, but it didn’t happen. With it being the last day of school, none of us expected so many kids to participate. We thought they’d all be out partying. We forgot – these are swimmers! Swimming in a meet with friends IS partying!<br />
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We got home at 10:40 pm Friday night, and then got up at 6:00 am Saturday morning to do it all again.<br />
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I was not able to go to the meet on Saturday, so Ryan went with his best friend, James, and his dad. I don’t have any pictures, but Ryan swam the 50 back (and beat his own time) and the 50 fly. Again, we don’t know where he placed with them yet.<br />Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-32141120181911999472012-06-01T23:02:00.000-06:002012-06-07T14:34:04.064-06:00Ryan’s 6th Grade PromotionWhen you have a new baby, it seems like every “older” mother and grandmother says, “Oh, enjoy every minute! He’ll be grown before you know it!” Over the years, I’ve also heard mothers say things like, “I’m enjoying these experiences so much since s/he’s my oldest,” or “I’m trying to savor every moment since s/he’s my youngest.” When Ryan was a newborn in Las Vegas, one of my VTers had her oldest starting kindergarten, and the other had her youngest starting kindergarten. It was always fun to hear their experiences with the same events from different life perspectives.<br />
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I’ve really made an effort to enjoy every moment of Ryan’s life. He has always been my oldest, but the moment came when I also realized that he was my youngest. I’m sure every parent has things they wish they had done differently. But I have truly tried to make the most of every moment of Ryan’s life, despite our lives being very different from the way I thought they’d be.<br />
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Today we celebrated a milestone – Ryan’s last day of elementary school! I picked up Rara & Papa, and we found pretty good seats in the gym for the program. After a brief introduction by Ms. Rawlins, each 6th grader introduced the next classmate in alphabetical order. It was fun to have Ryan’s long-time friend, Etienne N. introduce Ryan.<br />
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After the introduction of each 6th grader, three of Ryan’s classmates spoke: Alissia N., Ashley Q., and Charlotte W. They were all in Ryan’s math class, so I got to know each of them quite well. Alissia is also on the swim team, and I’m good friends with her mom. All three did a great job!<br />
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The 6th graders have been practicing singing one of my favorite songs – “One Day” by Matisyahu. Every once in a while Ryan will break into song at home. Since it’s one of my favorite songs (and one of the cool-down songs on my workout playlist), I have often joined in. It was extremely powerful to have the 100-ish 6th graders singing it together!<br />
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(Sorry, the video gets shaky a minute into it. I had found a great place to stand where no one would walk in front of me. People kept walking - and standing! - in front of me, so I had to keep moving.)<br />
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After the ceremony, each student was given a rose to give to a special person in his or her life. Ryan gave me a beautiful peach/pink colored rose. It is beautiful!<br />
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As everyone was exiting the gym, all four of the teachers were standing along the wall. I took a few minutes to hug each one and thank them for what they did for Ryan this year. We gave them all cake pop baskets a few weeks ago, but I wanted to share one more expression of gratitude with each of them. They have all been awesome this year!<br />
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We all went into the courtyard and had wrap sandwiches and various cookies and brownies. Rara snapped this picture when Ryan & I were talking, thinking she was getting the camera ready to take our posed picture. She wanted to use the flash for another one, but we were standing in front of one of the tables, and people were waiting for us, so I didn’t let her. :)<br />
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Ryan’s math class also spent the entire year building a tetrahedron that was taller than most of the kids! It was on display, along with a poster that explained things about it. Ryan and I walked over to it so I could take a picture of him with it. Just as Ryan was stepping in front of it for a picture, the dad of one of the kids passed out, landing face-first right on one side of the tetrahedron! We quickly moved out of the way as someone in the crowd announced that she was a medic and came over to help. The dad quickly woke up, but had landed literally face-first, without catching himself. He was pretty banged up! After the excitement died down and the dad was safely in a chair, we stepped back over for a picture. (There was still a bit of a crowd around, and the one front corner of the tetrahedron <br />
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As we left, we snapped a few more pictures of Ryan…<br />
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With his home room teacher & student council advisor, Mrs. Schmidt, and his science teacher, Mrs. Larsen…<br />
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With his music teacher (through all grades), Mrs. Fischer…<br />
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With the assistant principal and co-student council advisor, Mr. Beer…<br />
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With his good friend (who also introduced him in the program), Etienne…<br />
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And his principal, Ms. Rawlins…<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And, an accomplishment should be noted – Ryan had perfect attendance this year!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Technically, he missed one day, but it was for the BYU Leadership Conference with the student council.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also picked up his report card – straight As again!</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There is a steep hill immediately to the south of Ryan’s school with a path up to the neighborhood above.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is where I have dropped Ryan off and we as a carpool have picked the kids up every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I figure Ryan has walked that catwalk over 900 times!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The top of the catwalk is where we have taken Ryan’s “first day of school” picture every year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’ve volunteered in Ryan’s classes about once a week every year (some years a little more, some a little less), and since that’s where I also park and walk down for every school program, SEP, etc., I figured I’ve also walked the catwalk over 200 times!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Ryan and I walked up the catwalk, I said, “Can you believe this is the last time we’ll walk up the catwalk?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had both held our emotions together pretty well to that point, but for some reason, that was the finality that made us both cry!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ryan and I have both had some wonderful experiences there and have made great friends there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will miss Muir Elementary, but we are anxious for Ryan to move on to bigger and better things.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Speaking of bigger and better things, as soon as we left Muir, we went to Ryan’s junior high and dropped off his registration packet!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His counselor (also our good family friend) was there in the office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were able to tell her about Ryan’s day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She expressed her excitement to have Ryan there next year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A great way to say good-bye to the tears!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have been working on a project for Ryan for several months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” by Dr. Seuss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I gathered all of Ryan’s first-day-of-school pictures with all of his teachers from over the years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I put each picture in the book, and then had each teacher write a note to Ryan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought most of them would be a couple of sentences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each teacher took A FULL PAGE!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their notes are so cute and so touching!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They all made me cry!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One day I picked up the book from one teacher after my volunteer time, and Ms. Rawlins, the principal, saw me carrying it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She asked me about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I told her what I was doing for Ryan, she asked if she could sign it, and also wrote a full page!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A couple of weeks later, I had the same experience with Mrs. Fischer, Ryan’s music teacher his entire time at Muir.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also asked to sign it, and wrote a full page!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was such a neat experience to see how much those teachers love Ryan, and how he touched their lives in their interactions with him.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I am so proud of Ryan for always being such a great student, a wonderful friend to everyone, and a good example to those around him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am excited to see what the years ahead hold for Ryan!</span>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-46115984969125630022012-05-28T23:17:00.000-06:002012-06-07T14:32:32.835-06:00“I Will Do My Duty…To My Country”Since Ryan is now in Boy Scouts, he has the responsibility of putting up the flags in our neighborhood on holidays. So on Memorial Day (what used to be a rare chance to sleep in), we got up at 6:15! The flags are literally 10 feet tall, 1 foot of which goes into a post in the ground. The flags are also pretty heavy. So I grabbed about 3 flags at a time to carry, while he ran to me, grabbed one, ran and posted it; ran to me, grabbed one, ran and posted it; etc. Since this was the first time we did it, we had a hard time finding some of the posts. Next time should be a breeze! And I’ll take pictures next time.Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-43029719266321379902012-05-26T22:42:00.000-06:002012-06-07T14:32:48.488-06:00Tour of Utah, Swimming Pool Edition: CVM in LoganLogan is one of our favorite places to go to for swim meets. We have some favorite stops that we always make while were there (more about these in a minute). I’m just not sure who decided to have the first meet of the long course season in Logan. OUTSIDE!<br />
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Last year, we all bundled up and still froze on Friday afternoon/evening. But then we were unprepared for the sun and heat on Saturday, and all of the kids got sunburned. So this year we went with both blankets AND sunblock!<br />
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Ryan also loves the long course (summer) swim season, because his older high school swim buddies swim with the team.<br />
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On Friday, Ryan swam the 50 butterfly (1st place in his heat; beat his own time). His best friend, James, was in the lane next to him.<br />
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And the 400 IM (2nd place in his age group; beat his own time). So few swimmers swam this event (Michael Phelps even says this is an event he doesn’t like to do), all of the swimmers were in one heat. So, Ryan was able to swim with two of his older buddies – Thomas S. (16) and Drew B. (14).<br />
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We went to our favorite “carb loading” spot for dinner – Pizza Pie Café. For $8 per person, it’s all you can eat salad bar, pizza (about 15 different kinds!), pasta (about 8 different types of pasta and 6 different sauces), and dessert pizza (about 10 different kinds!). We all love it, since some of us can have more salad than other things, and some of us can have as much cheese pizza as he wants. :)<br />
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On Saturday, Ryan swam the 50 breaststroke. Seven out of the 8 lanes in the final heat (the best swimmers) were Ryan’s best friends from the team. It was so much fun to see all of them lined up together in that final heat! I know they are so tiny in the picture, but I wanted the whole line-up. (L to R: Austin C., Ryan, James W., a kid from CUDA, Joshua B., Nathan S., Austin I., Jordan I.)<br />
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And the 50 backstroke. Five out of the 8 lanes in the final heat were Ryan’s best friends from the team, and an additional lane was his friend, Payson, from the Clearfield team. Again, it was so much fun to see all of our favorite 11 & 12 year old swimmers lined up together in that fastest heat! (This picture: Ryan, Jared K., Payson C.) Notice the people behind them all bundled up. BRRR!!!<br />
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We didn’t wait around for the preliminary results to post, so I’m not sure how he did. This pool does not have a board showing all of the placing and times, so we never know for sure until the results are posted on the USA Swimming website. (Here Ryan was double checking the posted results as we were leaving.)<br />
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After Ryan’s events, we went to another one of our favorite stops – the Gossner factory store. My favorite is the mango milk, Ryan’s favorite is the cookies & cream milk. We also always buy feta cheese and squeaky cheese, and see what else is there. How much we buy depends on when we’ll be there again. Since we’ll be back through in July, we actually had our lowest bill EVER!<br />
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After Gossner’s, we headed north to Richmond to the Pepperidge Farm factory store. After all, we needed crackers to go with our cheese and cookies to go with our milk! If you’ve never been, the entire store is about the size of our kitchen & living room, with about 50 people packed in! But they have every Pepperidge Farm item you can think of, as well as some you may never have seen before! Ryan stocked up on the ginormous Goldfish tubs (30 oz. for $4). I bought a couple of boxes of crackers that I have never seen before, along with Milano and Tahiti cookies (interestingly also representing two of my favorite places on earth – Italy and the South Pacific).<br />
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Each stop on our “Tour of Utah: Swimming Pool Edition,” we try to find local restaurants, too. In Richmond, we stopped at Big J’s for lunch. The owner was so nice and fun to talk with! He gave us the history of the restaurant, and even told us that the restaurant scenes from “Napoleon Dynamite” (one of our favorite shows) were filmed there! He directed us to one wall, full of memorabilia and pictures from the movie. So fun!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfkJWEepwQazWbrInoe0vLVKUysLH7U8-qkxa8rdVOPisz6Fp-Kyb9CEj9h-FxqWBCqqQ_S81x8AGwzyLVZR5XwV-n2csOakSVzDfAjAgimhrhL1hFWotXz9MRf7z_28-NF6RitDDlT4c/s1600/May+16-27+2012+468.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfkJWEepwQazWbrInoe0vLVKUysLH7U8-qkxa8rdVOPisz6Fp-Kyb9CEj9h-FxqWBCqqQ_S81x8AGwzyLVZR5XwV-n2csOakSVzDfAjAgimhrhL1hFWotXz9MRf7z_28-NF6RitDDlT4c/s320/May+16-27+2012+468.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Ryan and I made an eclipse viewer with aluminum foil and a cereal box. We were pretty excited about how well it worked! We were at Rara & Papa’s for dinner, so we went outside there to use our eclipse viewer. Their next-door neighbors were outside (including their two college student kids), with the eclipse viewers from Clark Planetarium. We had a lot of fun passing around our different ways to view the eclipse.<br />
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It was so cool! Here is an article about it from <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/05/120517-solar-eclipse-ring-of-fire-pasachoff-sun-space-science/">National Geographic</a>, and here is one from <a href="http://www.space.com/15790-solar-eclipse-ring-fire-wows-millions.html">Space.com</a>.<br />
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Here are a couple of cool pictures from these websites:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQyNwbQGm4T3t6n4ghGdDLL-auCM6_Nar5kpYQ0qEbCleuSAk-LGF-M1IBpwbxZ6HRjF9qEZNMaSD6rjS64XrXCtWqIfxCNWQhuLYSwYYn31wvjIXJxGUarA8TkhDaisR5kAeZU56JHiT9/s1600/Ring+of+fire+5_20_12_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQyNwbQGm4T3t6n4ghGdDLL-auCM6_Nar5kpYQ0qEbCleuSAk-LGF-M1IBpwbxZ6HRjF9qEZNMaSD6rjS64XrXCtWqIfxCNWQhuLYSwYYn31wvjIXJxGUarA8TkhDaisR5kAeZU56JHiT9/s320/Ring+of+fire+5_20_12_2.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWK7faP2xmCORSxyy8H_oHAuyvrhtKtqnURPW6fiUOvqEtfppLXv6jHZZJvl1b34msz0a-mUnUwTb-nPKAMsByRF3jn8B1ntL2r3XBDn4pQApEWaLAEoXlBIJlvXhoDo_rWs-qfODkOZT/s1600/Solar+eclipse+montage+5_20_12.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWK7faP2xmCORSxyy8H_oHAuyvrhtKtqnURPW6fiUOvqEtfppLXv6jHZZJvl1b34msz0a-mUnUwTb-nPKAMsByRF3jn8B1ntL2r3XBDn4pQApEWaLAEoXlBIJlvXhoDo_rWs-qfODkOZT/s320/Solar+eclipse+montage+5_20_12.jpg" /></a><br />
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As we went back into Rara & Papa’s house, the eclipse was obvious as the sunlight came through the front windows. It created several crescents in the beveled glass. It was beautiful!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupb_MMxKDTb9d58C19b3d_z9kimv8YQ8ticmVaoMMs5t4QircomGc0IAhw_-kH1JKzIulK9Wfr0qzGUCWO-Tt8JJal4Z-w-Xxg1WAuliSEvwvyfZgG7C4_lCqmS7TmaGY-FtSksWRGDf4/s1600/Mom+May+9-20+2012+083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupb_MMxKDTb9d58C19b3d_z9kimv8YQ8ticmVaoMMs5t4QircomGc0IAhw_-kH1JKzIulK9Wfr0qzGUCWO-Tt8JJal4Z-w-Xxg1WAuliSEvwvyfZgG7C4_lCqmS7TmaGY-FtSksWRGDf4/s320/Mom+May+9-20+2012+083.JPG" /></a></div><br />
Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-78847943947972460792012-05-20T21:58:00.000-06:002012-06-18T23:34:30.365-06:00Priesthood Leadership Session of Stake ConferenceAs I mentioned in <a href="http://www.melanieolson.blogspot.com/2012/05/passing-sacrament-collecting-fast.html">this post</a>, Ryan had a big day on Sunday, May 6. He passed the sacrament and collected fast offerings for the first time. After dinner with Rara & Papa, we were back home winding down and relaxing a little bit. Ryan had just started his bedtime routine when our phone rang, and Ryan answered. It was one of the counselors in our stake presidency. He talked with Ryan for a minute, and asked him about his first day passing the sacrament and doing fast offerings. Then Ryan handed the phone to me.<br />
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President Farnes expressed his love and admiration for Ryan and me, and passed along the same expressions from the rest of the stake presidency. Then he asked if Ryan and I would speak in the Priesthood Leadership Session of our stake conference. He asked us to speak on Ryan being the priesthood holder in our home, how I as a single mother have prepared Ryan for the priesthood, and how other men in our family and ward have stepped in to mentor Ryan and help him prepare for the priesthood. After I told him we would, he asked Ryan, who also agreed.<br />
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I have to admit, we hung up and both cried. Although we knew it was an honor for a woman (especially a single mom) and a new deacon to speak in Priesthood Leadership meeting, we were overwhelmed. As we said our prayers that evening, we asked for help in knowing what we should share. The next couple of days, our talks came together quickly and easily as we knew what we should share with the leaders in that session.<br />
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It was a wonderful experience for both of us. I wore my brightest outfit, knowing I’d probably be the only female in the room. :) The stake Relief Society president was there before the meeting putting flowers up on the stand. She said, “I was trying to add a little beauty to the chapel with the flowers. You look MORE beautiful than the flowers in your bright colors!”<br />
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We shared some very personal (and some sacred) experiences that we’ve had together the past 10 years. Because of that, I am not going to share our talks here.<br />
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After the meeting, about half of those in attendance came up to the stand to speak with us. We knew many of them, but some we were meeting for the first time. They were so cute to Ryan, and said wonderful things like, “It is an honor to be in the company of such an amazing young man.” Ryan absolutely beamed!<br />
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Later, I was jokingly told that men usually try to leave meetings as quickly as possible. :) The fact that so many stuck around to talk with us confirmed that we touched many individuals with what we shared. We literally stood on the stand for about 15 minutes as people came up to talk with us, and then it took us another 15 minutes to make our way out of the chapel and the building, as more stopped us to talk. Many sweet words were shared with many dear friends.<br />
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The whole experience was so uplifting – both spiritually and emotionally. Through the week I received some incredible notes in the mail, and several emails expressing gratitude for what we shared and the examples we are to others, even amid our own unique challenges. It was an amazing week!<br />Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-92086180408435047112012-05-19T22:55:00.000-06:002012-06-07T14:35:01.280-06:00Fathers & Sons and BoondocksOur stake Fathers & Sons outing was at Willard Bay on May 18-May 19. Papa took Ryan up for the evening. They enjoyed talking and playing games with good friends there. Our bishop and his family have a side business making incredible Dutch oven meals. They did the dinner Friday night, which sounds like it was amazing.<br />
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We always have several families offer to have Ryan stay overnight with them. We had planned for him to stay with one friend, his dad, and his two brothers. But then Ryan’s student council ended up having their end-of-year party Saturday morning, so Ryan and Papa both came home Friday night.<br />
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Saturday morning Ryan went to Boondocks with the student council (8 girls, 1 other boy), their teacher/advisor, and the assistant principal. Ryan loves those two adults, and they have been so great to give him so many leadership opportunities this year. They had a great time together celebrating their accomplishments and friendships the past year.<br />Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-14167330786472875612012-05-14T21:46:00.000-06:002012-06-07T14:37:18.903-06:00Flower Cake Pops (Mother’s Day, Teacher Appreciation, etc.)These particular cake pops were a four-day process (but not all day every day). Thursday evening, I put together the flowers. On the bigger flowers, I used Jordan almonds for the petals and the little pastel mint chips for the centers. On the smaller flowers, I used the candy-coated licorice bits for the petals and the same pastel mint chips for the centers. I put the flowers together with melted white chocolate, and set them out on wax paper to set.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs32G-TvGjUR8OwrBu50pV4zytUg9bfQLiHtbj3JFG1At-YxleAYmIvAI1NCh7NBBUuHefyTIVhQb8RR380JUk6IMqe2MZ0ReTZR9fHywaPeTiUixU_3LBaJUqn0PwxomVzyGkARZXI2Q6/s1600/May+1-15+2012+038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs32G-TvGjUR8OwrBu50pV4zytUg9bfQLiHtbj3JFG1At-YxleAYmIvAI1NCh7NBBUuHefyTIVhQb8RR380JUk6IMqe2MZ0ReTZR9fHywaPeTiUixU_3LBaJUqn0PwxomVzyGkARZXI2Q6/s320/May+1-15+2012+038.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Friday afternoon/evening, Ryan and I made the cake portion of the cake pops, and Saturday afternoon/evening, Ryan and I put the cake pops together…<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqXdwv5hftwRZEU1IqB_q0qhRuAeR0r8KgqewwI4cUUTyPmPW_cX95YsFcXyDMu6X3JFqkbBfJvWhBAvkjjRZjpI-QV7Ls6mWe-Fuw1TpqKy8RBIi3hoc91SaYN4RRMNQbJwtGWklZzNh/s1600/Flower+cake+pops.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqXdwv5hftwRZEU1IqB_q0qhRuAeR0r8KgqewwI4cUUTyPmPW_cX95YsFcXyDMu6X3JFqkbBfJvWhBAvkjjRZjpI-QV7Ls6mWe-Fuw1TpqKy8RBIi3hoc91SaYN4RRMNQbJwtGWklZzNh/s320/Flower+cake+pops.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Sunday after church, Ryan and I put the cake pops into vases and baskets…<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBH710zyCFSvSpl54x7y-wfXGzA3n0VYS9sTPon5rGboBo8q7USaV5BoWF2ZhcKjBdT4D8SktdtDKyq7ScQwm-1lIOMm68DYHsZph_5nS4lyoOsWOZdK8mXtPCH_fzVmK6J9PYy2jTJiZb/s1600/May+1-15+2012+052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBH710zyCFSvSpl54x7y-wfXGzA3n0VYS9sTPon5rGboBo8q7USaV5BoWF2ZhcKjBdT4D8SktdtDKyq7ScQwm-1lIOMm68DYHsZph_5nS4lyoOsWOZdK8mXtPCH_fzVmK6J9PYy2jTJiZb/s320/May+1-15+2012+052.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Ryan and I also made cake pops for the occasion. Of course! After church we took vases of cake pops to our next door neighbor, Darlene, and to two close friends in our neighborhood.<br />
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This year, we have the early church block (9:00-12:00) and Rara & Papa have the latest block (1:00-4:00). So Ryan & I did the Mother’s Day dinner. We had chicken kiev and whole grain pasta with home-made pesto. We also gave Rara her cake pops and a cute planter with different kinds of basil. (Yes, those are Orange Leaf spoons as markers.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_68fLg9WTiIXnPLxerTRswQ54KCyN6LB5Xft3Ca9xdsuvg6YDYd-236HJWBkVl9-PFDt6o6rBQK-OxPi5vvgm4EVaB0ViKPYeDyP5EDG6ORjoUtr7EnsU5l5ZBC6G-d9iIRrAkyLE6dM9/s1600/May+1-15+2012+049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_68fLg9WTiIXnPLxerTRswQ54KCyN6LB5Xft3Ca9xdsuvg6YDYd-236HJWBkVl9-PFDt6o6rBQK-OxPi5vvgm4EVaB0ViKPYeDyP5EDG6ORjoUtr7EnsU5l5ZBC6G-d9iIRrAkyLE6dM9/s320/May+1-15+2012+049.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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He also participated in the flag ceremony, carrying the American flag.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTch3Nrk2L1XJtVYJs_DQTsbjNqDaXCBfSnhZ4v9yQlrVjDGCMXRfTCoc1h6x2vgrBrN7vVii6QROoEebDjakwnJdzYnR4omEC7S4FOOTaN_uaxfTWdUCdK0X22V_wW2EuVw7-aHSexnut/s1600/May+1-15+2012+031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTch3Nrk2L1XJtVYJs_DQTsbjNqDaXCBfSnhZ4v9yQlrVjDGCMXRfTCoc1h6x2vgrBrN7vVii6QROoEebDjakwnJdzYnR4omEC7S4FOOTaN_uaxfTWdUCdK0X22V_wW2EuVw7-aHSexnut/s320/May+1-15+2012+031.JPG" /></a></div><br />
Alice & Claire were with us, as Marc & Frances prepared for their cruise.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghgGtTM8sfcuSWG_4mLOrpwZYOkOvXuT7RvYVVsHpcF4-_gLtRvBJMaw-60U5l4d7BHC4ISJFCx1bcYobA5FKOJ58y4LTqRTgl6ehlRtGlVpMwt5XAiy3dnCKcgxuebVDwIyD727LArwT/s1600/May+1-15+2012+029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghgGtTM8sfcuSWG_4mLOrpwZYOkOvXuT7RvYVVsHpcF4-_gLtRvBJMaw-60U5l4d7BHC4ISJFCx1bcYobA5FKOJ58y4LTqRTgl6ehlRtGlVpMwt5XAiy3dnCKcgxuebVDwIyD727LArwT/s320/May+1-15+2012+029.JPG" /></a></div><br />
I was wearing my ribbon with all of my “mother’s pins” from Ryan’s cub scout and scouting awards. Claire always loves my necklaces, so she was studying my ribbon and pins intently as she sat on my lap. After she had touched all of them sufficiently, she said, “Where can I get a necklace like this?”<br />
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I am so proud of Ryan! He loves the scouting program, and is so motivated to excel in scouting!Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-29201345765419843792012-05-08T22:12:00.000-06:002012-06-07T14:38:20.441-06:00Elementary School Volunteer TimeWith this being Ryan’s last year of elementary school, I spent about twice as much time volunteering. Every Wednesday, I was a tutor in Ryan’s math class. I spent about an hour with about five students who struggled the most with math. Who would have thought that I would be a math tutor one day? True, only sixth grade math, but still!<br />
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Every Friday morning for about an hour, I did general classroom help for Ryan’s home room teacher. She is also Ryan’s student council advisor. We all got to be very close friends through the year. Her husband was deployed to Kuwait right before Christmas, so it was nice to spend that time with her, doing what I could to help lighten her load.<br />
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I was also asked by the music teacher to oversee Ryan’s class party on May 8. I called some of my favorite moms, and we made ice cream sundaes with the kids. The music teacher had some classic music videos that she wanted to show the kids, so they watched those as they ate their ice cream. It was a lot of fun to spend that one last chunk of time with the kids in Ryan’s class.<br />
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I’m going to miss my volunteer time next year!<br />Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842364874193790107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527825295661075866.post-81404272600828820732012-05-06T22:09:00.000-06:002012-06-07T14:39:02.274-06:00Passing the Sacrament & Collecting Fast OfferingsOn Sunday, May 6, Ryan passed the sacrament for the first time. Ryan is a stickler for being on time – usually early – to things. He also likes to have sufficient time to plan out what he needs to do. We arrived at the church 30 minutes before church started so he could find out what he needed to do. We were there so early that Ryan helped the bishop set up chairs in the overflow. When the deacon’s quorum president arrived, he walked through everything with Ryan. Of course, Ryan executed the responsibilities of his assignment perfectly.<br />
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After church, Ryan was able to collect fast offerings for the first time. Our awesome home teacher, Jeff Novak, drove Ryan on his route and watched as Ryan went house to house. As he finished with the house across the street from us, I grabbed my camera and took a quick (stealth) shot. Look at that smile! He is SO excited to be a deacon!<br />
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