State

Scott and Tyler went to the state swim meet in Clovis, CA from Thursday to Saturday.  They kicked it off with a pasta feed at our house and then I gave mullets to all of the boys except Ben and Marcus, who each got different variations of buzzes.  

The boys had one goal in mind and that was to win the 200 free relay, which they did, with a record-breaking time of 1:21.36.  Scott was disappointed with his end-of-the-season performances but was still happy to be a part of the winning relay.  

The "OG's," as Scott calls them.  The Aquabear pals.

First place, baby!

Tyler did well with a new best time in the 100 free of 1:05.xx, taking 1st.  He also got 1st in the 50 free but didn't go a best time.  He went 27:1x

The parents of the Northgate swimmers

Tyler with his paralympic competitors

I like rapid firing the chaos at the end of the relays because the water's a buzz and everyone looks at the scoreboard with bated breath.  I did get a few of those tense looks but this was my favorite, with Scott announcing the win with his arms and Andrew and Kyle hugging.  Andrew really pulled it home as the anchor.

200 free relay state champs:  Scott, Kyle Kengla, Andrew Hallet, Mason Wendler

Northgate swimmers with coach Jeff

Ben Nonaka, Scott, Kyle Kengla, Andrew Hallet, Jacob Mohrland, Tyler, Mason Wendler

Northgate got 5th overall.  They lacked the volume of swimmers that private schools can recruit but the real zinger was that they beat de la Salle by one point!  Ha ha ha!   

Then Scott wanted to bolt home to go to Mormon prom.  He wanted this picture just so, with the trunk up and his toothpaste and toothbrush like this.  

His date, Mia

 Mother's day photo of the kidz.

Parker is into photography from time to time and wanted to use the Canon 5d mkiv.  He took this and I edited it to be b/w.  Scott and Tyler call it gangster.