Whew!!

What a wild couple of days. On Thursday Rachel competed in four races at the section 7A girls swimming preliminaries. She (and three teammates) qualified in all three relays races for the finals. She swam personal bests in all four races she swam.

That meant Jeff and I made another trip to Hibbing today to watch her swim in three relays and Jeff had been asked to cover the meet for the paper. So he took photos and will write a story tomorrow. I sat with the parents and cheered all the girls on as the three relays and three individuals competed in four events (100 butterfly, 100 back stroke, diving and 100 breaststroke).

The weather was fine and we only saw a couple of deer coming home on Thursday and one deer heading down today we had no driving troubles which was nice because the forecast had been for snow/sleet/freezing rain/rain etc on Thursday and we only saw wet roads and a little snow coming home and dry pavement today.

Rachel feels good about her swim season but is glad it is over. We are working on establishing morning swims for any interested girls so they continue swimming over the winter and spring.

The other big news is she is planning on taking the written test for her driver's permit on Tuesday. We'll let you know when to clear the roads.

Love,
Diane