Twice in one month???

We had another 3 day weekend in February

And headed back down to the cabin one more time.

The weather was MUCH better

And we spent the whole day outside.

There was some hiking and 4-wheeling

But the big fun was shelter-building…

Weston’s take

Beckett’s take

Been watching lots of Survivor-like shows…

It’s always nice to get away.

Sunsets are just nicer at the lake.

 

Look out, Ladies!

One last look at this brace-face

Cause they’re off now!

One more kiddo down,

2 braces courses to go…

One last winter meet

The fateful final winter swim meet has arrived

And, as they feared yet anticipated,

B and T are swimming the IM.

It IS a little weird they always get so anxious about it—

They’ve both swam it multiple times.

The meet did not disappoint.

Tucker’s relay took 1st

But the real story was his individual events.

He took nearly a second off his breaststroke

taking 1st at 51.20s.

Even cooler was his IM.

He took 22 seconds off his seed time,

Coming in 2nd at 1:44.78s.

That’s a PR over even his summer Wave time by a second!

He’s not actually alone in the pool here—

He’s just that far ahead of everyone else in his heat.

Awesome work, Tuck!

Beck’s relay took second place 

But again, the big news is his individual events.

He didn’t beat his PR

But did take 1st place by over 3 seconds.

And again, the IM is the showstopper—

He took 12 seconds off his seed time

Setting a new PR (faster than HIS Waves’ time)

Taking 2nd place at 1:29.70.

Great season, boys!

Can’t wait for the next one!

 

Never too cold for the cabin

With a 3 day weekend

And no visit since Thanksgiving,

Even the cold couldn’t keep up from getting down to the cabin

We’ve skied Minnesota in single digits—

We can brave Missouri in the 20’s!

We took a walk

Pay no attention to anything here…

We rode 4 wheelers

We shot our BB guns—

Including the new one with the Scope Beck got for Christmas!

We spent a lot of time watching SNL

(The 1st episode and the 50 year anniversary episode)

But we still managed to squeeze in some poker

(Although we may have been up until 3am…) 

Always a good time,

Regardless of the weather!

Killing it on the court

The Kings pulled off a narrow victory today

Against a really tough team.

Even better—

Their teacher was there to cheer them on!

 

Shedding time

Another successful Friday night meet!

Tucker’s free relay SMASHED the others

Coming in 1st by over 13 seconds.

He somehow got slotted for 3 individual events

(The only kiddo on the team with 3!)

And he made the most of them.

He took 4th in back at 50.74s

And 2nd in free at 37.25s

And no surprise here—

He took 1st in breast, nearly a full second 

in front of the nearest competition! 

Beck’s relay, despite technically being the “B” team,

Came in a decisive 1st by over 1.5 seconds.

As for his individual events, 

He took over 2 seconds off his previous time in back,

Coming in 2nd place at 44 seconds flat

It was his first time swimming fly this season.

He took 3.5 seconds off his old time

Coming in 6th at 46.39s.

Lots of progress being made!

One more meet to go…

One last elementary school Valentine’s

Just like the Fall Party in October,

The countdown is on (or over) for the last spring party.

This amazing claw machine may be the last Valentine’s box

The Reeds ever make

(No one can remember if 5th graders make one)

It was pretty outstanding!

And Mom came up for one last

Valentine’s Day party in the gym

12-ish years?

It was a great run!

Not so 3-peat…

We gathered with our friends,

We wore all the lucky gear,

We ate all the NOLA food,

But, alas, the Chief lost HARD to the Eagles.

Whelp, it was bound to end at some point.

On to next season!

Don’t mess with Wes

Wes had his last JV tournament this weekend—

Sort of the champs for JV

You could say he had a pretty good day…

Hard to see?

That’s a win by fall (pin) at 21 seconds in Round 1

Win by fall at 3:16 in Round 2

Win by fall at 48 seconds in Round 3

And win by fall at 2 minutes in Round 4

Which means this:

First place in your last tournament of the year?!?!?

Way to go, Wes!!!

Relaxing at home

We were going to race to the cabin this morning

(It’s been too long!)

But we were exhausted from a busy week…

But not so exhausted we couldn’t do some things around KC!

We hit up Chicken and Pickle,

Had drinks and played Scrabble at Cinder Block Brewery,

And then tried out this AMAZING burger joint in NKC

Called Tay’s—10 thumbs up!!!

We had to hike off all those calories on Sunday

But how could we not go outside and enjoy the 60 degree

February day???

It wasn’t quite the R&R of the Cabin,

But it filled our cup pretty well.