Bryant's Swim Meet

Well, Dave is home and we are all trying to get back to a 'new' normal.  Loving Columbus Day and no school~ still in pjs at noon!  Cleaning up from  the weekend and doing laundry.

I had one of those moments as a mother on Saturday....you know the ones that make your heart swell up and cause tears in your eyes?  When you are so proud someone you could just shout from the rooftops?  Well, I had those moments on Saturday.  Bryant had his first Sunkist Swim Meet ~ got there at 7:15am and left around 1:00pm.  He did so good and we were soooo proud of him.  We signed him up due to his asthma, but he has done so well and his little competitive spirit (which we've never seen, even on the baseball field) came shining through.  He placed in three events:   came in 1st in the butterfly heat, 2nd in the freestyle, and 2nd in the breaststroke.  My parents were there to cheer him on and I'm not sure he'll ever be able to do another swim meet without my dad there: his confidence level was great as long as Papa was there with him.  My mother has better pictures on her camera we'll get from her, but here is what I have: (see below for story on David's return)

My little fish!!!!!

So David's flight came in around 11:20, so Mary Grace and I rushed to the airport, grabbed David ( more like kidnapped ) and ran back to the swim meet.....thanks to John Cross for getting David's bag!  I was trying SO hard to get David back for Bryant's last swim: the relay!  And he MADE IT!!  I was so excited and as you can see, so was Bryant....he was so surprised to see his Daddy!!  He thought we were going to get him after he was done.  We didn't want to tell him in case David's plane was late, didn't want him to be disapointed.....and needless to say, he was not!
I stood back and grabbed a camera and got these sweet pictures of David and Bryant~ so glad I did......Check out my parents' faces!  So priceless!  It was such a sweet moment!!! The kids couldn't seem to get enough of their Daddy!!